Atheists to Fly July 4 Airplane Banners in 27 States: ‘God-LESS America,‘ ’Atheism is Patriotic’
- Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:49am by
Billy Hallowell
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Get ready, America. This upcoming July 4 is about more than simply celebrating our nation’s founding. Apparently, it’s also an opportunity for Atheists to set the record straight about their patriotism.
Thus, on Monday, people in 27 states will have the opportunity to look up in the sky and see airplanes flying banners that proudly say “God-LESS America“ or ”Atheism is Patriotic.” The campaign, being organized by the New Jersey-based American Atheists, is sure to stoke the fires of controversy. CNN has more:
“I’m a patriotic American. I served my country. I get out there and celebrate the Fourth, too,” Blair Scott, who calls himself a proud atheist, proclaimed.
“This America belongs to everyone.”
Blair, the communications director for the New Jersey-based American Atheists, said atheists in the United States often feel alienated and face accusations of being anti-American because of their lack of belief in God.
To combat those notions, his group is using Independence Day to say atheists love their country, too.
But, the campaign hasn‘t even been implemented yet and it’s already off to a rocky start. According to Justin Jaye of Fly Signs Aerial Advertising, the guy who helped organize the nation-wide blitz, of the 85 people in the nation who are able to fly these banner-bearing planes, only 17 agreed to participate. The fear of public reaction and the confines of personal religious belief led the majority of these individuals to refuse service. SeattleWeekly.com has more:
Scott…tells Seattle Weekly that in larger cities and more liberal areas, he had no trouble finding pilots to take the banners to the sky. But in Southern states like Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas and other conservative states like Montana, Kansas, and Utah, there apparently wasn’t a single pilot to be found who would fly a banner promoting atheism.
Dave Silverman, president of American Atheists, claims that this reaction perfectly illustrates why the organization has more work to do. He says:
“This is a clear reminder of why we need to keep fighting because the bigotry against us is so thick that a lot of the pilots are afraid to fly our banners.”
American Atheists claim that the campaign is about showing the country that atheists are patriotic people too. But, these signs may end up being the catalyst for more friction between non-believers and religious adherents.
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Comments (670)
John 3:16
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:39amSkeet anyone? just kidding. Athism is just another …..ism and they all have the same ending and it’s not good.
Report Post »SciGuy83
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 12:25am“Athism is just another …..ism and they all have the same ending and it’s not good.”
Is the same true for Catholicism? lol
Report Post »Mosaic
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:37amIf they don’t like this country, why don’t they leave? There are other places that support their ideas. Oh, but no, they want their cake. FREEDOM!
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:41amYou didn’t even read the article. Atheists can be patriotic and what they are doing is free speech. Stop acting like a commie. S.E. Cupp is an atheist and conservative and she rocks!
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:33amSo if you want to be an Atheist, be one. Just shut the hell up. Nobody cares.
Report Post »loribarrett
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:31pmgreat point!
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:30amWhile I express sheer opposition towards atheism, I do support their right to convey their message. I can simply stay home in protest.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:32amFinally some rational thinking.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:07amAirplane banner theology is rational thinking?
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:02amWhere are the protests to stop them? Your support is a nice sentiment but there is no issue of anyone or any group trying to stop them from making their choice against God. Its all about choice and in these days God wants to make sure we have made ours with no misunderstandings. They reject him and he will reject them on judgment day. Thats how its works. Eternity awaits each of us and they will see this day as we all will one way or the other.
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:03amI do also agree with you. I want the atheist , Hindu or any one else for that matter to be allowed to say whatever they want. If we ban their speech ours is next.
Report Post »I just want them to be honest. They do believe in God they are just angry at Him. Why not just say so?
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:25amSad but not unexpected.
Report Post »jeff.cooper
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:24amI don’t see a difference between this and billboards promoting god. Or a difference between this and people standing on corners handing out religious literature. However, the militant atheists simply can’t let people have or not have their own faith or beliefs, but instead must proselytize. As a result, they have effectively become a bonafide religious movement. Their need to advertise one’s faith or lack thereof on a banner towed by a plane seems silly and unnecessary.
Report Post »carolinalockie
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 2:40pmTheir need to advertise one’s faith or lack thereof on a banner towed by a plane seems silly and unnecessary.
And extremely stupid! Don’t they realize that they will be flying over a heavily armed populace? I hope they have parachutes on board, BANDIT AT 3 O’CLOCK, OPEN FIRE!
Report Post »KJenkinsAF
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:31pmThey need prayer badly. Do as Christ says and pray for your enemies. Doing the right thing will truly confound them.
Report Post »Oldshooter
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:47pmHooYah Jeff! You are quite right in your comments. However, I suspect that the banners are not exhorting people to BECOME atheists, but rather pointing out that being an atheist no more makes one unpatriotic than being a Jew or Mormon does. From what I read about this, it seems that some group of atheists feels that they are being accused of lack of patriotism because of their lack of religious belief. As a Wiccan myself, I can attest to the fact that many Christians think anyone who doesn’t believe the same thing that THEY believe, is not religious, doesn’t believe in God at all, and therefore must not believe in their country. I get accused of that all the time, despite being a very patriotic combat veteran myself. This is ridiculous. I’m very religious. Shoot – I believe in more Gods than they do! I suggest that anyone who believes the founders were all, or even mostly, Christians, read the Constitution. The Oath of Office specifies that one can “Affirm” rather than “Swear” the oath. That‘s in the original Constitution and it’s there because non-Christians generally don’t “Swear” (and certainly not on the Bible). You will also note that the founders carefully avoided using any Christian terminology or symbology (look at our money to this day- pagan symbology only!). And the secondary national motto (the original is “E Pluribus Unum”) or “In God We Trust,” carefully avoids specifying WHICH God, so all us non-christians could be comfortable with
Report Post »crys.finn
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 1:19pmAMEN! (no pun intended)
Report Post »loribarrett
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:33pmVery true! I like your comment!
Report Post »frustratedwithgovt
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:23am“This is a clear reminder of why we need to keep fighting because the bigotry against us is so thick that a lot of the pilots are afraid to fly our banners.”
No one would care one way or another but Atheists choose to push for removal of God from all things and in doing so, bring controversy unto themselves. Feel free to believe what you wish but when push to put your belief above others then expect conflict.
Report Post »Ballgame
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:20amApparently you can’t say the following words unless you want to be censored, and your post deleted………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….I’m also tired of the word atheist and gay. Call them like they are “Godless” and “Homosexuals”!!!
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:31amYou have no shame. Glenn has atheist and gay friends and employees. I hope you find peace in your heart and mind.
I am a gay woman conservative and I stand with Glenn!
Report Post »not_smart_enough_4u
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:45amActually, I prefer being titled (not called) a homosexual. “Gay” does not apply to me as I am not a “Gay” activist. I desire to flow through the system just as everyone else without wearing a badge on my sleeve to designate a special condition, color, or trait. I am an American and that is it. As a homosexual all I require is the same representation as “Heterosexuals”. I pay my taxes, I want representation. Not gay special privileges, just governmental representation exactly the same as “Heterosexuals”. As far as homosexuals being Godless, that is only a narrow minded opinion. If heterosexuals were not so redneck with a long history of harrassing, murdering, and torturing homosexuals in the first place maybe you would not have the “Gay Frankenstien” you have actually helped create.
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:19amThere is a difference between “Atheists” and “Anti-Christians”
I don’t mind if people do not share the same beliefs as I do, but when they spend their time and money attacking my Religion, you have crossed the line.
I do not force my Religion on anyone, yet you tell me to keep it to myself, in the privacy of my home.
Atheism is not a belief in anything, it is not an organization of a belief in anything, once it becomes an “Anti-Christian” movement, then it is unlawful, and unconstitutional if you infringe upon my rights to freely express my religion.
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Report Post »agameofthrones
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:03pmI agree. Atheism is the absence of belief and they are free to not believe in God. However, this country was founded on Christian principles of man’s God-given right to govern himself, and much of our law is based on the commandments set forth by that God. I disagree with hatred or bigotry in any form from any individual or group whether religious or not. If those who are Christians would truly live what they believe they will stand firm in their own faith and live lives of example to their fellow men. Atheists have always existed and always will. They are entitled to believe what they will. But when any individual or group tries to force their beliefs on another, then we have a problem. I think Christians who believe they answer to their God for the lives they live, tend to be kinder, more honest, more willing to serve others, more forgiving, and more honest. That comes from knowing many people over the last 50+ years. You don’t see that so much from people who do not believe. But that doesn‘t mean they can’t be patriotic.
Report Post »gunnerinva1976
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:52pmwell said indeed!!!
Report Post »honestynow
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 9:13pmYou’re correct. It’s a belief in nothing. So I‘m thinking maybe their banner should be blank since they don’t believe in anything.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:17amFunny how it‘s ok for the athiest’s to shove their beliefs down OUR throats but when the Christians preach their beliefs somehow it’s offensive … I AM STARTING TO GET DISCOURAGED WITH THE U.S.A… I’m about ready to go postal, I swear and not crazy with a gun postal but crazy with the Christian message and start force feeding it down EVERYONES throat..
Report Post »Aaron in Polk County
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:26am@one years food…
Atheists are not shoving anything. Religious people actively recruit people and then charge them 10% membership dues.
If you believe in yourself, all other beliefs will take care of themselves.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:50amAaron in Polk County
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:26am
@one years food…
Atheists are not shoving anything. Religious people actively recruit people and then charge them 10% membership dues.
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You are a liberal. First off please point out where giving is REQUIRED by God? Do you know the New Testament? No requirement just give from your heart and that includes time, possessions and so much more. You give out of love and actually you don’t have to give anything. BTW, Christians give more than all other groups COMBINED. That is pure evil…and we don’t even have to give. That’s weird.
Also, the BIG government you love so much FORCES you to give 40% or higher of your money or you go to jail. Wow… but you are ok with that? Please explain how giving out of sheer will is worse than forced to give or be jailed. I am perplexed….
Report Post »jeff.cooper
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:18amWhile your are correct in your statement regarding what the NT says about giving, there are Christian faiths that require its members to give money to the church, (not likely yours, if I interpreted your meaning correctly). Perhaps that is what the poster referred to, in a very over-generalized manner. Some people don’t believe in the church or organized religion, including me. However, I am deeply patriotic and announce my love for capitalism by wearing my “Enjoy Capitalism” t-shirt quite often when I fly, go to the grocery store, or when I am hanging out with friends. My point is that religion is not a requirement for patriotism.
Report Post »Hula Calhoun
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:51amSo if the Catholic Church were to fly banners promoting their beliefs on July 4th you’d be okay with that?
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:55amAaron, who “charges” 10%?
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:59amThe 10% TITHE is voluntary not a dues. As always please know what you are talking about before you say anything about God or His people.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:05amAaron, who “charges” 10%?
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:12amPost also misplaced.
Report Post »atombomb
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:47am“Funny how it‘s ok for the athiest’s to shove their beliefs down OUR throats but when the Christians preach their beliefs somehow it’s offensive … I AM STARTING TO GET DISCOURAGED WITH THE U.S.A… I’m about ready to go postal, I swear and not crazy with a gun postal but crazy with the Christian message and start force feeding it down EVERYONES throat…”
Yeah, let‘s pretend america isn’t already saturated with the promotion of christianity. Christians have flown similar banners over public places, and no one stopped them. Christians put jesus-fish bumper-stickers on the back of their cars, and no one stops them. My cable subscription puts several christian-programming channels on my tv, and no one stops it. God’s been injected into our pledge of allegiance, public ceremonies, and money. Street preachers litter the sidewalks of major metropolitan cities. Churches are found on every street, with signs promoting their beliefs. Christians like to pretend they’re an oppressed minority, but not being allowed to censor any belief that does not fall into your narrow-minded world-view does not count as oppression. The point of the campaign is to show that atheists are just as patriotic as the religious, not “oppress you”.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:51pm@one year, Dude, I completely relate! LOL.
Dear Athiest person, STOP shoving your antireligion down my throat! YOU ARE IN THE MINORITY. Always have. Always will be. Stop trying to force the majority to sit down and shut up.
Report Post »Oldshooter
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 5:52pmHey Jedi:
Report Post »You might want to consider looking at this from both sides. Maybe the atheist isn’t really trying to shove his beliefs down your throat, so much as trying to stop you from shoving yours down his throat. I’m not an atheist, but when I look around me, I see Christianity being forced on people everywhere today. How about saying the Lords’ Prayer at the beginning of each school day (used to be common in TX where I live), or on the school bus enroute to the football game (also common in TX)? Why would Christians believe it is OK to do that, but get upset if a Muslim wants to have HIS prayer said instead? When I pose this question, I usually get the answer, “I don’t care if they do it in their mosque, but not in my school; it doesn’t belong in school.” It’s the same thing with atheists. They feel that you are forcing your religion down their throats everywhere they go and want you to stop doing that everywhere and just do it in church, where they don’t have to go unless they want to hear about your God. As for telling the majority to sit down and shut up, if you were being called unpatriotic because of a belief totally unrelated to your beliefs about our country, and your patriotism was being questioned by bigots who denigrate you because of your religious beliefs or non-beliefs, wouldn’t you start feeling just a little like a jew in nazi Germany in the 1930s? And wouldn’t you want to speak up about it? We are a nation of laws, not a majority ruled m
PaulEdward
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:15pmOldshooter-I commend you for your comments! So many people on this website are so full of themselves and are quick to condemn anyone that disagrees with them or accuse them of being unpatriotic!
Report Post »Teleologicus
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:26pmHere’s the bad news. Please have a seat, take some deep breaths, and prepare yourself. I have an announcement to make and it is not going to be a pleasant one. I regret to be the bearer of bad tidings, but someone has to say it. By saying it I do not mean to endorse it. I should not, therefore be held responsible for the bad news. I merely report it.
Here it is, plain and unvarnished. Try not to flinch.
Nobody can have everything their own way all the time. Desirable(or not) as this might be, it is simply not possible. Life doesn’t work like that – certainly when other people are around.
A minority, being a minority, is a minority. Being a minority means, among other things, not being able to have your own way all the time. Of course, even the majority cannot have its way all the time.
It is understandable that a minority could feel annoyed at beings a minority and having to deal with a majority – but a minority is, after all, a minority. A minority is not a majority. A minority is a minority. Being a minority means having to deal with the majority. It doesn’t mean liking dealing with the majority. It just means dealing with it.
Naturally there are many in the minority who wish the majority would go away so they, the minority, could be the majority. As much as anything, this accounts for the Puritans’ journey to America. It proved to be but a fleeting and partial success.
Nobody gets to have their own way about everything all the time – but everybody wan
Report Post »buffyk9
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 2:31pmI know what you mean by how they want to shove their belief on Christians and that’s okay but when Christians share their beliefs, they’re offended! Don’t get me started! At the schools, it’s the same thing. No one can have a Holy Christian Bible but they can preach and indoctrinate our kids with lies, rewritten history(more lies), and other teachings that are considered religious but they are okay since it isn’t Christian based. People migrated here for “FREEDOM” to worship or not to worship. If atheist don’t want to believe, that’s between them and God. I don’t care. I‘ll pray for them but it’s their “FREEDOM”. So let Christians believe what they want and enjoy their “FREEDOM”. May God have mercy on our country and keep us safe from evil.
Report Post »RetiredSoldier
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 2:35pm@BuffyK9
Please provide instances of atheist “lies” taught in school and “rewritten history”.
Report Post »SkiTuna
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 5:37pmIn all my years never have I had an athiest get in my face about thier belief or rather non-beliefs. Can’t count on both hands the number of Jesus freaks and bible thumpers trying to preach at me and force their pamphlets in my hand. Never seen an athiest standing on a street corner ranting about their way of thinking either. So I ask you, who forces who?
Report Post »SovereignSoul
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:47pmHow very muslim of you.
Report Post »FREDD The WILSON
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:14amFlying banners ain’t gonna do it. If the atheist want to reach more people they will need to continue and ramp up their indoctorination of public school children as part of the brain washing of America’s youth. Most adults are already set in their beliefs
Report Post »dsm
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:28amA lot of schools are already going that way. Taking the pledge out or at least eliminating “one nation under God”. HIgh school graduations where students aren’t allowed to use any reference of God. School age Christmas parties have to be renamed because the word “chrsit” is in Christmas. There is already an assualt on Christianity. And it is a commie tactic to eliinate Christianity among the people.
Report Post »Aaron in Polk County
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:13am@HKS
At least the Atheists aren’t wishing anyone dead, like you are.
@Equaljustice
Atheists are not Communist, but Communists are usually Atheist, just not by choice.
@Blackhawk1
Atheists do not hate America. They are saying that Atheist can be patriotic also. You don’t have to believe in God to believe in America.
@Catndahat
Atheists don’t want snuff out Judeo-Christian rights. Where in the world did you get that impression? Please explain.
@Cessna152
Report Post »You’re welcome.
UBETHECHANGE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:23amVery rational comebacks Aaron! Keep up the good work! Alot of people on this site don’t think things through.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:56am@ubethechange
Report Post »At what point, will you get tired of agenda after agenda being pushed down your gullet? Look, I get rational thought is good, but when do you start self preservation? All other groups are pushing their agendas 24/7 what about the rest of us?
First they came for the Jews
But because I wasn’t a Jew, I did nothing
Then they came for the homosexuals
But because I wasn’t a homosexual, I did nothing
Then they came for the Christians
But because I wasn’t a Christian, I did nothing
Then they came for the Atheists
But because I wasn’t a Atheist, I did nothing
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me and I was taken.
ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:47am“Alot” is not a word.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:46amAaron in Polk County
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:13am
@HKS
At least the Atheists aren’t wishing anyone dead, like you are.
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Really? Atheists don’t wish them dead, they just do it. Lets look at the past 100 years, shall we?
More Christians have been killed and persecuted in the past century than the first 19 centuries combined!
“Christians” have killed (5) people (still wrong) in abortion clinic bombings to date… yes, that is (5) five.
Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Castro, Che, etc all hated God and were Atheists…guess how many people they have killed? over 250,000,000!! Yes, Two hundred and fifty million!!!
5 vs 250,000,000….Hmmmm, who is evil?
Who is truly evil? I guess to you those evil Christians who give of their time, money and possessions. Stupid Christians are stuck on those TEN “God” laws like morals, values and right living. Why are you angry about 10 laws that ensure right living but are okay with thousands of “man made” laws that rob freedom and right living. Please explain.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:49amLet’s get this right, NOT ALL atheists wish people dead, only commie America hating ones. Get it got it good. Now start thinking things through people please and let’s all try to be more like Glenn.
Report Post »Neo Con John
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:21amAaron why don’t you go back to the huff post before you are the target.
Report Post »We have our ways…….
armysoldier4ever
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:58ampolk county
Just a reminder of what you said about the Christian rights not being taken away. I live in King, NC and it was the atheist veteran that got the Christian FLAG removed from the Veteran park up here and yes they are taking away our rights to fly our Christian Flag and our rights away.
How dare you say that none of them are doing that, look around the country and see what is happening. There is a story about in Houston TX that the VA is stopping volunteers from saying “god bless you and they cannot say the word JESUS at the Veteran’s funerals”.
The rights of all Christians are being stripped away in every state by atheists, muslims and everybody else that doesn’t agree. The government should never get involved with Religious freedom until one group tries to stop the practice of another freedom in this country.
I don‘t care if they don’t believe in any god, leave mine alone and I will yours too. There are nut jobs in every religion
Report Post »grannygoose1945
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:36pmi hear you armysoldier4ever!! You hit the nail on the head!! Weird how they can strip us of our beliefs yet have theirs broadcasting throughout America.
Even now in our churches, that just doesn’t mix, 2 different gods, No one can not serve 2 masters, just doesn’t mix and will never mix together. Just like you couldn’t fight for 2 countries.
I want to also thank you so much for your service for our country, to provide freedom to us all. God bless you!!
Report Post »holy ghostbuster
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:10pmWhy do Christians need a flag? Doesn’t the omniscient omnipotent bible God know who you are? Isn’t Christianity a belief in a personal relationship with God or is it now a collective belief?
Report Post »MylostRepublic
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:29pmEverytime someone wants to pray in public or in school they file lawsuits and protest till they get their way. That‘s where we got that from Polk County Aaron unless of course your real name is Rip Van Winkle and you’ve been asleep for 50 plus years.
Report Post »Prolife Conservative Atheist
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 2:44amGood points!
Report Post »madisonsquare
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 12:50pmExamples of Atheists trying to snuff out rights are like the following: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010015/Veterans-BANNED-saying-God-Jesus-military-funerals.html
Report Post »FROMTHEHEART
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:01pmActually, atheists are wanting God dead.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:10amThese people will go to extremes to show how stupid they really are. If I didn’t believe in God I would keep my mouth shut and hang my head in shame. I can’t believe they will take to the skies and be so close to our God.
Report Post »suthenboy
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:33pmYep, thats right, god is a old man in white robes who lives in the sky.
Report Post »usfrog
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 5:07amThey think they are being smart. But if I were in their shoes, when I die, I’d rather have believed in God and find out that He did not exist than have not believed in God and find out that He did.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:09amMay I remind all of you that S.E. Cupp is an atheist and that Glenn just said this week he has gay friends and gay employees.
Report Post »modelmax
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:49amSo What? I‘ve didn’t like her BEFORE I heard this.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:57pmWho cares about SE Cupp? What has she done really? She drinks, eats BBQ and likes Nascar. So does have the rest of the country. When she actually does something notable, then we can discuss Ms. Cupp.
Report Post »jacobstroubles
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:58pmSaddly, this is true, and so many christians are not paying attention to those details.
They area incredibley important. This is why mormonism is wrong… people need to understand there is only one written book The Bible..the mormons are having you believe otherwise…It so easy to mis or not pay close attention those details when some like Glenn is leading the way. He’s an incredibly interesting, knowledgable and very, very likeable guy.
GOD is about to rectify this “confusion” for all of mankind shortly.
Report Post »holy ghostbuster
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 5:45pmDid not know that. Not only is Cupp hot, but also a non-believer. Very cool.
Report Post »bestartist
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:16pman individual’s belief or thought is one thing, I hardly think S E Cupp is behind these planes flying on the 4th of July.
Report Post »In a free society there has to be the space and freedom to think or believe as one feels….what is frightening is the speed & voracity with which these people/groups are mobilizing.
I read today that a VA Cemetery has banned the words “God”, “Jesus”, “God Bless” amongst others from funeral services as offensive…..this is outrageous.
However, as an artist, I cannot draw Mohammad in a cartoon without having to go underground and live in fear for my life………this is all terribly, terribly wrong.
If Atheists believe there is no God, so why are they not satisfied with their state of non-belief, why must they meddle with those that do believe?
I don‘t give a fig about what another believes or doesn’t or what another chooses to do with their anatomical bits as long as they leave me alone…..why do these people all have to be so loud, noisy and in the faces of those who believe other than they do?
I do not understand.
Oldshooter
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:20pmBESTARTIST:
Report Post »I think that what you are seeing from Atheists and minority religions today is simply a backlash from having Christian beliefs forced on them for many decades. For many years non-Christians were socially forced to participate in Christian prayers at school, at sporting games, at all manner of meetings, etc. They were expected to conform, at least publicly, to Christian beliefs, attitudes, and customs, and ostracized, or openly denigrated, if they expressed any other beliefs. Now the chickens are coming home to roost. Many of these folks are sick and tired of having their children brainwashed with Christian beliefs on a daily basis, and are openly rebelling against it. The court’s solution, which is blatantly unconstitutional (see the 1st Amendment), has been to BAN all religious expression, rather than to stand up for the minorities and force the majority to allow those religious (or in the case of atheists, non-religious) minorities to publicly worship as they wish, or to express their own beliefs without recrimination. For example, I have no problem with schools saying a prayer every morning over the PA system – so long as they will allow a Jewish prayer, a Wiccan prayer, a Bhuddist prayer, a Muslim prayer, etc. as well as a Christian one. Every time I have suggested this, it was the local Christians who refused, preferring banning prayer altogether, to allowing true freedom of religious expression. Now they’re complaining about the result.
EqualJustice
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:09pmWow, and do they also have some BLACK friends? What a stupid post! We all know atheists and gays….. and blacks. What does that have to do with this GROUP attacking OUR religion? Like I said, “I don’t care if they have NO RELIGION, just leave MINE alone!”
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 10:37amAnd that matters because?……….
Report Post »enduro
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:08amI am not the most religious person in the world but i do believe in god. These atheist have been going hog wild lately and it truly is getting disturbing. I think it is time to stand up to these devils and make your beleifs known. The minority has been in charge long enough and it is time for the majority to take back America!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:07am.
Report Post »3 little words Surface to Air…………..
joshcomm
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 2:01pmor…..Targets Of Opportunity.
Report Post »bringbackSAC
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:05amWell at least they have their HOLIDAY: April- 1ST (FOOLS DAY)
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:54amProbably an inflammatory thing to say to someone being honest about not believing in God. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:04amProbably an inflammatory thing to say to someone being honest about not believing in God. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:03amLet them have their displays so long as it does not get crammed down all other peoples throats; they are entitled to the freedom of expression and speech as are all of us. Now, if this indeed does drive more people away from the Atheist way and to seek out the true God above…al the better.
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enduro
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:10amThat how the nazi revolution started. You let these people get a foot hold and then you have a problem. Stand up for God. If you just sit there than it is as bad as being one of them. Stand up, there is more of you then them. The silent majority needs to wake up and get vocal. God, Family and country! screw the atheist…..
Report Post »sknewytboy
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:48pmPlease explain, in detail, exactly what Nazis have to do with anything mentioned in this article. And please don’t say that Hitler was an atheist, because he wasn’t. Also, silent majority?! Christians are certainly the majority in the US, and they most definitely are NOT silent.
Report Post »Omnipotent
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 11:55amDon‘t get your panty’s in a twist. If your god truly exists and he/it is truly all powerful and is offended by these banners, then swatting a few pesky airplanes out of the sky should be child’s play.
Report Post »turtleposer
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 12:09pmDon‘t you know that you’re not supposed to test God? You’re just supposed to assume that God will swat the planes out of the air with no evidence.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:03amAs much as I disagree with them, they have the right to do what they are doing! You just have to grow a thicker skin and be the bigger person!!!!! This is why there is so much religious strife on this planet no one can just respect the others position or beliefs. We have fueled their protest by making them more important then they are!
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:51amAnd would they have just a thick of skin if Christians flew banners from planes in the same manner in 27 states? Would muslims be ok with it? Would gays be ok with it?
Report Post »EllenL
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:11pmThere are atheists who also put more importance to the issue than it warrents.
Report Post »Perhaps everyone should recall that it is freedom of conscious that gives us all freedom of religion. Few of us can even say what the word “God” means and we surely don’t agree. If you want freedom to believe you must grant the same freedom to others to believe or not as their conscious tells them.
Freedom of religion began in Rhode Island with its founder Roger Williams, a clergyman bannished from Salem. who believed that a man convinced against his will was not convinced. It is his legacy that we celebrate.
eadamico70
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 5:58pmI agree with you 100%, we want them to leave us alone as Christians so we have to do the same, besides, giving them the attention is what they want.
I have to say though, “God LESS-America”, is in no way patriotic.
Report Post »LibsSuk
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:02amI hope none of the planes crash.
Report Post »aerorepairo
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:51pmNeed to borrow a stinger?
Report Post »Verity
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 10:34amBut wouldn’t it be nice if the planes were unable to fly for some unexpanable reaon … but only as long as the banners were attached?
Oh well, free will … the powers that be let us do as we will … even if what we do is foolish.
Report Post »BobNH
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:59am“Atheism” is not patriotic, nor is any other “belief or religion”. But I know several atheists and Christians who are patriotic. Believing in your country and standing up for the good in it is patriotic.
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:55amClearly, atheists are the new ‘gays’….the new media darlings and special interest group pretending to want ‘civil rights’ when in fact what they want is to snuff out Judeo-Christian rights.
Report Post »vermindust
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:33amMost athiests, like most gays, don’t turn their status into a shameless ploy for attention. We just are what we are and then we go to work and pay the taxes. (hmmm… better clarify: i am an athiest, not gay.)
Report Post »Locutus
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 4:25pmI am an atheist who believes in this country. I believe in it’s greatness and uniqueness. I also don’t want people who are Christians or any other religion to lose any of their religious rights. I am pro-life and very conservative. I volunteer my extra time at the local Salvation Army soup kitchen. What I would like to see happen eventually is mankind coming to its collective senses and realize that the bible and all the stories contained within have all been told before, over and over again all over this planet. It’s a fairy tale and I know that once people realize this simple truth, we will all be much better off. If there was no Islam, could you imagine where we would be today? If Christianty did not exist, we wouldn’t be reading about the damned Westboro Baptist Church protesting our fallen soldiers funerals. Things would be different, things would be better.
Report Post »corbecket
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 4:39am@catndahat
I wasn’t aware that we Christians had any special rights, other than to believe or disbelieve. Certainly we have no more (or less) rights than atheists or non-Christians. Let ‘em believe what they want, or not. I would agree that what seems to be in the works is going to hurt their cause more than help it. Truthfully, I don’t really know many Christian folks that would be more than mildly amused by such shenanigans. Most folks will just shrug, and go on about their business.
Such demonstrations are not unusual in free societies such as our own. Now Muslim, and Muslim affected societies are quite a different matter. They are examples of what happens when there’s enough government clout to operate a state religion, which is something we rejected in ‘76. The Church of England is a fine example of why we don’t let religions run government and vice versa. The Constitution leaves such matters to the individual, as it should be.
Report Post »bw3131
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 11:16pmCatindahat** gets it, athiest can be athiest without having to offend others, Christians can be Christians without offending others, the goal is the distruction of Judeo- Christian values on which the laws of this country are based.
Report Post »Destroy the rule of law, destroy the Country. Problem is these minority fringe groups are to STUPID to understand that Judeo-Christian values and our rule of law is what protects them. The minority fringe loonies will be the first to be rounded up and exterminated if the system they are after ever reaches maturity.
jrlomy2k
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 7:52pmThey do not want to snuff “Judeo-Christian Rights”…merely True Christians, not the “politically correct” protestants…but real Catholics who adhere to the truth. *Not the false Vatican II Protestantism. It’s the Zionist Jews which have been allowed to take America where it is now…all thanks to media darlings like PMSNBC, Faux News and Company…including the host of this site, Glenn Beck and Co.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:54amThey must have heard about the Harvard study that states Democrats don’t benefit from 4th of July celebrations. Atheists are as patriotic as Liberals. They hate the flag, the military, the pledge of allegiance, and anything to do with God.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:38amTha’ts about exactly what Rush said the other day. I never thought of it before, but yes, I guess so….I had already noticed that every 4th of July, I haven’t been seeing many people wearing our colors, celebrating, etc. (as me and my family). Why would they? If you believe America is “evil”, don’t believe or like the biblical principles that the Founders based our Constitution, Bill of Rights on, are anti-war, why would you? I believe there probably are atheists who love our country anyway but not very many bc my experience shows they believe the things I listed. What things are they patriotic about? Our “freedoms” – if so, then why are they usually Communists, Socialists, Marxists – which is the opposite? Yes, I think those who differ, should peacefully show their “disdain” & give reasons why; but yes, it’s their right. The Founders warned that a successful democratic republic could only survive & function by having the majority as “moral” people, suggesting (not commanding) that the best is to base that on the Bible. They were very wise & correct but we have become too rebellious to their ideas/beliefs and therefore we have gone downhill & will continue until it’s reversed.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:50amThis was meant as a reply to BLACKHAWK on page 1 – re atheists don’t like 4th of July celebrations, etc.
Report Post »rukiddinme59
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:02amSo how do you explain me blackhawk? I’m an atheist and I love this country heart and soul. My flag only comes down when it rains and has flown every single day since 9-11. You CAN be an atheist and love this country and everything it stands for. I think what happens is a stupid and idiotic and small group of atheists make a ton of noise and do stupid things like sue over a Christian display such as a nativity or a cross being used in some memorial display. They act like the militant gays. They have to jump up and down and scream foul all the time. They just love drawing attention to themselves and act like it’s such a bur up their keester when they see the things I mentioned above. I fully understand this country was founded on Christian principles and I have ZERO problems with that. In my opinion they are selfish and stupid. I’d much rather live in a country based on Christian principles than Islamic principles. The American ideal is to live and let live as long as what you‘re doing doesn’t impose on my liberties. If your belief in God makes you a better citizen of this country then so be it. It’s your right just as it is my right not to believe the same thing that you do. I don‘t feel oppressed or imposed upon with public prayer or any one else’s religious beliefs. Atheists that act militant about it and jump up and down totally miss the point on what this country is supposed to be all about. Most Atheists keep their non-belief to themselves in my opinion and think
Report Post »grannygoose1945
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:24pmIt’s so good to read your post RUKIDDINME59, I agree with you 100%!!
But what’s happening in this article, shoving it down our throat, as it were, and saying that OUR God doesn’t exist, knocking OUR beliefs, now that’s NOT good, and should NOT be allowed, like the taking down of the 10 Commandments from gov offices and even taking prayer from public areas, taking **God** out of the **Pledge** these things should NOT be tolerated, it’s CHANGING the very foundation of the USA..
Thax for posting!!
Report Post »RetiredSoldier
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:31pm“taking **God** out of the **Pledge** these things should NOT be tolerated, it’s CHANGING the very foundation of the USA..”
HILARIOUS!!!!!! So let me get this straight CHANGING the original pledge which was good enough for our country men during WWI and WWII to include the words “under god” which were added in 1954 is OK and CHANGING them back to the original is wrong? The change in 1954 is “CHANGING THE VERY FOUNDATION” of the one true original Pledge.
Ironic much?
Report Post »Robert Hawk
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 8:09amNo, your are watching the assimilation of the United States over to Stoic based doctrine. This assimilation began in the mid 1800s and grew stronger in the early 1900s, it exploded in the 1960s and for the last 4 decades it has sought to eliminate Hebrew doctrine from the fact of the United States. Its believers have vehemently attacked believers of Hebrew Christian doctrine in every quarter in the United States, forcing out Hebrew Christian doctrine and ushering in assimilation to Stoic doctrine.
All Communism, Socialism, Progressivism, Objectivism and Liberation Theology are based upon Stoic doctrine. Its the wholesale slaughter of Hebrew Christian doctrine which is taking place in the United States. Stoics have used our educational systems and our government systems to assimilate us. They have taken all educational systems under the realm of the government and driven from that all Hebrew Christian doctrine, replacing it with Stoic doctrine. They have forced Stoic doctrine upon the lawyers and political science majors and filling our political system with none but Stoic believers. They have even attacked our very Church systems and replaced Christian doctrine with the Stoic based “Liberation Theology”.
Report Post »This is exactly what the Stoic based Socialists did in Germany before and during WW II. We are going through the same assimilation as Germany did. The question is do we have the will to put and end to it?
hud
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 11:18amIn Nam, these people were the enemy, and the only good one was heading toward room temp.
Report Post »gambler63
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:34pmThere is a reason for seperation of church and state!Believe what you will but keep it in your house and church and out of government!
Report Post »turtleposer
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 12:12pmI get it, you believe that taking the word “God” out of the pledge will mean that “God” doesn’t exist. Well, you’re right on that. The only thing real about “God” is the word “God.”
Report Post »JGraham III
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:19amThe Lord Jesus Christ said of people such as the modern atheists, ” Let them alone for they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, will they not all fall into the ditch?” The best (but unfortunately hardest) method of dealing with this type of show is to haul off and ignore it. The Atheists are just trying to get press time and rile up the Christians. We know their end and it isn’t pretty. But if they are ‘hell bent’ on rejecting God then there is little that can be done for them.
Report Post »ICEDRAGONNITE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:16pmI keep saying the GODLESS LEFT.
Report Post »RetiredSoldier
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:56pmInteresting. I served in the Army for over 20 years. I dare say I love my country, my flag and my military more than you. You see I served to defend this wonderful country and more importantly the Constitution of the United States. There is not a single reference to god, jesus or any supernatural being anywhere in the Constitution. Apparently those of you who worship a book written by a bunch of bronze age sheep herders who thought the world was flat are enemies of the United States. The Constitution means nothing to you therefore you are enemies of freedom and liberty.You have no tolerance for those who dont think your way. Thats not what the Constitution lays out. You might want to read it one day.
Report Post »holy ghostbuster
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:15pmWell said.
Report Post »Itchee Dryback
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:01pmDelusional.
Report Post »ninetoesjudd
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 2:37pmI’d like to make a distinction here. Most athiests just don‘t have a religion and don’t care what anyone else does. These gleepdorts are militant athiests, and can’t stand to have anyone not be just like them. In other words, leftists.
Report Post »claws064
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 2:41pmAt least they have their own holiday, April 1st, very sad for them, all we can do is pray for them.
Report Post »Jadebolt77
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 4:39pmI love America. I love the flag in it’s beauty, am thankful for the military keeping me, my family, and those I love safe. I think the Pledge of Allegiance should be returned to it’s original state, keeping any mention of a higher power out, before it was changed in ‘54. We are not a Christian nation. Nor are we a Muslim or a Jewish or Hindu or Buddhist nation. We have no religious affiliation, and we were founded to have no affiliation. It’s what makes America amazingly wondrous.
Report Post »I don’t hate your god. How can I, when he doesn’t even exist?
jhaydeng
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 8:04amSo many uninformed souls just walking aimlessly waiting for the day their heart stops beating! Nothing to strive for…..unfortunate!
Report Post »S G Applebee
Posted on July 5, 2011 at 12:03amAtheists don’t hate “anything to do with God”, we “hate” egomaniacs who claim to speak for God.
Report Post »Anyone who has the temerity to speak for God is a megalomaniac, power-hungry, ignorant, or a fool. To speak FOR God is to speak AS God.
EqualJustice
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:52amCOMMIES taking over.. I don’t care if you have NO religion, just leave MINE alone.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:51amHe said that atheists in the United States often feel alienated and face accusations of being anti-American because of their lack of belief in God. I think there is a difference between not believing in God (and being honest) and trying to force believers and all references to God out of the public square.
I do not begrudge a person being honest about not believing in God. I was there for a couple decades. But I never challenged believers or tried to make America into a godless country. I didn’t feel threatened at all, because I wasn‘t in someone’s face, calling them stupid and uneducated. I didn’t make fun of their faith, I respected it. But if they got in my face, then I would respond. Live and let live.
So, I have no problem believing that atheists are solid Americans, until they start jumping into the beliefs of others. Today, if they get in my face, I’m back in theirs. If they start calling me names and denigrating my God, that offends me and I will respond.
So, atheists, if you want acceptance of your beliefs, start by honestly respecting the beliefs of others. Quit the name-calling and denigration. Grow up and be civil. Already there? Then welcome to America.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:22amright there with you….
Report Post »atheist can be American…and serve in the military..so can gays…just don‘t TELL me what you believe and I won’t say what i believe and we will both be fine..
gambler63
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:14pmI agree and I am an atheist.I don‘t care what you believe or don’t believe in, but love America or leave it!
Report Post »We are all equal like it or not.
VinnieCCT
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:33pmAtheism is a religion, based on a faith in unproven scientific theory.
Report Post »RetiredSoldier
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:44pm“Atheism is a religion, based on a faith in unproven scientific theory.”
BEST QUOTE OF THE DAY!!!!! The next time you get a viral infection, please use some penicillin from 1960. Since silly stuff like evolution is just a theory you wont require the newer versions of antibiotics that fight current strains of bacteria that have EVOLVED to resist older antibiotics.
Oh and the next time you visit a tall building go ahead and step off the top floor with no worries. After all Gravity is just a theory!
Stop using that GPS too! The theory of relativity is just a theory and absolutely does make those things work. Its magical fairy dust!
Report Post »snowcloud
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:40pmExactly, Equaljustice.
Report Post »Black Manta
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 4:40pmNo religion is a religion
Report Post »Omnipotent
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 12:07pmExplain how not believing in something is a belief system with it’s included dogma. I’ll just wait here….
Report Post »Itchee Dryback
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:52pmNotice how atheists always have to use some other event to get attention…they crawl out of the woodpile at Christmas, Easter etc. and demand someone pay attention to them?
Why do they always try to shove their moral values down other peoples throats?
Report Post »Acl1134
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:17amDo you have a NOTW sticker on your car? How can you seriously think a banner saying some people don’t believe in a deity in anyway harms you and your beliefs.
Report Post »Bald1
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:34amAmen!
Report Post »Kathleen
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:54amAtheists don’t want people to have a choice.
Report Post »hud
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 11:16amPlease step into the street so I can have a clear shot
Report Post »ft
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 1:09amWhat is wrong with someone showing the patriotism and linking to their belief or non-belief? Isn’t that what every politician does? Wear they flag pins. Spend time at every debate convincing all listen of who is the best Christian with the most fate and therefore the most patriotic. I HOPE “EQUALJUSTICE” believes in equal justice. I think most non-believers are far more interested in you leaving their non-deist beliefs alone than bothering yours.
And HKS – how does hoping the plane crash send any good message patriotic or religious?
Report Post »seon
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 1:52amSo you expect others to leave your religion alone yet push your religion onto others?
Report Post »streetpilot
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 11:51pmThat’s the point. They don’t want you to have your own opinion or belief. They want you to have theirs.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:50amMaybe the planes will crash.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:57amThis is awesome… this will turn off many more Americans to Atheism and turn people to realize we do need God in our families and society! Thanks atheists…..
Report Post »enemy of the statist
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:52amExactly! Thank you atheists for helping us wake up the american voters. When Joe Shmo is sitting on the beach with his wife and two kids and little Joey says “Dad, what is an atheist?”, the light bulb may go off.
Report Post »TwinShadow
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:15pmI have to disagree, but on a polite side. I’m an atheist, but I refuse to associate myself with those morons in the orgs. and such. I let people do their business, and I’ll do mine, everyone is happy. I think the reason why those pilots refused to fly them is due to how offensive they are. And even I find them offensive, including their billboards. I don’t support their antics, not in the least and I wish they would realize what they’re doing is alienating themselves even further than doing any actual good.
Report Post »AnyoneButDem
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:29pmThat’s precisely how I feel as well– going even further, I’d probably be the first one to defend a religious belief simply because I do understand the framework setup by the Founding Fathers.
Anyone dealing in absolutes with regards to religion is chipping away at the foundation this country was built on.
Report Post »Delores at CH WV
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:08amplus this will add more jobs for Obama to make a primetime speech…..Can you believe that NBC and the new leader just help he get another 1.5 million to make more FEAR, ENEMY speeches as President? No one with common sense believes any of these speeches…..go forward NBC and General Electric….this just helps get more VOTES AGAINST THIS LYING PRESIDENT.
Report Post »iamHeidi
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 7:47pmCessna, you are absolutely correct! I cringed and wanted to yell, scream and hollar, then I read your post, and became cool and calm again. Thank you! Happy Independence Day!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:01am.
Report Post »Got three words for ya…Surface to Air…….
Iamnotanumber
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:13amgreat minds think alike….you beat me to it!
Report Post »VApatriot2
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:15amSPANKDAMONKEY…run for POTUS. I’ll vote for ya!!
Report Post »atombomb
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:34am“Thou shalt not kill”
Are we forgetting?
Report Post »HeadHunter
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:45amGet ‘em Uncle “SAM”
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:25pm@SpankDaMonkey POSTING AT 9:07 (Sure wished the Reply Button worked)
Thanks for making me laugh!! Maybe this is why SO few pilots as not willing to have this behind them!! Lots of flying is done on FAITH, and they know it.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:30pmPost should say “Pilots are not willing” sorry.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:19amWhatever you do: TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO A 4TH OF JULY PARADE! It makes them more patriotic.
Screw the atheists.
Report Post »enduro
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:32amdamn where did i leave my rocket launcher. lol…
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:34amDo you realize you are acting like a h@tefilled commie and no different than radicals all over the world? Dangerous territory you are in.
Report Post »GodHatesFigs
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:35amIt is important to share that atheists can be just as patriotic as theists. Especially when people like George HW Bush have said atheists cannot be patriotic or that they shouldn’t be considered citizens.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:56amWhen did he say that?
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:08amWhen did he say that? I’d like to be able to research that one.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:13amYet another post misplaced (the Blaze is not awake today).
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:09amWhen did he say that? I’d like to be able to research that.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:13amSame as above reply, misplaced post.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:47amJOHN ADAMS: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”* “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God” *”The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity”
John Quincy Adams: “In the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior. The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.”
John Dickinson (signer of Constitution) “Governments could not give the rights essential to happiness… We claim them from a higher source: from the King of kings, and Lord of all the earth.”
Ben Franklin: “As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and His religion as He left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see.”
http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBissuesArticles.asp?id=8755
Report Post »jnobfan
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:51amI am not a believer – just didn’t take with me but I understand the value of religion to individuals and societies.,
Report Post »I am disgusted by the “atheists” who have nothing better to do with their time and money on Independence Day.
Bunch of crybaby losers.
Wayner
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:55amI know it would be unChristian of me to say,,,, but the thought ocurred to me…. What if somebody was a really good shot?
Report Post »atombomb
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:49amYes, it also makes you an *******.
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:01amoh well, let them spend their money. it’s not like those banners do anything anyway
Report Post »Neo Con John
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:14amI certainly would not want to pilot that plane. Because if you are in fact a believer in our Lord, you would be condoning the atheist point of view and therefore putting making a buck above your loyalty to our Lord.
Report Post »And with all the people firing weapons in the air to celebrate, stranger things have happened!
I’m just saying….
stifroc
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:24am“This is a clear reminder of why we need to keep fighting because the bigotry against us is so thick that a lot of the pilots are afraid to fly our banners.”
Say WHAT!?!?! What bigotry? I don’t see Atheists denied service at stores, or singled out as a victim group. Atheists are NOT a group of victimized people! PERIOD! most people DON’T CARE!
I have never met or even heard of somebody being bigoted or hateful towards Atheists! HOWEVER in the past 6 months i HAVE heard of people being irritated by them. This “Pro Atheism” thing is nothing more then an effort to gin up hatred and stir up angst, NOT promote their cause. THey are trying to MAKE themselves victims!!! If they REALLY wanted to “convert” people to their cause, they sure as hell wouldn’t slander Christmas and Easter with all of their billboards and bus banners.
I have a message for the Atheists, STOP FORCING YOUR RELIGION ON ME!
Report Post »RetiredSoldier
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:58pmAtheism is as much a religion as not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Report Post »Itchee Dryback
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:59pmBut if a group of people were apparently fixated on trying to prove..by any obnoxious means, like trying to co-opt stamp collectors meetings and festivals, that unity of purpose would show a core belief, regardless of it being irrational or not.
Report Post »edcoil
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:28amI have never seen a group of people fight so hard against something the say does not exist.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:44amInto your house? That would be nice.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:00amOne can only pray.
Report Post »holy ghostbuster
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:00pmKeep praying. That and $3.50 will buy you a Starbuck’s coffee.
Report Post »godlessliberal
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:07amBLACKHAWK1, you are an idiot, i love this country, just not what corrupt businessmen have done to it. i support the military, i support it in the truest way: i’m against pointless wars. i do however hate your fake “god”, i’m fine with you wasting your time talking to yourself, or praying as you call it, just keep it out of my life. that is the only reason i’m a militant atheist, to keep your insanity to yourself.
Report Post »A Steiger
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:04pmAin’t gonna happen, sweetheart.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:41am“This is a clear reminder of why we need to keep fighting because the bigotry against us”. Atheists are bigoted against God and believers. It goes both ways.
Report Post »Jake in Denver
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:42amIt looks like Soros funded organizations to me.
Report Post »Jake in Denver
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:44amUseful idiots.
Report Post »grannygoose1945
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:25pmLol Lol
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:56am“O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation.
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust;”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!”
Their next target to amend Im sure
Report Post »JRook
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:19pmWho is surprised as this is what biased media in both directions has produced. Rather than focus on citizenship and building the US. People are becoming more and more divided and isolated. Listening to the news being slanted the way they want it slanted. Visiting sites that play loose with facts and interpret everything in a manner that reinforces the group think of increasingly isolated zealots.
Report Post »Baron_Doom
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:37pmI’m not sure who is questioning their patriotism, but that’s not the issue here. The issue is that they continue to shove their views down the throats of the majority who do believe in the Almighty, just as our Founders did. Our country was not founded to be a God-less country. Quite the contrary. Our Founders even said so time and time again…
”Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” –George Washington
“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” –Alexander Hamilton
”We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” –John Adams
Report Post »Baron_Doom
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:39pmI’m not sure who is questioning their patriotism, but that’s not the issue here. The issue is that they continue to shove their views down the throats of the majority who do believe in the Almighty, just as our Founders did. Our country was not founded to be a God-less country. Quite the contrary. Our Founders even said so time and time again…
”Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” –George Washington
“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” –Alexander Hamilton
”We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” –John Adams
Report Post »Jadebolt77
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 4:50pmWe don’t shove our views down your throats! In recent studies, it’s been noted that the majority of Americans would not elect an atheist president, and that being an atheist is as bad or worse than being a pedophile.
Report Post »There are children of atheists who are having religious views shoved down their throats, not by their religious friends or family members, but by their school teachers. Assuming you’re Christian, how much would you enjoy it if your child was taught that Muhammad was just like Jesus, or lead in a prayer to Ganesha before beginning the school day? Would you not have issue with that, with the fact that your child was being forced to learn these things that their teacher believed in, but you did not?
Now imagine that, when you try to fight this injustice, the majority, who agree religiously with the schoolteacher, are telling you that you’re wrong, that you’re being a nuisance, that you‘re what’s wrong with the country you live in, a country founded on freedom from religious oppression.
Your quotes from our mostly deist – NOT theist – founding fathers only point to a religious government. (Deism is basically the belief that simply by observing the world, one can tell that it is a creation and had a creator, but beyond that the creator is not at all active. Deists also reject prophecies and miracles.) There are far more religions in the world than the one you choose to believe in.
limitfree
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 3:07pmExactly. Our founders were mostly deeply religious men, in that they believed in God. They did NOT, however, favor powerful church groups having legal and civil authority over the people. Our founders believed in God all right, but they also believed in FREEDOM OF RELIGION, rather than any particular religious group. In America ALL forms of religious belief, faith and practice are EQUAL in the eyes of the law and the state is prohibited from endorsing, funding or, in any way, favoring any particular faith tradition or church group.
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:44pmwhen thier planes go down to WHOM will they call in thier LAST seconds of life???carl marx???? SO daft…. NEXT
Report Post »holy ghostbuster
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:09pmThey will call no one. Are that arrogant to think that everyone will convert at the moment of death? Ignoramus!
Report Post »docmd
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:57pmStupid is as stupid does ! You can’t fix stupid !
Report Post »PAINESMAN
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:27pmBut where says some is the King of America? I’ll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain…let it be brought forth placed on the divine law, the word of God; let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING.
Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
If these athiests are so darn patriotic maybe they could consider CELEBRATING OUR INDEPENDANCE with us instead of coopting our day with THIER TWISTED AGENDA.
Report Post »behindHIM
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:33pmSo don’t let it twist you as well. Independence Day is certainly not a day to discover there is something to hate.
Report Post »People said Glenn co opted MLK Day and what MLK had worked for when Glenn set plans for 8/28. Should either one have found something to hate over? NO!
If your conviction of faith is what you what to believe..pray for them, and pray they don’t crash.
I’m praying for all of us. It must begin with courage and compassion. Or simply just ignore it, can ya handle that at least?
paperpushermj
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:30pmI don’t get this rabid Anti-Religion Jihad that some within the Atheist community are waging. Are any of their members being put out, or forced to participate in Religious Ceremony. They come across as eminently selfish with their actions mirroring Islamist actions barring all Religions but their own. Some it seems can’t stand the thought that what they believe is not preeminent.
Report Post »aerorepairo
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 1:57pmStingers are pretty cheap these days.
Report Post »its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 2:39pmloser!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:19pmYou say the bigotry is so thick against you. Well, I would submit to you, dirtbag, that I never even THINK about you atheist’, until now. Now you are in my face and yer ******’ me off! If you would just keep your opinion to yourself, and keep your mouth shut and just live in your Godless nirvana, then we wouldn’t have to have this conversation, PUNK!! Yer right down there with PETA, CODE PINK, COMMUNISM, GAY AND LESBIANS, just all the CRAP that has come to the surface of the toilet since this turd in the WH was elected!!! I think it‘s time America get’s an enema to flush you crap hounds down the toilet!!!
Report Post »carolinamt
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 4:22pmIf they’re truly “Patriotic” – yay! it has nothing to do with religion or lack of. I’m more interested in how they support the country, in the truest sense.
Report Post »There are Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. that I disagree with, re their politics. They aren’t all alike. Whatever the religion or lack of, is a very personal thing. I supose there are atheists in every political party, just as there are religious citizens.
I have more respect for an atheist who says they love our freedoms, than I do for a Christian who supports the Progressive/Marxist/Communitst agenda of our current administration,
Welcome aboard, and I hope they have a great and safe holiday.
Czar Casm
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 4:24pmThey’re wasting their money.
Report Post »holy ghostbuster
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:06pmThat‘s mighty Christian of you and consistent with the bible teaching if you don’t believe in God, they must be killed.
Report Post »behindHIM
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:24pmHow Christian of you. Good Lord these are people ya know? This country gets further and further in trouble every time someone says or thinks like you just did. Do you even hear Jesus in scripture?.. .and if not Jesus…how about Glenn..do you even hear what he’s saying? “Maybe the planes will crash.”
Report Post »Pray for those in the dark to find the light. And don’t let them distract you from it.
As for me, I’m praying for us all.
arx
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:45pmMaybe the pilots aren‘t ’afraid’ to fly their banners. Maybe they just don’t want anything to do with such an empty philosophy.
Report Post »RCScrolls
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:03pmThey have a right to fly what they wat just as long as they dont cARE ABOUT THE OTHER STATES FLYING god bless america. THISIS THE LAND OF FREE SPEECH
Report Post »Paradigmm
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:18pmIt is from the bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder, for the belief in a cruel god makes a cruel man, and the bible is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind” —Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
Thanks for proving his point!
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 3:18amLOL…it takes a lot more faith to believe that there was a big bang from ‘nothing’ (or ” DON’T ASK WHERE IT CAME FROM!” and that the BANG quit banging enough to develop eyes and every finger print different…not “evolved like from one ridge to two, two to three…but from the beginning fingerprints were individual. SO you ATHEISTS…why do you care what we think? YOU have your own ‘belief’…fly your flags. profess your Atheism. WE will FLY our FLAGS and PRAISE GOD and HIS ONLY SON JESUS CHRIST who is the doorway to HEAVEN for those who KNOW/LOVE HIM and the HOLY SPIRIT that keeps me from calling you every name in the book.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 8:39amJust like the sodomites with their get in your face attitude… they must loudly proclaim that they ARE different, wont accept your moral outlook, and you must accept them and their intolerance for you and your beliefs. Libs are libs and are the downfall and destruction of any moral society.
Report Post »Pujols
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 10:22amI don’t care what they do.
They shouldn’t care what we do.
This is a FREE Country and We can do as we please too.
GOD PLEASE HELP THESE LOST SOULS!
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 10:32amI happen to be driving a float this year…..upon which the words “Under God” will appear on a cross! Boom winning :)
Report Post »getalong
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 4:06pmThe “good without God” term, like many of other terms used by left liberals, makes no sense. If there is no God than what is good and what is bad? Who sets the standard? The government? Please one of you progressive trolls out there who are constantly leaving degrading comments – explain that to me. In fact, I dare you.
Report Post »limitfree
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 3:00pmMighty “christian” of you dude, wishing death on people just because they don’t believe what YOU believe. Pretty UN-American too, if you ask me.
Report Post »Constantine Ivanov
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 6:23pm“Maybe the planes will crash,” HKS said.
Report Post »Sounds very Christian, I say.
Big Book Harry
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 10:05pmIf I was a pilot I would not fly them even for money simply because they do not support my beliefs… This is clearly not about showing patriotism, rather promoting athiestism.
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