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Atheists Take Down DNC-Centric Billboards Calling Jesus a ‘Useless Savior,’ & Bashing Mormonism — Here’s Why

Atheist activists are known for their angst-inspiring billboards. These messages typically take aim at religious institutions and those who subscribe to them — and they’re also generally very timely, with themes focusing upon holidays and political happenings. During an intense electoral season, for instance, American Atheists, an organization devoted to spreading secularism, is taking aim at presidential candidates’ faith.

But, in North Carolina, where the group’s billboards were strategically posted just weeks ago in an effort to coincide with the Democratic National Convention, complaints have led the organization to take the offensive messages down.

American Atheists Remove Billboards Attacking Christianity | DNC

Photo Credit: American Atheists

Fox News has more about the purported removal of the controversial messaging:

American Atheists and Adams Outdoor Advertising are reportedly removing two Charlotte billboards blasting Christianity and Mormonism following an outpouring of complaints and threats.

The Bradenton Herald report that the billboards, which targeted the faiths of President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, went up two weeks ago and were intended to be displayed for the duration of the national conventions.

So, what was it that led to such intense reaction from those who observed the billboards? Consider their contents. As previously reported, the first has the header “Christianity.“ It goes on to call God ”sadistic“ and to dub Jesus Christ a ”useless” savior. The full text reads, “Sadistic God; Useless Savior, 30,000+ Version of ‘Truth.’ Promotes Hate, Calls it ‘Love.’”

News reports about the billboards apparently led to a national outpouring of anger. Amanda Knief, managing director of American Atheists, told Fox News that “vitriol, threats and hate speech” has been waged against staffers, volunteers and against Adams Outdoor Advertising, the company that helped place the billboards.

American Atheists Remove Billboards Attacking Christianity | DNC

Photo Credit: American Atheists

“It was a mutual decision between us and Adams Advertising for the safety and interests of both organizations that the billboards come down,” Knief said of the decision to take the controversial billboards down.

On Thursday, Adams Outdoor Advertising issued the following statement about the removal of the campaign:

The American Atheist billboard campaign was accepted on First Amendment grounds. Adams Outdoor Advertising stands behind our position that the ability to express one’s opinion is a right and a privilege of our democratic society. However, due to the public response to the messaging, The American Atheists have agreed to remove the advertising copy in question in Charlotte. We appreciate the feedback, opinions and dialogue we have received.

So, it seems intentional controversy and mockery did little to benefit the secular cause (at least this time).

(H/T: Fox News)

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  • QuincySmith
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:39pm

    “On Thursday, Adams Outdoor Advertising issued the following statement about the removal of the campaign:

    The American Atheist billboard campaign was accepted on First Amendment grounds. Adams Outdoor Advertising stands behind our position that the ability to express one’s opinion is a right and a privilege of our democratic society. However, due to the public response to the messaging, The American Atheists have agreed to remove the advertising copy in question in Charlotte. We appreciate the feedback, opinions and dialogue we have received.”

    Adams advertising: Firstly, we do NOT have a democracy (it is a republic – if we can keep it). Tampa advertisers know about free speech and exercised it. You, unfortunately, discovered the hard way that offensive speech, while guaranteed, is not always welcomed. May your billboards rot away with no advertisers.

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    • mecanic
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:56pm

      if you think there isn’t a subversive non-american attempt to take over and conqer our great country……you better rethink. romney/ryan 2012.

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    • Fruit
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:47pm

      “vitriol, threats and hate speech”

      Does anyone else sense irony?

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    • Wyerd_001
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:28pm

      Was not lost on me, FRUIT.

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 11:02pm

      Atheists.org is full of idiots. They attack people for their beliefs and expect people to flock to them? I’m an atheist and I find them offensive. They say Christians are hateful and bigoted and fail to recognize the irony in that.
      There are several different churches within a couple miles of my home and I’ve walked into several of them during their ceremonies. No one said I wasn’t allowed in. The Mormon church keeps inviting me back. The churchgoers are super friendly and even welcome me, an atheist, to listen to them. The atheist people are spewing the hate and intolerance, not the churches… or at least none of the churches I visited.
      Also, as an atheist myself… I can’t help to wonder why they want to push their belief in… nothing. “You must believe what I believe!… I got nothing. Let’s just hate everyone who believes in God.” Nope, there is nothing more repulsive to me than intolerance of others’ ideas, beliefs, race… so I choose to stand with the Conservative-Libertarians. I was completely apolitical for decades until I saw all the dishonesty and intolerance coming from the Leftists during Clinton’s administration, then when Progressivism was exposed… that was the kicker that locked me in with the Right.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 11:31pm

      Fruit: I noticed that, too.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on August 27, 2012 at 3:42am

      @ Shiroi

      I am another atheist who is appalled and embarressed by these small-minded clowns.

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  • floridareader
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:38pm

    So, Amanda, you promote hate speech against Christians but you complaint when it comes back to you. A little bit of your own medicine goes miles, right?

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:57pm

      There comes a time when people have had enough. I think that time has come for the majority of Americans. If you don’t believe in God, fine, but leave your blasphemous sign out of our faces. If you believe in socialism/marxism go to a country that also believes in it, don’t change our Republic.

      I don’t think God would want us to sit by and watch the destruction of our faith and our country. Now is the time to get angry and do something about it. Vote!!! No violence, but strong words to fight all the desecration of what we believe in – God and Country.

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    • randy
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:43pm

      A Republican in a wheelchair entered a restaurant one afternoon and asked the waitress for a cup of coffee. he looked across the restaurant and asked, “Is that Jesus sitting over there?” The waitress nodded “yes,” so the he requested that she give Jesus a cup of coffee.

      The next patron to come in was a Libertarian with a hunched back. He shuffled over to a booth, painfully sat down, and asked the waitress for a cup of hot tea. He glanced across and asked, “Is that Jesus over there? The waitress nodded, so the he asked her to give Jesus a cup of hot tea,

      The third patron to come into the restaurant was a Democrat on crutches. He hobbled over to a booth, sat down and hollered, “Hey honey! How about gettin’ me a cold glass of Miller Light?” He, too, looked across and asked, “Is that God’s boy over there?” The waitress once more nodded, so the he directed her to give Jesus a cold glass of beer. “On my bill,” he said.

      As Jesus got up to leave, he passed by the Republican, touched him and said, “For your kindness, you are healed.” The Republican felt the strength come back into his legs, got up, and danced a jig out the door.

      Jesus also passed by the Libertarian, touched him and said, “For your kindness, you are healed.” The Libertarian felt his back straightening up, and raised his hands, praised the Lord and did back flips out the door.

      Then Jesus walked towards the Democrat. The Democrat jumped up and yelled, “Don’t touch me

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    • randy
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:50pm

      Sorry……

      The punchline

      Then Jesus walked towards the Democrat. The Democrat jumped up and yelled, “Don’t touch me…I’m collecting disability”..

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    • Platonician
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 8:15pm

      @randy Good one!

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    • Cesium
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 8:17pm

      “I’ll tell you what you did with Atheists for about 1500 years. You outlawed them from universities or any teaching careers, besmirched their reputations, banned or burned their books or their writings of any kind, humiliated them, seized their properties, arrested them for blasphemy. You dehumanized them with beatings and exquisite torture, gouged out their eyes, slit their tongues, stretched, crushed or broke their limbs, tore off their breasts if they were women, crushed their scrotums if they were men, imprisoned them, stabbed them, disemboweled them, hung them, burnt them alive. And you have nerve enough to complain to me that I laugh at you.”

       
    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 8:57pm

      @Randy
      re : Jesus also passed by the Libertarian, touched him and said, “For your kindness, you are healed.” The Libertarian felt his back straightening up, and raised his hands, praised the Lord and did back flips out the door.

      Then Jesus walked towards the Democrat. The Democrat jumped up and yelled, “Don’t touch me
      ***
      Boy have you got it there, I’ve tried to help many a person who needed it, to have them look at me and snarl, it’s like a wounded animal, but I’ve never been able to disable them to help them, so I have to simply go off and pray someone else will be able to.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:00pm

      @Cesium
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 8:17pm

      “I’ll tell you what you did with Atheists for about 1500 years. You outlawed them from universities or any teaching careers, besmirched their reputations, banned or burned their books or their writings of any kind, humiliated them, seized their properties, arrested them for blasphemy. You dehumanized them with beatings and exquisite torture, gouged out their eyes, slit their tongues, stretched, crushed or broke their limbs, tore off their breasts if they were women, crushed their scrotums if they were men, imprisoned them, stabbed them, disemboweled them, hung them, burnt them alive. And you have nerve enough to complain to me that I laugh at you.
      ****
      Don‘t know what nation you’ve been living in BUT IT SURE ISN’T AMERICA!!!! Go spew the vitriol in some of the nations where it applies and IF YOU DON’T DISCOVER IT WAS PRETTY GOOD HERE AFTER ALL, FEEL FREE TO STAY!!!

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    • TopFlightSecurity
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:53pm

      @Cesium

      That is the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. I am only 36 years old how is it I have something to do with the last 1500 years? You really don’t know very much about history, do you? You spew these accusations and so called “facts”. The whole list of things in your idiotic post was perpetrated by the roman catholic church and the church of England. As an American Christian both of which most of us have nothing to do and are the exact people that our forefathers left from Europe to get away from. So please spare me the history lesson.

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    • dwilco77
      Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:22am

      @ Cesium

      And when did that last happen in a neighborhood near you? Get over it. All of the Christians in this Country are out helping people in need. The people out there claiming to be be Christians, e.g. the Westboro Baptists, are not Christian.

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    • wvernon1981
      Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:09am

      “There comes a time when people have had enough. I think that time has come for the majority of Americans. If you don’t believe in God, fine, but leave your blasphemous sign out of our faces.”

      This only makes me support them more.

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    • floridareader
      Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:36pm

      Even dogs have a say about God. Maybe many of you have already seen this video, but you never get enough of these doggies.

      http://www.dogwork.com/prybrme8/#.UDowf4SOHt0.email

      Just a couple of minutes to recharge batteries in our quest to defend our freedom.

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    • SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
      Posted on August 27, 2012 at 1:18pm

      @ CESIUM…sounds like you are describing the treatment of many Christians throughout history….Thank you…Hebrews 11…

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    • QuincySmith
      Posted on August 27, 2012 at 3:28pm

      Cesium;

      You might want to brush up on “Gray’s Anatomy”.

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  • wingedwolf
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:37pm

    They didn‘t target barry’s faith.

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    • barber2
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:50pm

      Of course. He shares their ” faith.”

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:04pm

      Notice how our so called Christian presidant is speaking out against this , notice the crickets.

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    • barber2
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:59pm

      SIR: Just like our so-called capitalist president spoke out against OWS.

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  • HOOT_OWL
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:35pm

    They wouldn’t allow this kind of sign directed toward Muslims and Islam.
    I say good call for once.

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  • Berbel73
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:32pm

    Where are the billboards attacking Islam? Oh there aren’t any? Yeah that’s what I thought. Atheists are all just a bunch of cowards. They attack and mock Christianity because they know that there will be no retribution for doing so. Atheists are pathetic egomaniacs and I feel sorry for them.

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    • Watchingtheweasels
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:45pm

      Satan is a good accountant. He really has no need to spend his money having some of his servants (atheists) attack others (followers of Islam). At least, until Christianity is sufficiently discredited in American society and atheists and followers of Islam are the majority. Then he can sit back and enjoy watching the Muslims behead the atheists.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:37pm

      I’ve often said the same thing about supposed “atheists” who only seem to see evil in Christianity. They aren’t anti-religion, they’re anti-Christian. They’re quite content, in the name of “diversity” to give a pass to truly scary religions like Islam.

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    • TASS50
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:31pm

      Good point

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  • BODYBAG
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:31pm

    In My Mind Im Going To Carolina ——
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXmgkvIgc0w

    NC residents, Im proud of you.

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  • dcwike
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:28pm

    Freedom of speech applies to everyone – even Atheists in this matter. However, billboards are for the purpose of advertising, meaning to draw attraction to whatever one has to offer. In this case, the message is more to offend and incite rather than to attract people to “join” those who believe in Atheism.

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    • Countrygirl1362
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:44pm

      If these had been about gays or Muslims, the people behind them would have been accused of hating gays and Muslims. So why is it not being said that atheists hate anyone who is a Christian or Mormon?

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    • RLTW
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:57pm

      They would say they’re offering an ideology of secular nothingness, which in the end is nothing.
      Believing in nothing is taking the easy way through life; just think how they get to ignore man’s history.

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  • kryptonite
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:20pm

    Where’s the one calling Muhammad a false prophet? Awww, don’t be scared.

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    • davecorkery
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:41pm

      Up in Canada. And England. And France. And Denmark. And others. As well as the hundreds of billboards in the States that say any and all gods are pure imagination. You really should get out more. Might as well since America is collapsing.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:48pm

      davecorkery
      Up in Canada. And England. And France. And Denmark. And others. As well as the hundreds of billboards in the States that say any and all gods are pure imagination. You really should get out more. Might as well since America is collapsing.
      ——-
      Out to defend your spineless friends? lol. First, I don‘t give a rat’s @ss what Europe is doing to get rid of the Islamist plague those secular useful idiots welcomed with open arms. It’s too late for them.

      Second, you dodged the question. Point me to one atheist-sponsored billboard that specifically bashes Allah and/or his prophet Muhammad. Just one. Waiting…

      Here‘s what we’re going to do: kick Muslim-born Hussein out of the WH — for starters.

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  • DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:19pm

    Fighting hate with hate is counterproductive.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:46pm

      I understand what you are saying, but in this case it worked and I’m glad it did.

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    • Lord_Frostwind
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 7:44pm

      I’ve warned for years what would happen when people lost faith in their government when it showed too much favor to one side. Now, those seeds that have been sown for decades are beginning to bear fruit. I hope there is still time, but I think that this conflict has burned for too long to stop.

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    • SCREW-WINDOWS
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 11:32pm

      It’s like passing gas in a crowded elevator. Do it in private or somewhere it is acceptable.

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  • Dr. Sax
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:17pm

    The article said the billboards targeted the faiths of Romney and Obama. I saw the Mormon example, but where is the billboard criticizing Islam? I mean, that is Obama’s faith after all…

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    • RossPoldark
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:22pm

      I totally agree. Funny how antheist have such an aversion to Jesus but say nothing about Allah. Brave souls they are. What a bunch of weenies.

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  • totheRepublic14
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:15pm

    I think the atheists are really desperate. They want attention so badly they will do anything to get it. If they can stop people from spreading the Gospel we should be able to stop them from spreading their false doctrine.Atheists are the biggest hypocrites ever. They call out Christians for something and then they turn around and do it themselves. They think they are more intelligent but we will see where they end up when they die. Than we will see who the smart ones are.

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    • scherzophrenic
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:36pm

      Atheists have been screaming into the gale for a long, long time. If you get a chance, read G. K. Chesterton’s novel, The Ball and the Cross. He paints an image of the desperate atheist in all his spleenful madness.

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 11:23pm

      Atheism is but just another doctrine in itself, no different from any other in that it compels it’s believers to comply fully with its dictates…….the irony is inescapable and yet many fail to see it.

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    • aladdin
      Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:49am

      The real problem of most atheists is the same as the real problem of most who call themselves ‘liberal’ or ‘progressive’ . . . either arrogance or ignorance, or both.

      Anyone who takes the time to really investigate the existence of God and His involvement in our universe . . . and is sufficiently educable and open to truth . . . cannot doubt the reality of God and His relationship to man and His love for us as His children.

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  • mike taylor
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:11pm

    Atheist in realality are just saying NO to God. No I will not belive no I will not bow no Iwill not do it your way. But in the end every knee shall bow and every tong shall confess but for those poor atheist it will be too late sadly.

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    • RobbieTLHughie
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:34pm

      Kitchen-aid or Oxxo?

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    • iono12345
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:48pm

      and to which God will the Atheist kneel down to? 1 of thousands in India you do not recognize, but millions do, or will it be the God of Islam or Chrisitanity, or how about the God of Mormons, chrisitanity with a twist, seriously study religion and it will open your eyes to the reality of no Gods….yes it can be sad and scary at first, but with reality comes growth of a more humane society….

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    • dblaess
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:16pm

      @iono12345
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:48pm
      and to which God will the Atheist kneel down to?…..
      —————————————————————————–
      Most likely to God the creator. That may be any of the attempts by man to identify God. God the creator is God who everyone will meet at the end of their lives.

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    • kev0001000
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:44pm

      We have to remember that even the most spine-less, hate mongering fools are God’s children. And He loves them just as much as He loves His own Son our Savior, because we are all His children. God knows the hearts of men, and every man will be judged according to his own knowledge. I would be more fearful for these people if they had a perfect knowledge of God and still they rebel against Him. But it’s obvious from their billboards that they have no idea who He really is. You have to remember that Satan is behind their agenda, and he does not expect Christians to leave their faith because of a couple billboards, no, what he expects is that you feel hatred towards those who put them up. What is the first and second greatest commandment?

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:15pm

      @iono12345
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:48pm

      and to which God will the Atheist kneel down to? 1 of thousands in India you do not recognize, but millions do, or will it be the God of Islam or Chrisitanity, or how about the God of Mormons, chrisitanity with a twist, seriously study religion and it will open your eyes to the reality of no Gods….yes it can be sad and scary at first, but with reality comes growth of a more humane society…
      ****
      And Moses said unto God, ‘Behold when I come unto the Children of Israel,…and they shall say to me, ‘what is His name, what shall I say….“ ”…Thus shall you say to them, I AM hath sent me…” (Exodus 3:13 & 14)
      You see you ask a VERY, VERY OLD QUESTION!!!

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  • Alan
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:11pm

    Isn’t it funny how these anti-religion fanatics never aim their bile and insults at the religion whose followers respond by cutting off heads.

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:44pm

      Even more ironic is the fact that to be an atheist by definition you do not believe in God. How can you keep directing a message of hatred and negativity towards God if you do not believe He exists? Could one of you atheists please answer this question? Since you cannot hate a thing if you do not believe that thing exists. This is because by definition if it does not exist there is nothing to hate. There is no possible escape from this logic! Therefore being an atheist is not about believing God does not exist it is all about hating the one God all Christians believe in. Therefore not only are atheists fools for being a pawn of the devil they are cowards for not admitting they serve satan. Which of course explains why they do not attack allah or budda, they only attack and insult the ‘I AM”. Prove this logic wrong you atheist jackwagons!

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  • momrules
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:09pm

    If the militant atheists were more honest they would put up billboards that simply state……..We hate and fear God, His Son Jesus Christ and all Christians………

    Notice these billboards were placed in Charlotte, not Tampa. The DNC is busing in 20,000 Muslims for the convention and I doubt that most of the DNC convention goers or Obama cared one bit that they, the billboards, were staining the landscape with this evil.

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    • TurboCat
      Posted on August 27, 2012 at 2:49am

      I think that the militant atheists want to erase Christianity in order to make way for Communism. There is nothing like Christianity to keep Communists from overtaking the culture. They have been somewhat successful, but as a previous poster stated,”There comes a time when enough is enough, and the people have had enough!”. Fight back hard, people; fight for the soul of this nation!

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    • neubienose
      Posted on August 27, 2012 at 5:31pm

      the soul of this nation got lost long ago. the rich own you and your too dumb to know it. I know…pray that trickel down works…

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  • ronin_6
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:03pm

    Well the Lord does help those who help themselves.

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    • Cesium
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 8:18pm

      what if you’re a quadriplegic?

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:22pm

      @Cesium
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 8:18pm

      what if you’re a quadriplegic
      ***
      Do a web search on the Para-Olympics, The medical science in this country has been awesome until obamacare ruins it, AND YES IT IS GOD AND HIS LOVE WHICH HAS INSPIRED MOST OF THE RESEARCH TO HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE!

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  • ModerationIsBest
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:03pm

    Can’t wait to see Christians hold a buycott for this organization to support their freedom of speech without fear from threats of violence.

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    • HOOT_OWL
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:43pm

      Now that I have had time to cool down and think about it.
      I wish they would have allowed this sign to stay.
      Maybe it would wake-up a few Democratic voters to change
      their vote.My guess is that’s exactly why they took it down.

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    • randy
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:09pm

      My thoughts exactly.
      I say leave them up.
      Let people see the truth about these sickos.

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    • dblaess
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:22pm

      I would not be involved in any boycott for this group. They do not support the same values as I do. They do have the right to free speech and the consequences of free speech. Look at all the nutcases that came out against Chickfila because they did not hold the same values/defination of marriage. Check the property damage and even videos of harassment to employees of chickfila. I am not sure how you would boycott an athesist organization anyway. Again they are welcome to say what they want but may have to deal with the results of that speech. Can’t wait to see how Muslims react when this group uses the same exact speech against Islam.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:07pm

      @DBLAESS
      Private citizens can promote censorship, but they can’t issue threats. As an elected official, the mayor of Boston did not have a legal right to call for a Chick-Fil-A boycott. I believe that is why he later had to retract his statement.

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  • Kankokage
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:02pm

    The Atheists are right: their ads are filled with vitriol and hatred, and are needlessly threatening to a large portion of the population.

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  • PAUL GULLO
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:02pm

    These atheists are supposed to be smarter than people who believe in god, it seems more likely that they are wolves in sheeps clothing.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:01pm

    To me the billboards are “hate speech”, and that’s why they should be down (according to dems.) I am glad that people do not tolerate hate speech and try to get rid of it, good for the citizens in defining what hate speech is in their community. We all have that right to define our community standards.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:17pm

      All speech is protected, not just the kinds that don’t offend you. Your “community standards” test is nothing but another road to official government censorship.

      Personally, I think the billboard should have remained up, as it gives all a clue to the utter desperation and bile that the Left has for normal Americans. That’s the value in allowing “hate speech” to be protected, it outs the bigots and true haters for all to see.

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  • OneTermPresident
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:01pm

    EXCELLENT! Standing up to these hate mongers was long overdue. With a bit of digging into their organizations… I have no doubt Communism would be found.

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  • cookcountypatriot
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:00pm

    know jesus,know peace…no jesus ,no peace……unless your a progressive…then you can worship that loser obama….

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 1:59pm

    Something has happened in these past few years to bring Atheists and others out in anger, We have always worked and lived side by side when we did or didn’t know it and things went ok. We went to church and loved our God and they did whatever they do. All of a sudden it seems like people are being divided in hate groups. Please love but don’t hate. Have a good day!!!

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:23pm

      End times maybe?

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    • IMCHRISTIAN
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:42pm

      Jenny – We do not know the time or date (could be today or millions of years), we just have to be prepared.

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:02pm

      Quite simply the answer is God said He would withdraw His spirit from the earth in the last days (yes this is yet another sign), and the love of many will wax cold. Yet another proof God exists and yet another proof the last days are upon us.

      IMCHRISTIAN “Jenny – We do not know the time or date (could be today or millions of years)”

      Not millions, God said when you see these signs this generation will not pass from the earth before all is fulfilled. Typically a generation was one of three times: 40, 70, or 120 years. If from the parable of the fig tree we take 1948 as the starting date we have 1988 (gone), 2018, or 2068. One could also reason it meant someone alive in flesh in 1948 will still be alive when Jesus steps foot on the Mount of Olives. The true Jesus not the fake who comes first that is. Since everything is accelerating my guess would be 2018 at the latest but only God knows the day and the hour.

      I vote for the theory we have little time left until all prophecy has been fulfilled.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on August 26, 2012 at 6:17pm

      Dr Vel
      Quite simply the answer is God said He would withdraw His spirit from the earth in the last days (yes this is yet another sign)
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      That is a dangerous interpretation. No man can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him and convinces him of sin (John 6:44; 16:8). We know there will be saints on earth during the Great Tribulation. Most of them will be martyred. (Rev. 7:9-17) The Holy Spirit will also protect and anoint the remanent of Israel during the final 3 1/2 years. (Rev. 12:14-16).

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on August 27, 2012 at 3:55am

      Kryptonite it will be dangerous to who His children or the heathen? Maybe a better way of putting it would be they will drive His Spirit away from them: Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. KJV In short the Spirit of God will not dwell with evil, just as God required the Israelite’s to maintain their areas in a state of cleanliness if they wished Him to be near them, or they were to stay away from sex before a battle if they wished Him to protect them. This is all in the book. While He said He would pour out His Spirit upon all flesh this does not mean everyone will suddenly give up evil and be nice to their neighbors. If they fill themselves with evil they drive the Spirit away leaving themselves with a reprobate mind, devoid of conscience. It could be a matter of interpretation as to whether they drove God away or He turned them over to a reprobate mind, or that God turned them over to a reprobate mind because they drove Him away. If you do not see this either you live under a rock or you have not lived the decades I have because I remember back in the 50′s a very different way of life. People were decent in large numbers and gang violence and drive-by shootings were unknown. There were a few evil people as it has always been but nothing like the overwhelming onslaught it is today in such numbers. I was explaining to ImChristian why the anger is on the rise in so many, not how God will protect His own. You are off topic.

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  • Zorba53
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 1:56pm

    Just so I’ll know, WHY isn’t this “hate speech”?

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  • marine249
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 1:55pm

    and the {DNC} was going to cut off funds.

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on August 26, 2012 at 1:54pm

    When are obama’s hate-filled atheist radicals going to learn?

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