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‘Tis the Season’: Atheists Anti-Religion Campaigns Gear Up for Christmas

As you venture out and about for the holiday season, you may notice more and more advertisements promoting what the New York Times describes as the “joy and wisdom of atheism.” According to a Times report, four separate and competing national atheist organizations will soon be launching their own advertising campaigns on “billboards, buses and trains, and in newspapers and magazines,” welcoming people to their side of the theological divide.

The godless groups say they are mounting this surge because they are aware that they have a large, untapped army of potential troops. The percentage of American adults who say they have no religion has doubled in the last two decades, to 15 percent, according to the American Religious Identification Survey, conducted by researchers at Trinity College in Hartford and released in 2008. But the ranks of the various atheist organizations number only in the tens of thousands.

That is one reason for the multiple campaigns: the groups are competing with one another to gain market share, said Mark Silk, founding director of the Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, which is also at Trinity College.

“There’s a competitive environment for ‘no religion,’ and they’re grabbing for all the constituents they can get,” Mr. Silk said.

According to the Times, these groups have been able to mount large recruitment campaigns thanks to the generosity of a few wealthy atheists.  In addition, the electoral surge of many religious conservatives makes the groups’ leaders think they will be able to attract “liberal believers who might be alarmed about the breaches in thew all of separation between church and state.”

A number of the planned advertisements pluck scripture passages out of the Old Testament in an attempt to frighten impressionable women and homosexuals.  The American Humanist Association is pushing this message in one of its ads:

“The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.” (from Hosea 13:16, New International Version).

Another ad quotes famed relativity theorist Albert Einstein saying that he “cannot imagine” God.

The campaigns range from friendly to confrontational. On the confrontational end of the spectrum, American Atheists, which was founded in 1963 by Madalyn Murray O’Hair, will just before Thanksgiving put a billboard on the busy approach to the Lincoln Tunnel from New Jersey heading into New York.

It features a Nativity scene, and the words: “You Know it’s a Myth. This Season Celebrate Reason.”

Tis the Season: Atheists Anti Religion Campaigns Gear Up for Christmas

The Washington-based United Community of Reason is sponsoring billboards and ads on bus shelters in about 15 cities that say, “Don’t Believe In God? Join the Club.”

Tis the Season: Atheists Anti Religion Campaigns Gear Up for Christmas

The Freedom From Religion Foundation‘s ads feature individuals proudly declaring their lack of belief in God as a “recovering Catholic” and asserting one’s affinity for “sleeping in on Sundays.”

Tis the Season: Atheists Anti Religion Campaigns Gear Up for Christmas

Some famous faces are being used to promote the campaigns.  One ad running throughout the South shows Butterfly McQueen, the late actress who played Scarlett O’Hara’s maid in “Gone With the Wind.” The billboard says, “As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion.”

While the vast majority of ads seem to target Christianity over all other religions and the timely surge comes amidst one of Christianity’s most important seasons of faith, the American Humanist Association is also working to steer worshipers away from Islam with one billboard:

Tis the Season: Atheists Anti Religion Campaigns Gear Up for Christmas

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  • powhatan
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:07pm

    Wierd..beacuse you are the most free with Jesus….I feel so sorry for those who can not believe and get to know God…..then they would “get it” and be really free…

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    • awakeningiscoming
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 3:56pm

      Totally agreed!!

      I absolutely love Glenn Beck’s 40 day challenge, because it brings us back around where we should be!! Jesus didn’t die only for us to have “fire insurance”, but for us to have a real relationship with the Father, here on earth, just as He did. It is teaching people to take the hypocracy out of their lives and step up and be true Christians. Because a lot of what people say about some people who profess to be “Christians” is true. Granted, we all have our issues, and we are not perfect although the world, especially athiests, expect us to be. But I just love what Glenn’s movement is doing. Many churches don’t even preach how bold this man is preaching about getting back to the HEART of it.
      Jesus made a way for me to enter the Holy Place. and That’s not only in heaven, that’s here on earth. If more Christians lived like they posessed the very gift Jesus gave to us (communion with the Father) I think there would be less calls of hypocracy and “religion is slavery” going on. We’d be LIVING it with all the fruits of the Spirit (because against such there is no law! no complaints! no objection!)instead of Christians only preaching it with words when still bound themselves. So many people look at that type of evangelism and go, “you’re saved?? Saved from WHAT???” (Although, hey, the persecution is always gonna be there. =) )

      “Many Christians are satisfied with their destination but they neglect the journey.” – A.W. Tozer

      Romans 6:6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.

      All of Romans 6 sums it up! How joyful it is to live in this freedom.

      On another note, I just can’t believe there are entire clubs and organizations created to say that “we don‘t believe in God and you shouldn’t either”. Not because I don’t think they should have the freedom to, just because… It doesn’t seem like something someone would do. They talk about not pushing beliefs down their throats, yet, according to their standards, this is doing just that.
      (But stating things and presenting opinions, beliefs, and statements is not “pushing down the throat”….I think they can do that. Just because I read a billboard doesn’t mean they are pushing it down my throat. Just because they can see a Christmas sign doesn’t mean its pushing it down their throats…)

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  • ProdigalChild
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:07pm

    Father forgive them, they know not what they do…………………………..

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  • juliewilton
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:58pm

    The FOOL has said in his heart that there is no God.!!

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  • Star Spangled
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:57pm

    “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? ”
    2 Corinthians 6:14

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  • juliewilton
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:57pm

    Add your comments

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  • ensemble
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:54pm

    Once again, where is the often elevated “tolerance” of the left? Just because they don’t believe in God or celebrate Christmas..why do they have to bully and harrass other people? Why can’t they just go on about their business and be “tolerant” of other people. This “in your face” bullying and abrasive behavior seems to be the symptom of some kind of mental illness with underlying control issues.

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    • Daniel
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:35pm

      Point 1: This is about believers and atheists, not political left or right. Off-topic.

      Point 2: What exactly is bullying and harrassing and intolerant about a billboard? It is freedom of speech. Any person, group, entity, organisation, or religion has the right to put some up. Intolerance would be if these atheist organisations would want to deny religious organisations their right to put up their own billboards. They don’t. So maybe you are a little disturbed that they put these billboards up especially before the holidays (althought that’s a pretty predictable strategy on their part). But how is it different from a really, really convinced non-believer being confronted with all the Christmas symbolism during this time of year? I’m not taking a stand, just an objective point of view.

      Point 3: I am going to disregard your last sentence, because childish insults and name-calling rarely indicate a worthy opponent in a discussion, and I don’t want to have written my first 2 points in vain…

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    • proudinfidel54
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 10:10am

      Daniel, You stated the point yet you missed it, the fact that they put these signs up during the Holidays are their whole intention of harassment, which, my friend, is the bullying.

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    • Daniel
      Posted on November 15, 2010 at 4:32pm

      I don’t think I missed it. I totally understand that some people might be offended by the billboards being put up especially during holidays. It is their right to be offended, but it is not their right to demand them to be taken down. Anyone has the right to put up any billboard they want (as long as it doesn’t break any laws) at any time they want—be they religious, atheist, neutral, or whatever.

      Put differently, I see how the timing might disturb religious people, but still I don’t think that this was really the intention of the people who started the campaigns. That‘s because I don’t think that these are recruiting campaigns to get believers to become atheists (which wouldn’t be right nor would it work), but simply to get people who are already atheists to join the advertised organisation, whatever reasons they might have to want people to join them. They obviously think that they have more chances of success if they do the campaigning during the time of the year when religious symbolism is most predominant in everyday life, but I don’t think that they try to make anyone feel miserable.

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  • adifftake
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:53pm

    Guessing they worship their god soros.

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  • Mick
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:53pm

    If you want me to keep my religion to myself then keep your anti-religion to yourself.

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  • capitalismrocks
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:53pm

    I suggest everyone contact their local churches and ask them if you can help donate to them to post ads countering these ads, there needs to be a very strong, open and impacting effort by all churches to post bill boards, bus signs and such countering these athiest idiots.

    Contact your churches, help them put together an ad campaign, anyone with some experience in advertising, consider doing some pro-bono work and help your local churches, get the word out VERY VERY strong this year, make a stand!

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:00pm

      Donate to your churches, but please ask them not to waste the money on some stupid ads. It’s Christmas, a time for charity, love and reflection. Not for some stupid ******* contest.

       
    • trolltrainer
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:24pm

      Agreed nvrforget. No point in participating in childish behavior. Thing is, people have already decided where they stand on God. Some silly billboard is not going to get anyone to suddenly stop and rethink their position. Let the atheist clowns waste their money, we all know it is a jab at Christians. Why bother reacting? Take advantage of it, use it as a witnessing opportunity.

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:42pm

      I’d just hate to see money that could be used on giving a homeless person a nice dinner or helping a family keep their house go to waste on something as silly as that.

      Actually, I don’t believe those posters are there to convert Christian believers anyway. I mean, how weak would your faith have to be for that to work? They’re probably more for luring some de facto atheists out of the woodwork and encourage them to stand up for what they (don’t) believe in. Either way, it doesn’t faze me.

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    • proudinfidel54
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 10:24am

      Yeah NVRFORGET and TROLLTRAINER wouldn’t want anyone spreading the Word about the Lord would we…. That would be counter productive (to the atheist that is) and by the way NVRFORGET what you said about giving the money to the poor, isn’t that what Judas said about wasting the oil on Jesus???? also do you consider speading the word a ******* contest???? Hmmm. Trolltrainer what do you think billboards about the Lord would be, if not a witnessing oppertunity. The truth is demons can’t stand it when someone shines the light on them

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 4:09pm

      @ proudinfidel54:

      Down! Down troll!

      There…Lived up to my name…

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  • justsayin
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:52pm

    Ego–love the poem. Got more?

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  • JohnnyJT
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:51pm

    George SoreAss at work.

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  • grandmaof5
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:49pm

    To each their own. I don’t cram my religion down their throats but I guess they have to recruit in order to find people who agree with them. Find the people who have lost their souls, are alone and have nowhere to turn. How sad they pick on the weak but how predictable. I will continue to say “Merry Christmas” to any and everyone, as I have in the past, and have yet to be ignored. They are losing and are desperate.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:29pm

      The biggest problem I have is they find the day we celebrate the birth of Christ and try thier darndest to interfere with us. ….and for all athiests that are getting ready to rip me about winter solstace, I already know, so don’t even start.

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    • Tyrant
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:19pm

      God Bless you Grandmaof5, Merry Christmas and I pray you have a Happy Easter.

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    • Red1492
      Posted on November 12, 2010 at 10:44am

      As an atheist, I can say that most of us don’t care. If someone wishes me a happy Ramahannukwanzmas. I just reply same to you in return. Most atheists aren’t bothered and go about their day. Our big issue is just like most of you not wanting Sharia Law legislated, we don’t want religion of any kind legislated. Some of you DARED to pull up what you call old or outdated Levitcul texts about ripping up pregnant women and dashing babies heads against rocks as atheist cherry picking. No, no, no – YOU are the cherry pickers. Muslims try to claim we cherry pick the bad verses from the Quran yet they’re still absurd and remain in their holy book just as absurd and inhumane passages remain in the bible. It’s all or nothing Christians. You can’t cherry pick, nor can you defend. Live and let live until you start forcing it on me. I’m surprised atheists even bothered to waste money to put up anti religious posters. Atheism is something people come to on their own after reading the bible, quran, torah etc., not by looking at an ad on the side of the bus. Seems like a waste of money to me.

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  • AquaBuddha
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:48pm

    Well at least Halloween is safe as long as Pelosi is in congress..

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    • drbage
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:24pm

      Are you saying that that is a mask she is wearing?

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  • egosumverum
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:46pm

    Hearken to the lies he’ll sing;
    what ends the matter is the thing.
    A cause more just? He’ll tell you no.
    Freedom in life? Hardly so!

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 11:04pm

      Love the poetry, you should send it to Glenn, I bet he’d like it.

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  • RowanGingerRaven
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:44pm

    Now, as someone who is, at most, an ojectivist when it comes to religion. I find these nagging cereal atheist just as annoying as bible-bangers. After all, NOT believing, is still believing something – They BELIEVE nothing is there.

    SO, it’s Festivus for the rest of us!

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  • petey
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:43pm

    My favorite quote:”If there were no God,there would be no atheists”.Thanks G.K.Chesterton.

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  • Mary M. Tebbe
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:43pm

    Psalm 19: 1 – 4: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display KNOWLEDGE. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into ALL THE EARTH, their words to the ENDS OF THE WORLD.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 1:28am

      There are no ends of the world. The fact that the writer didn’t know that tends to refute the theory that scripture is the divinely inspired word of Gd.

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    • AGunAndAPrayer
      Posted on November 12, 2010 at 1:54pm

      Wrong chet, the world as we know it will end one day, and we ALL will stand before the judgement seat of Christ. Jesus Christ is the master of us all, whether we accept him or not, for it is he that will decide our eternal fate. “ALL knees shall bow” in the end. I’ll pray for you and all other non-believers to come to Christ before it is to late.

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  • EP46
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:41pm

    We can’t talk about Muslims but this is OK?

    What people like this do not understand is that for Christians our faith is our soul, and we are not going to give up our soul and eternal life because of evil like this here on earth. Even Jesus was tempted, we must stand strong in the light of God.

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 9:54pm

      no. you can talk about islam all you want. don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

      islam needs to be mocked and derided on every level (just like all monotheism.)

      as a conservitive atheist i say; let her rip.

      but you will find that islam is basically a rewrite of both official testaments of the bible.

      the abrahamic religions are deluded BS.

      don’t be emotional with your research.

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:40pm

    this is GREAT!

    we need more thinkers and less believers.

    are adverts on buses really a threat to your faith? if so, your faith is crap. just like the supernatural myths you believe in.

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    • OBAMAWORSHIOER
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:06pm

      Butcher, no athiest is a threat to a person of faith who lives his/her religion. My reaction is simply one of sadness for those who reject God and place their “mind” above the ability to learn through spiritual messages.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:18pm

      Agreed! As Snowleopard says, I welcome the chance to spread the gospel! It is a great icebreaker when witnessing to strangers.

      Besides, if they can advertise then so can we. Let’s all keep speech free!

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:24pm

      Wow, nice attack. God bless you, I hope you can find peace and happiness in your life despite you anger. One question though, does this mean you don’t believe in your own soul? is there no heaven? no hell? no salvation? I’m not suprised you are angry.

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    • dontbotherme
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:46pm

      When you meet our “supernatural myth” face to face you can tell him He is “crap” & you know what He’ll do? He’ll love you because you are His lost child & He will offer salvation. The choice is yours. Now or then? What’s it going to be? Love or hatred?

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:51pm

      i’m not angry, kate. i just hate tyranny in all its forms. Religion is worse than communism.

      there is no heaven, no hell, no vicarious supernatural salvation through human sacrifice and no immortal soul.

      there is right and wrong, morality and MORTAL souls. the less the supernatural is evoked the better and saner humanity will be.

      do you really want to believe in the celestial metaphysical dictatorship that is christianity?

      i hope not. i encourage you to question with more boldness.

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:54pm

      @dontbotherme

      Religion has, by far, a much longer history of hatred than non-belief. the god of christianity is not a loving god. he is vengeful, petty and wicked.

      read your bible
      we need more atheists

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 9:51pm

      Mr. Butcher: Why don‘t you believe in someone you can’t see, touch, feel, or hear? If thats the scintific paramiters you use to either justify belief or not upon, then I guess you don’t beliieve in oxegyn either.
      Irrregardless you have the right to believe whatever you wish too, as for me and my house we shall serve the LORD.
      BetterDays

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    • frgough
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 10:18pm

      Tossing about definition by exclusion fallacies does not label you much of a thinker. Read some CS Lewis some time.

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    • cromag11b
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 10:56pm

      @ Betterdays
      I can prove oxygen exists through a battery of experiments with repeatable and predictable results.

      And Butcher is right on his points. Read the ‘holy books’ and history; monotheistic faiths are bloody and cruel. Regardless of what they supposedly teach. Islam today is having the same tantrums Judaism and Christianity had at the same age. But facts and reality are slim around these parts.

      Why can’t people believe that things just are? Why does there have to be this imaginary power that dictates everything? And if that s so why do a lot of people around here want to fight everything they don’t like; isn‘t it part of your god’s plan then?
      It like the argument that you can’t have morals without having them told to you by an voice someone heard.

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    • justsaying
      Posted on November 12, 2010 at 9:25am

      @mrbutcher

      Ads are not a threat to my faith. My faith is not crap. I must ask you, why is my faith a threat to you? If you say it is not a threat, then why does it bother people like you so much that you feel you need to “convert” us to your way of thinking? Why can’t you just live and let live?

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  • egosumverum
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:39pm

    Walk with him hands entwined,
    the end he promises is divine.
    The price is low to take this stroll,
    fifty pieces; exchange your soul.

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  • MilkMustache
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:37pm

    Coming from an agnostic turned atheist turned Christian, I have witnessed in my own life and in the lives of others that the sooner one tries to prove God does not exist, the sooner one becomes Christian or of a similar faith. The sooner they start to really look at this world we live in, the sooner they realize how intelligently designed it was. I say don’t fear Atheism, for it is a path to faith. Pray for those who are on that path that they keep an open-mind and that they continually question everything they hear and everyone they listen to.

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    • DAVEINKENTUCKY
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:20pm

      As one Christian to another,”Welcome To The Family My Brother.” We must ALWAYS remember that God is in control, no matter what happens. It may not seem like it at the time but our faith will ALWAYS win in the end. Glenn, keep up Gods’ work my friend and we WILL WIN! God Bless America!!

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    • justsaying
      Posted on November 12, 2010 at 9:13am

      Of course, question with boldness…..

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  • awtj.webs.com
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:33pm

    Their attack is against religion. They have tripped over the wisdom of their own mind. God is in the business of developing godly character in those who accept Him. Truth and freedom reside there. It’s funny how atheists are attacking something they claim does not exist.

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    • mrclean
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:29pm

      It’s funny how atheists are attacking something they claim does not exist.

      bullseye

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    • cromag11b
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 10:58pm

      Its not the religion itself, its the people who believe in the fairy tales.

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 11:56am

      Real, genuine Christians need not worry about opposition from fleshly thinking haters of God.
      Read Psalm 3:1-8

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    • JimOhio
      Posted on November 12, 2010 at 10:04am

      Your point is so well taken. If a person has resolved in their mind there is no God, why would they have any concern whatsoever about the whole issue? In other words it is a non-issue. Yet they feel compelled to address the issue of GOD with ads and billboards. Perhaps there must be something tugging at the inner man. Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.

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  • staythecourse
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:31pm

    mmmm. quotes from the old testament about the wrath of God…. maybe Americans do need to hear/read them. The time for luke warm believers seems to be in the past.

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 11:51am

      Reading the comments, there is a lot of anger, confusion and many blame our Creator for the problems in their lives. Problems they make for themselves, so they want to blame someone. If we would read Psalm 2:1-12, it helps us to know why there is so much turmoil angst against God.

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  • egosumverum
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:30pm

    Stooges all, come and see
    The Puppet Master beckons thee…..
    Walk with him in dark as night.
    Protect thy master from the light……

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    • ProdigalChild
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:08pm

      spooky, dude !

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    • Freedomseeker
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:54pm

      God watches over fools and children. He has his back turned to you, of course you turned your back on him first.

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  • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
    Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:25pm

    Fime let them come for me and my ideals, I have plenty of time to talk with them, and any threats made or enacted will be met by challenges in the courts, or self-defense as needed. I will no longer back down from the final threats they have made in the past.

    Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • theCREATORisGOD
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 6:54pm

      I’m with you SnowLeopard!

      They can come for my belief and my ideals all they want, but it will just be a waste of time and money because I will stand strong in my convictions knowing the that I am not alone because there are commenters like you and the other members of this site that will stand up with me!

      Bring it on! Christmas is here to stay!!!

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:08pm

      MERRY CHRISTMAS …. everyone .. even the Athiests if you are offended tough … WE SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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    • HKS
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:09pm

      I suppose this is another fine group of the Soros foundation. I’ve had about enough of that rag. Crawl back in the woodwork cockroach.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:17pm

      I can’t wait for Christmas! A time for Family, Faith, Charity and Love. The athiests are just like the gays on this one, they are not happy just being left alone to practice thier…nothing. They want every body to accept and acknowledge thier ‘nothing’ and possibly turn to ‘nothing’ too. God bless all my friends on this site.

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    • drbage
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:23pm

      We should get them to post politically correct and equal opportunity signs: “I Don’t Believe in Yahweh,“ ”You Don’t Need Allah”…etc. Wonder what the push back would be then?????

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:36pm

      As far as I see, all those posters work for Christianity, Islam and Judaism since they have the old testament in common and all mention Jesus Christ, differ on his role though. So the Atheists disbelieve equally :)

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    • pajamash
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:52pm

      Actually, there is evidence that there was a Jesus Christ outside the bible…

      http://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-exist.html

      So, athiests, it was not a myth. The question remains if he was the son of God.

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    • coffinman
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 7:53pm

      Speaking as an Atheist, and conservative, those groups offend me and make the rest of us look like totalitarians. I told my Catholic wife that I won’t go to mass with her, but I’ll drive her ther any time. The one bone to pick with O’Rielly and Glenn, (I watch and like/respect them both,) is that they tend to lump ALL atheists into one big, intolerant group. Personally, I suport anyone’s freedom of religeon, and all I ask in return is NOT to be witnessed to. And, yes, I bow my head when others are praying out of respect for them.

      Please people..we’re not all like these Bozos trying to convince you to become, “…one of us…”

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:00pm

      This season I do beleive I will be telling EVERYONE I come into contact with even in the isles of the grocery store “Merry Christmas” and I HOPE I catch a few non believers.. and REALLY make them mad.. I have to say I am not all that impressed with the poll they conducted..I was a catholic my entire life however.. I don‘t feel ORGANIZED religion epically the Catholic one is more than another Political organization therefore I don’t go to Church nor do I have a religion really but I have STRONG FAITH.. so if I was asked if I had A religion I would answer NO but I am a Christian.. having or being one one doesn’t necessarily include the other..

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:06pm

      Here is something of interest I heard of in the area of France. The books I checked on stated the member of the French Revolution Voltair declared ‘God in our time is dead.” The height of irony is that his home, at the time the books were printed, declared the international Gideon Society – bible dealers – use the place for their european headquarters.

      Poetic is it not?

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:10pm

      @coffinman

      I am from the other end of the spectrum as a Christian Chaplain; and I too have dealings with many Atheists. We get along well, and have discussions about many subjects of art, engineering, science, and many other areas. It is a discussion line built of respect for each others points of views, and often go into matters of each others philosophical beliefs, or non-beliefs. It is not right to indeed dump all atheists into the same mold. I try to judge by the individual; yet some of these groups make it, like some christian groups do as well, very difficult not to judge the whole.

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:20pm

      @independentvoteril Ok, so you are proud of your religion, but don’t antagonize others. I guarantee it would show up on this site as “Atheist attacks Christmas Well Wisher.” Am I Christian, yes. Do I celebrate Christmas as Jesus’ birth, yes. Do I think atheists should be allowed to evangelize like Christians do, yes.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:36pm

      Coffinman, just as a note, Beck is VERY respectful of atheists. Do you watch him? He is constantly talking about self-regulation for his atheist friends.

      I too feel like snowleopard does. The fact is we cannot drag people kicking and screaming to Christ, it is rather a personal revelation brought on by the holy Spirit. All I can do is plant seeds everywhere I go. According to my theology the whole reason why we are here is to make a single choice. God wants those who want Him. We are all condemned to hell as a flawed creation, but Christ gives us a free gift. Those who accept that gift have eternal life worshiping God. But we have to choose ourselves. I respect those who decide not to accept. I try my best to change their minds, but I understand why people do not believe.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:41pm

      This is all I have to say about that!

      “It’s Called Christmas With a Capital C”, by Go Fish;
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAckfn8yiAQ

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    • TONYR
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 10:27pm

      Just because you don’t believe in God, doesn‘t mean that he doesn’t believe in you! Search your soul and you will know!!!

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    • Robert W
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 4:07am

      God must really crack up when one of these knuckleheads shakes their fists at the sky saying “there is no God!”.Generally their just angry at the cards they have been dealt and need to justify their lifestyle. If theres no God then they can do whatever they want. Repent while theres still time. All knees will bend before the Lord…yes even yours, atheists.

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    • MOLLYPITCHER
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 7:19am

      If we as Christians are wrong (which we are not) we have lost nothing. We have lived good lives, treating our neighbors as family and helping others through charity. If the other side is wrong, they have lost everything.

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    • Sparky101
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 6:10pm

      I wonder why they feel they must rain on someone else’s parade? I don‘t go around with any beefs against someone who doesn’t believe. They have most days of the year to get their point across, so why is it that primarily Christian special days stoke their ire? It is the simple fact that they hate God, and they know it. Their problem is not with believers, but with Who we believe in, and they haven’t gotten enough press by railing against Him.

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    • NoName22
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 6:24pm

      Do Atheists still celebrate Christmas? It would seem to me that they wouldn’t take the holiday off from work, nor buy presents for anyone they know.

      “Another ad quotes famed relativity theorist Albert Einstein saying that he “cannot imagine” God.”

      Of course you can’t imagine God, you believe in God.

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    • CCRYDER
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 6:36pm

      Right on SL3200! I wonder if the the Consider Humanism folks will be hearing from the Muslims for their attack on Allah…hmmmm. Mercy knows we Christians are not allowed to be offended by these mutts.

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    • waggie
      Posted on November 11, 2010 at 9:14pm

      I feel pity for these people because one day they will stand before their MAKER and have to explain themselves.

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    • Blazergirl
      Posted on November 12, 2010 at 12:18am

      Anytime I run into an atheist, which is pretty rare in my neck of the woods, I just tell them that it is ok. God loves ALL his children. I know there are many ex-atheist that have come to believe and have The Faith. God has his own way of doing things. I pray for all of them. For those of us who have a religion, We must all practice what we preach. Since seeing is believing for them, we need to truly show what it’s like to have God in our hearts and in our lives. I’m still not clear as to why they are trying to recruit. Are they not believing in believing? Obviously they have a void they need to fill but we all know they aren’t going to find it there. It’s hard for me to imagine my life without God. How empty I would feel.

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