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Tue Sep 10, 2013, 10:51 AM Sep 2013

Disgraced former Navy chaplain claims us atheists are "posessed by demons"

No wonder he was bounced out of the Navy.
Klingenschmitt gets into a financial and/or sexual scandal in 3-2-1...

Klingenschmitt: Atheists Are Vile, Corrupt, And Demon-Possessed

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Tuesday, 9/10/2013 10:32 am

In the last few weeks, we have heard Religious Right activists cite Bible verses to declare that those who do not have a proper "fear of the Lord" cannot be wise or have understanding and cannot be a good scientist or mathematician because they do not possess true knowledge. Today, on his "Pray in Jesus Name" show, "Dr. Chaps" Gordon Klingenschmitt followed that pattern when he said that those who do not believe in God cannot be good because "God is not ruling in their heart and the Holy Spirit is what makes good inside of us." Citing Psalm 14:1, Klingenschmitt asserted that atheists are possessed by demonic spirits that cause them to defy God, meaning they are corrupt and vile; therefore there is no such thing as a good atheist:

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-atheists-are-vile-corrupt-and-demon-possessed#sthash.wFbKWucZ.dpuf

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Disgraced former Navy chaplain claims us atheists are "posessed by demons" (Original Post) Archae Sep 2013 OP
Hey, we aint the ones playing with snakes. OffWithTheirHeads Sep 2013 #1
My demon just told me Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #2
I guess we can just be grateful that he didn't shoot anybody. n/t Yo_Mama Sep 2013 #3
What about other religions? If they have their own gods, do their atheists get their own demons? DetlefK Sep 2013 #4
In some theocratic countries, even being ACCUSED of being an atheist gets people killed. Archae Sep 2013 #5

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
2. My demon just told me
Tue Sep 10, 2013, 11:10 AM
Sep 2013

I was supposed to ask you to tell your demon that he's in trouble and Beelzebub wants to talk to him.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
4. What about other religions? If they have their own gods, do their atheists get their own demons?
Tue Sep 10, 2013, 11:19 AM
Sep 2013

How can I find out whether the demon inside me is a proper "God-fearing" christian one?

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