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In reply to the discussion: Community Wants Atheist Santa Billboard Taken Down [View all]rockfordfile
(8,700 posts)78. Well
Well religion is a scam. It's just that where we live the Christian religionscam is the dominate religionscam.
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Why don't they put up their own sign? Seems reasonable instead of complaining.
yeoman6987
Dec 2015
#29
I have not seen that one yet, where is it? the fundy heads around here must be exploding.
niyad
Dec 2015
#16
Spreading the idea of "being good for goodness' sake" disrespects their deeply-held beliefs ...
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2015
#6
Kernersville is between Winston-Salem (to the west) and Greensboro (to the east)
mnhtnbb
Dec 2015
#11
I used to have a conservative friend who'd argue "You don't have a right NOT to be offended"
Bucky
Dec 2015
#13
umm, possibly because they are reacting to all the hatred and vitriol spewed by the fundie
niyad
Dec 2015
#17
Why is it okay for Christians to proclaim their beliefs but not for other people?
Arugula Latte
Dec 2015
#127
You don't seem to be applying your tsk-tsk-tsking to anyone but atheists.
Arugula Latte
Dec 2015
#155
Implying a person will 'go to hell' or whatever if they don't go to church is equally obnoxious.
Matariki
Dec 2015
#100
You should try to be more accepting of people who don't believe in fairy tales
Kalidurga
Dec 2015
#122
Please. Atheists simply proclaim their existence and certain people take it as an insult.
RedCappedBandit
Dec 2015
#32
That makes you refreshingly different from most slightly-zealous-to-rabid religious people.
Arugula Latte
Dec 2015
#154
because we are reaching out to the children...ridicule and mockery actually work
snooper2
Dec 2015
#42
I'm not following the "did it first", but tend to disagree on the respect thing...
snooper2
Dec 2015
#88
religion = mythology... Some mythology makes for good stories and movies though
snooper2
Dec 2015
#105
The difference, of course, is that no one of sound mind really believes in Santa...
TipTok
Dec 2015
#57
Why do Theists have to insult other people's beliefs to define their own?
Arugula Latte
Dec 2015
#125
goodness, are there enough fainting couches and pearls for the delicate little dears?
niyad
Dec 2015
#18
That's the standard plea of religionists desperate to frame the world by their own dogma
Orrex
Dec 2015
#38
When they insult religion while trying to insult atheism, it goes right over their heads, don't it?
Iggo
Dec 2015
#41
Creative, though unsupported allegation... like a bumper-sticker sans wit.
LanternWaste
Dec 2015
#59
I'm always amazed that so many DU "progressives" seem to think that only religious
Arugula Latte
Dec 2015
#128
The world, and even North Carolina, is not divided into just atheists and fundamentalists
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2015
#97
Just suck it up like everybody else does. There's lots of crap we all put up with every day.
BlueJazz
Dec 2015
#31
Do you regard "just be good for goodness' sake" as negative, then?
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2015
#64
"Too bad they couldn't put up a positive statement about their beliefs"
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2015
#72
They're saying it's OK to be an atheist. How is that not a positive statement? nt
RedCappedBandit
Dec 2015
#121
They're just mad because there's one less anti choice billboard in the Carolinas
NightWatcher
Dec 2015
#55
This is why a melting pot/multi-cultural society will always be contentious
The2ndWheel
Dec 2015
#61
What if the message was: "Go ahead and skip the mosque! Just be good for goodness sake"
oberliner
Dec 2015
#63
"be good for goodness' sake" is not about what other people believe
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2015
#108
Considering it seems to be a message for those who don't want to go to Church/Mosque anyways...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2015
#138
But don't you think there might be closet atheists among the US Muslim population?
oberliner
Dec 2015
#142
I read a Facebook thread by religious family members which highlights why this is an "insult".
ieoeja
Dec 2015
#112
Because it would be lost among the thousands of other billboards that say that.
jeff47
Dec 2015
#151