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An atheist group that raised a pair of billboards taking aim at the presidential candidates’ religion at the site of next month’s Democratic National Convention has pulled the signs after what the group called a “large volume of threats.”
The billboards, sponsored by American Atheists, took aim at Mormonism and Christianity and went up this month in Charlotte, North Carolina, which will play host to the Democratic convention.
Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney is a Mormon, and President Barack Obama is also a Christian.
The billboard targeting Christianity featured an image of Jesus Christ on toast and this description of the faith: “Sadistic God; Useless Savior, 30,000+ Versions of ‘Truth,’ Promotes Hates, Calls it ‘Love.’ ”
The billboard targeting Mormonism lambasted – and, Mormons would say, distorted – specific Mormon doctrines: “God is a Space Alien, Baptizes Dead People, Big Money, Big Bigotry.”
The Mormon billboard featured a man in white underwear, a reference to special Mormon garments.
American Atheists said the billboards provoked a “large volume of threats” by phone and e-mail and that the group reported the threats to police. [more]
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Whether they believe or not, atheists have a right to express what they think, they are children of God, too.
Children of God bound for Hell, Margaret — what a horrible, horrible fate for them. And, they need some sensitivity — what do you think would happen if they used a billboard to criticize Muhammad? People don’t like to have their sacred beliefs trashed, Margaret, and these insensitive atheists need to have a modicum of social judgment and understand and respect that.
If you don’t think atheists criticize Mohammed, then you aren’t paying attention. Go on reddit.com/r/atheism once in a while to see what I mean.
Furthermore, telling an atheist he or she is going to hell is like telling an adult that Santa isn’t going to bring them presents this year. If you want to be effective in debate, you have to find arguments that the other side recognizes as legitimate at their base.
I have never heard a homily or read an article written by a Catholic Bishop, Priest or the Pope Himself threatening to do harm or spreading hatred to anyone who does not agree with the churches moral teachings. Love is telling the “TRUTH!” To lie just to make nice threatens to do harm to people who oppose and participate in acts contrary to the Gospel. Their very activity threatens their fullness of health and welfare. The church is both teacher and mother. She will teach nothing but what is revealed by God and she will always be compassionate towards people. Even Excommunication was never meant to hurt or destroy someone, but it was a medicinal rememdy to challenge a person to repent so that they would not utlimately end up in perdition.
Hi Michael — good to hear from you. Your thoughtful posts always are appreciated by me.
I wouldn’t exactly take that as a compliment, but whatever.
To answer the GP post, nobody is accusing specific people of threatening atheists yet, and if this ever becomes the case, I expect it to be appropriate through the legal system of the country.
Can’t say I blame atheists for thinking that Christians recently do a lot of hating, talking about love….threats? I can believe it–we seem to have forgotten “Blessed are the peacemakers.”