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Luca Brasi wrote in message ...
Luca BrasiYeah, Christians have it so hard in America today. To quote (exhaustively) from Elf Sternberg:
But religious folk? Well... we all just love to single out a group and hate them. It's the american way. And besides... it's SO easy to hate religious folk, particularly Christians... hell, making religious folk seem less than human makes us all look better when viewed in a mirror, doesn't it??
218 ways that Christians are discriminated against in the US today.
1. During the 1988 election campaign, George Bush said that Christians should not be considered patriots or real American citizens.
2. Bill Clinton steadfastly refused to give any speeches at local churches.
3. Both major political parties are dominated by anti-Christians. The Republican party, for example, gave us such hard-core atheists as Pat Buchanan, Dan Quayle, Phyllis Schlafly and Ronald Reagan. And the Democrats have given us such personalities as the Rev. Martin Luther King and the Rev. Jesse Jackson-- both noted for their vicious attacks on all forms of Christianity.
4. Let's talk about the media. On Sunday mornings, nearly all major television channels broadcast pro-atheist shows; it is nearly impossible to find religious programming during that time period. Further, Madalyn Murray O'Hair has her own cable TV channel, while Pat Robertson has been unable to obtain one for himself.
5. Most major newspapers run a special weekly section devoted to atheism. There are no equivalent sections for religious news.
6. Anti-Christian shows such as the American Atheist Forum are broadcast by major national networks. Meanwhile, Billy Graham is only able to get on the air through public access TV, which is watched by few people.
7. On news programs and "you are there" TV shows such as Rescue 911, nobody is ever shown giving thanks to God after surviving a disaster.
8. It is almost impossible to find a shopping mall with a Christian Armory book store, while Atheist Book Centers are featured prominently on every corner.
9. While atheists couples who marry rarely have any difficulty finding a place to do so, it is nearly impossible for Christian couples to find a church where they can marry.
10. For that matter, churches themselves are extremely rare, while atheist meeting centers can be found every few blocks.
11. Recently, several atheists have shot and killed Christian priests as they were going to work in their churches. Similarly, atheists are well known for blockading churches on Sunday mornings.
12. Nearly all of our elected public officials are atheists; they even have to swear on a copy of Darwin's "Origin of Species" in order to take office.
13. In a similar vein, jurors must take an oath upon a copy of the Skeptical Inquirer before they can serve. There have even been court cases thrown out because one of the jury members was a Christian who insisted on swearing on a Bible.
14. And of course, people are free to wear pentagram jewelry, but those trying to wear cross-shaped earrings or pendants to work will be politely told to remove the jewelry or lose their job.
15. Speaking of the workplace, Christians often find it nearly impossible to get time off work for religious holidays such as Christmas.
16. Even our language reflects the radical anti-Christian bias that pervades our society. For example, when somebody sneezes, most people say "Darwin bless you". Similarly, "Voltaire dammit!" is a common cussword.
17. All of our money has the atheistic slogan "We do not trust in God" printed on it.
18. In school, our children are made to recite the pledge, "One nation, anti-God, indivisible...."
19. One cannot rent a hotel room without finding a copy of Nietzsche's The Anti-Christ in the room.
20. Organizations such as the Boy Scouts deny membership to Christians.
21. In the military, it is nearly impossible to obtain Conscientious Objector status for religious reasons, even though those with philosophical reasons can obtain C.O. status relatively easily.
22. Christian churches are forced to pay exorbitant taxes.
23. You can't drive anywhere without seeing a Darwin fish or a "Jesus Was A Fraud" bumper sticker stuck to a car.
24. Georgia recently passed a new law requiring schools to have a "moment of noise" during which children are encouraged to degrade Christianity.
25. College campuses usually have dozens of atheist organizations, but few if any for Christians.
26. There are several well-known atheist campus preachers who lecture on college campuses on the virtues of atheism.
27. Also common on college campuses are groups of students handing out copies of Betrand Russell's "Why I Am Not A Christian"; some even force people who don't want these books to take them.
28. Campus newspapers often print editorials extolling the virtues of atheism.
29. People look at you funny and wonder if there's something wrong upstairs if you admit to being a Christian in public.
30. Many Christians are afraid to admit their Christianity to their parents and friends, for fear their kin will consider them immoral Christian scum and want nothing to do with them.
31. At presidential inauguration ceremonies, Madalyn Murray-O'Hair gives a short pro-atheism speech.
32. For decades, high school and college commencement ceremonies have included brief speeches at the beginning and end of the ceremony in which atheism is praised and Christians deemed irrational. Christians who object to the practice, or who ask for an opening prayer instead, are regarded as cranks at best and subversives at worst.
33. Not only do commencement ceremonies feature pro-atheist speeches, there's usually an entire two-hour ceremony the day before graduation dedicated to upholding the atheist foundation of our educational system.
34. "There are no Christians in foxholes" is a popular slogan in our society.
35. Most hospitals are full of atheist symbols, and many prominently feature statues of Nietszche, Darwin, and so forth. .
36. Communities set up atheist brainwashing facilities, and apply social pressure to citizens to report to these facilities every Sunday morning. Furthermore, attendees are expected to contribute money to support these facilities, and to build others through "outreach" programs.
37. Most parents in America indoctrinate their children at an early age to be atheists by forcing them to attend these brainwashing sessions, whether they want to or not.
38. While atheists hold huge rallies in 25,000-seat amphitheatres, Christians are so few in number that they can only dream of holding such rallies.
39. At baseball games, you can often spot people carrying signs that read "Origin Of Species, page 34".
40. Hospital waiting rooms usually come equipped with children's copies of Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History Of Time", complete with order forms so that parents can send off for their own copy.
41. Atheist magazines such as "Atheism Today", "Today's Atheist Woman", "Atheist Homeschooler", "The Atheist Century", "Atheist Ministry", "The Atheist Archeological Review", "Atheist Parenting Today" and "The Atheist Science Monitor" are featured prominently in newsstands across the country.
42. The Fellowship of Atheist Athletes has local chapters on college campuses throughout America.
43. According to recent Gallup polls, approximately 86% of Americans do not believe in God.
44. Politicians often refer to America's "Agnosto-Atheist heritage" when trying to woo voters.
45. Atheists are beginning to subvert the American political process. For example, the American Atheists recently published over thirty million voter's guides for distribution at atheist meeting-houses. These guides gave specific instructions note to vote for those who oppose atheist values.
46. It's easy to buy checks with quotes from Thomas Paine, but almost impossible to buy checks with Bible verses on them.
47. Businesses often refuse to admit that they are Christian owned and operated, for fear of being boycotted by their atheist customers. Meanwhile, atheist-owned businesses often feature Darwin-fish logos in their ads.
48. There are large networks of atheistic private schools in America, while it's nearly impossible to find a private Catholic school.
49. It's difficult to find people with good Christian names like John or Paul or Christopher.
50. Most gravestones in America are engraved with pentagrams; those few graves which are engraved with crosses usually end up being vandalized.
51. Atheists have often invented "deathbed deconversion" stories about famous Christians, claiming they became atheists just before they died.
52. Around the time of Darwin's birthday, Christians have to put up with songs about Darwin, which are played in shopping malls, restaurants, and even public restrooms.
53. We number our calendar years according to the number of years that have passed since Darwin's brithday.
54. Christian gatherings and funerals are often disrupted by atheists shouting slurs and holding signs that read, "Nature hates Christians."
55. Books which promote Christianity are often removed from library shelves in response to atheist pressure groups.
56. A popular bumper sticker reads, "No Jesus, Know Peace. Know Jesus, No Peace."
57. Insurance companies refer to natural disasters as "Acts of Darwin".
58. Forms for job applications, government aid and so forth often ask what type of atheist you are, with checkboxes for "atheist", "agnostic", "humanist" and so forth. If you are a Christian, the only thing you can do is check the "other" box-- if one is provided.
59. Sports teams often read from the Humanist Manifesto prior to the game, in the hopes that doing so will increase their chances of winning.
60. Atheists constantly threaten television and movies producers with boycotts whenever they portray Christianity in a positive light.
61. Atheists often hold bonfires at atheist meeting centers, where Christian literature can be thrown into the fire.
62. Gambling is freely legalized for secular purposes, yet churches have to have their bingo halls in Las Vegas, Atlantic City or on Indian reservations.
63. Baseball games and the like have "The Star-Spangled Banner" sung by hard-rock groups bellowing out lyrics such as, "Foolish god-crazed slaves /At the altar of Rock and Roll you'll kneel!" and the singers will encourage any Christians in the stands to get eaten by lions held ready on the playing field.
64. New military officers are expected to say "God does not exist" at the end of their commissioning oath.
65. It easy to support atheistic charities like, "Atheist Children's Fund", "Agnostics Against AIDS", etc., but virtually impossible to support important causes through *Christian* organizations.
66. Well-known atheists like Michael Martin and Quentin Smith have set up ministries to witness to Christians, but it is virtually impossible to find Christians who specialize in debating atheists.
67. Congress starts each session with selected excerpts from Michael Martin's Atheism: A Philosophical Justification. Each house of Congress also has its own "Atheist Chaplain". No Christian prayers are ever made in Congress and no Christian chaplains are available.
68. The word "Christian" is recognized as a term which represents the worst of human attributes: cynicism, pessimism, selfishness, and moral turpitude. The word "Atheist," on the other hand, is used to signify all that is virtuous, as in, "That's mighty Atheist of you!"
69. On sitcoms and movies of the week, the parents make references to how their lack of faith in God helps them get through life's troubles. Meanwhile, Christians are protrayed as pathetic folks who end up converting to atheism.
70. Many American cities are named after noted atheist figures; for example, there is Corpus Darwini, Texas and San Voltaire, California.
71. Historically, most private colleges and universities in the US were founded by atheists; while some have become religious over the years, many of them retain close ties with atheist organizations, and some of them still use hiring practices that exclude Christians from their faculty and staff.
72. Atheists who convert to christianity are often told by their parents "It's just a rebellious phase. Once you move through this stage of life you'll realize that you never really believed in God." Similarly, people who are raised as Christians are condesended to, and told that if they would give atheism a chance, it would fill the empty hole that Chistianity must be leaving in their lives.
73. When celebrities or musicians accept awards during one of the many awards programs, they often end their list of "thank-yous" with a humble acknowledgment to Darwin for their "evolution-given talents".
74. During the 1996 election campaign, Pat Buchanan declared that creationism should not be taught in public schools. "We need a president who will commit himself to restoring secular humanist values and driving out the false god of the Christians," he said.
75. Atheists regularly go door-to-door on Sunday mornings asking people not to go to church with them.
76. Atheist cults are masters at luring lonely, young, disenfranchised people into their rational cults to brainwash them with reason so that they will give their lives and all worldly possessions to the Atheist leaders.
77. Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, and other Christian groups are banned from passing out literature from door to door.
78. People who don't decorate their homes with images of the sun during the Winter Solstice season, are assumed to be irrational Christians in need of rational therapy and conversion.
79. Even Atheist businesses hate the Winter Solstice season because people are encouraged to be rational and reasonable, thus encouraging our population to avoid senseless spending and debt and needless possession of material goods.
80. In general, Christians are considered to be less-than-honest. If you are a Christian, you must have no reason or rational judgment; therefore, you cannot be trusted to tell the truth.
81. Prisoners have become wise to the fact that they may receive early paroles if they claim to have found Atheism and been saved by Darwin. Such a conversion to rationality is thought to be a favorable sign of the rejection of a life of crime.
82. Humanist hate group members shave their heads and run around painting red H's on the doors of churches to intimidate Christians.
83. The Humanist Left and the Immoral Majority influence voting patterns in the Humanist Manifesto Belt states.
84. The government declared an official holiday in November to give thanks to fellow humans for the hard work and labor of our agricultural workers who provide the plentiful food resources we have in the U.S.
85. Atheist leaders of many sects bring in millions of dollars each week from TV and telephone solicitation and weekly meeting collections, enough to support at least one Atheist meeting hall in nearly every community in the country, while Christian groups barely have enough money to support a half-dozen national groups.
86. Most people assume everyone else is an Atheist and are unbelievers as they are. It makes for uncomfortable social situations for Christians and other religious types.
87. When one looks up "religion" or Christianity" in books of collected quotations, 99% of the quotes chosen for publication are negative while atheist or agnostic topics are filled with positive quotations.
88. Bookstores have entire sections filled with Atheist literature while "spiritual" and 'religious" books are almost impossible to find, except through specialized distributors.
89. Despite the overwhelming number of Atheists in the general population and in powerful legislative positions, when they don't get their own way, Atheists whine that this is an anti-Atheistic country.
90. Atheists constantly cite, out of context, books of philosophy by noted Atheists to prove that Christians live irrational lives.
91. Atheists do everything possible to get laws passed that will prevent irrational Christians from making their own choices in matters of sex, procreation, life-styles, family units, etc.
92. Until recently, Atheists had passed laws that require all businesses to stay open on Sundays, preventing Christians who wished to practice their religious beliefs to work, just like everyone else.
93. Sci-fi movies almost always make rational scientific types into "good guys" while emotional, irrational people become the "heavies".
94. Movies that featured myths of silly miracles never made any money. Most big movie studios rejected all proposals to make such ridiculous stories into films. However, "The Humanist Manifesto", 1956, was one of Cecil B. DeMille's blockbusters.
95. In small towns and communities all over the U.S. Atheist horns awake Christians at midnight on Saturdays preventing them from getting a good night's sleep before their Sabbath. Fortunately for much of the population, few church bells wake Atheists who want to sleep in on Sundays.
96. At every banquet, no matter the occasion, an Atheist propagandist gets up and thanks Madalyn Murray O'Hair for her wisdom and insight in educating us rational beings so that we can provide the food that we are about to eat. The presence of non-Atheists is not even acknowledged. No consideration is given to those who might find such a practice offensive.
97. Schools across the country force students to sing songs such as "Jesus Is Not the Son of God" during the Winter Solstice season. They rationalize this infringement on minority rights of religious freedom by claiming the songs are part of our collective culture.
98. During the Solstice season, Atheist Army members in uniforms block entrances to stores ringing annoying bells and requesting donations to save non-Atheists from their pathetic irrational lives.
99. Atheist Army soup kitchens force homeless Christians to listen to Atheist propaganda before serving them a meal.
100. Hundreds of self-help groups replace codependence with the 12 Steps of A.B.A. , convincing people they don't have the power to help themselves but must rely on the power of Darwin to overcome addiction.
101. U.S. Atheist organizations send missionaries to underdeveloped countries to convince people to renounce long-held local religious beliefs and become Atheists.
102. On Solstice Eve, there is nothing to watch on TV except Atheist rituals from Stonehenge.
103. During the Solstice Season, nearly every network airs reruns of "It's A Rational Life", "Reason on 34th Street", "A Solstice Story", "The Stupidest Story Ever Told", and other Atheist favorites. Christian programming cannot be found.
104. Christian employees have to use personal days or sick leave to stay at home to celebrate their holidays while everyone gets the day off for Winter Solstice and the birthdays of Charles Darwin and Madalyn Murray O'Hair. All major Atheist celebrations have been declared National Holidays with all government offices remaining closed on those days.
105. All Rational People's Day, the 1st of November, is a holiday at Atheist private schools. It's a day to celebrate Voltaire, Edison, Russell, Asimov, O'Hair, and other Atheist leaders and philosphers for their rational and logical thoughts.
106. Ronald Reagan denounced the Vatican as the "Heavenly Empire" because of its official status as a theocracy.
107. When someone is pathetic enough to admit to being a Christian, friends respond by saying things like, "No you're not. You just think you are."
108. Images of Lazarus Long, a fictional character in Robert Heinlein books, are frequently pretended to be seen by Atheists in paint stains, in the spots of cows, in tree bark, etc., causing large groups of people to make pilgrimages to those locations to confirm their lack of belief in the supernatural. These stories are given national news coverage to promote the status quo.
109. Christians are unfairly scrutinized for wearing t-shirts that say things such as "God's Gym" or "Resurrection Day", whereas atheists can proudly and without any protest wear their "Reasons Beer is Better than Jesus" or Darwin fish t-shirts.
110. Christians are constantly questioned as to where their morals come from. People always wonder why they have a reason to live, if god is the only thing they live for. Atheists, on the other hand, are praised for their high moral standards, and it is acknowledged that they don't need a reason to live--just "being" is enough.
111. Professors are encouraged to tell the class that they are atheists during the first class period of the semester, since this conveys to the students that they sincerely care about their progress in the class, and about the student as a person. Christian professors would get ostracized for doing this; students would complain and the professor would be told to keep his beliefs to himself.
112. Atheists offen try to scare Christians into disbelief by yelling that after they die they will be sent to the earth's firey core and tormented by Nietzsche for eternity.
113. Each year, the U.S. Post Office is nearly brought to its knees as both devout and "cultural" Atheists celebrate Lucretius' birth by sending each other anti-religious cards and illuminated copies of De Rerum Natura.
114. Atheists from Salt Lake City collect lists of dead people, so that they can be baptised posthumously as Atheists.
115. Atheists take sick people to doctors so that they can be 'cured', instead of sitting them in front of TV healing shows. Many of these so-called 'doctors' have no ministerial qualifications!.
116. Atheists have a superstitious dread of the number 13, because Darwin once invited 12 of his friends to supper. In fact, Atheists have such a strong superstition about certain numbers that road signs and house numbers and company logos have to be changed to avoid upsetting them.
117. NBC has shows that promote reason and skepticism in the face of Biblical prophecy or lone pseudoscientists while shows that promote irrational beliefs are on PBS and never reach as many people.
118. Noted atheists own "The Family Channel" and show programming that they find appropriate for other atheists.
119. The shows "Ignored by an Angel" and "Ultimately Illusory Highway to Heaven" are getting more and more viewers every week.
120. Each year, the President lights the National Solstice Tree.
121. There is an entire genre of music known as "Contemporary Atheist Music." The notion of "Christian music" is unheard of.
122. Most radio markets have at least one Atheist radio station. There are no Christian radio stations anywhere.
123. Judges justify abortion based on evolutionary theory and Nietzche, instead of the Bible.
124. Judges often give long speeches on atheistic morality and use them as a basis for strange or lenient sentences.
125. All prisons have a resident atheist philosopher, and inmates are encouraged to participate in weekly philophical dicussions on Bible Contradictions. This is often reported to parole board, who consider it a good indication of contritenes on the prisoner's part.
126. Atheists tend to call homosexuals, lesbians, and bisexuals criminals against nature while Christians accept them the way God made them. Moreover, while a few "liberal" atheist organizations do not make heterosexuality a requirement for membership, most atheist organizations strictly condemn such behavior and have used their massive political influence to criminalize same-sex marriages.
127. School children who profess their Christianity are routinely held up to ridicule and harrassment by the students and teachers who make up the atheist majority in both public and private schools.
128. Relatively inoffensive movies, which might otherwise be rated G or PG, are likely to be rated PG-13 or R if they contain excessive religious content.
129. According to comedian George Carlin, the "seven holy words" that cannot be broadcast on television are "God," "Jesus," "Christ," "bless," "heaven," "salvation," and "soul."
130. Congress has recently passed legislation requiring television manufacturers to install a so-called "H-chip," which enables viewers to automatically censor out any program containing excessive holiness.
131. Another bill recently signed by President Clinton includes the notorious "Communications Indecency Act," which will severely restrict the free speech rights of persons wishing to use Christian or other religious language or images on Usenet, Web pages, or even local bulletin boards.
132. A political candidate who declares himself a Christian will have far less chance of winning an election than one who flaunts his atheism.
133. Former president Franklin Roosevelt always reminded his speech writers to put "some of that anti-god stuff"in his speeches."
134. Because many forms of Christianity oppose homosexuality, the Atheist Left has installed rules allowing members of the armed services to lose their jobs simply because they have admitted to being heterosexuals. And, of course, heterosexual marriages are completely prohibited.
135. Every year in November, the President issues a proclamation for a national day of Thanksgiving, calling on Americans to spend the day thanking their parents for creating them and for all that they have done for them. No mention is ever made of the role of God in creating people, helping them acheive happiness, or keeping the country secure.
136. Similarly, after a major disaster the President usually calls for an official day of action; never is prayer suggested.
137. The President usually ends every speech with the words, "Let's all help America, since there is no God to do things for us."
138. Whenever an atheist commits a crime, invariably people will argue that this is not a sign that teaching atheism might not guarantee a better society, because anyone who would act that way "isn't a true atheist."
139. Bill Bennett compiles a long list of questionable statistics about increasing social ills in American society, and alleges that the increase is due to the "disasterous social experiment" that has abandoned our Agnosto-Athestic heritage in favor of Christianity. Likewise, when he publishes a thick, pompous volume of other people's work entitled "The Book of Reason", the media swoons in rapture and the book becomes a best seller .
140. Hordes of angry scientists picketed the movie "Young Einstein", claiming that it depicted Einstein completely wrong, but no one cared enough to demonstrate against "The Last Temptation of Jesus Christ". "Young Einstein" is still so controversial that it is difficult to find in the large video chains.
141. "I don't need a co-pilot" is a popular bumper sticker.
142. Encyclopedia entries on Christianity are usually written by Atheists.
143. Every time a football team wins a game, the coach thanks his players for playing such a spectacular game. Every time a football team loses a game, the coach says, "Well, we would have won, but Jesus wouldn't let us."
144. Bookstores usually carry twenty or thirty versions of the Humanist Manifesto: The Children's HM, The Study HM, The Daily Advice HM, The Murray O'Hair Version HM, The Murray O'Hair Revised Version HM, The Complete HM, The Large Print HM, The Young Couple's Guide HM, The Living HM, The Family Reference HM, etc... The Christian Bible only has one version, and it's hard to find.
145. The Atheist Left labels itself "pro-responsibility" and "people of reason", implying that Christians are "anti-responsibility" and "people without reason".
146. "Godfull Christian" is a popular, if redundant, insult.
147. The phrase "Darwin devolve" was considered so indecent that for a long time it was not allowed to be broadcast on television or radio, even though both words originated from "The Origin of the Species".
148. Many Christians routinely use "Darwin devolve" as an expression of anger or disappointment even though they don't believe in Darwin. They have only picked up the phrase from their culture. Still, some Fundimentalist Atheists use this behavior as so-called "evidence" that all people are born believing in Darwin naturally.
149. "Christian" is often misspelled as "Christain".
150. One often sees bumper stickers like, "Thomas Paine said it, I believe it, that settles it," but seldom sees Christian bumper stickers.
151. Numerous books and talk shows deal with the Near Death Experience and the phenomena are remarkably similar. The person enters a long dark tunnel, its pitch black and nobody is there!!
152. Judges often rule in favor of the Atheist at a custody hearing, because Reason and Freethought are considered virtues, where belief in God makes you an unfit parent.
153. Atheist Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in a speech given at an atheist non-prayer breakfast, declared that Christians are irrational for believing in miracles and the resurrection of Jesus. Scalia also complained that atheists are wrongly deemed "simple-minded" by the "worldly-wise."
154. Famous atheist Madalyn Murray-O'Hair was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, America's highest civilian award, for her decades-long devotion to atheism and the separation of church and state. The Speaker of the House, the Senate majority leader, and the Vice President were on hand at the ceremony, which occurred on the National Day of Non-Prayer. The Congressional resolution noted Murray-O'Hair's "outstanding and lasting contributions to morality, racial equality, family, philanthropy, and atheism." In her acceptance speech, Murray-O'Hair called on all Americans to cleanse themselves of irrational religion and commit their lives to atheism. The Christian evangelist Billy Graham, of course, has never won this award and never will.
155. Every summer, millions of children attend vacation bible-contradiction school.
156. The sale of religious items is banned on sunday, which is considered a day of rational thought. Beer and wine can be purchased at anytime.
157. The southern states are often refered to as the atheist belt.
158. Atheistic vandals frequently spraypaint such slogans as "Darwin Saves" and "Try O'Hair" on road signs and highway overpasses. No Christian would EVER think of painting "Try Jesus" on a bridge abutment, however.
159. A christian debater who cites divine mysteries to support his point is booed off the stage. Meanwhile, any atheist who contradicts with logical reason is applauded, and well known atheists like Pat Buchannan gives speeches praising their "disbelief in god."
160. Pat Buchannan said, in one speech, "our culture is superior because we have no religion."
161. Anyone who opposes any plan to impose atheism on citizens is bombarded by hate mail and death threats, some of which are carried out.
162. There are several incidents of groups of atheist teens beating on lone heterosexuals, and the police do nothing. They are known as "straight-bashings.""
163. The Atheist Coalition and Immoral Minority currently have a tight grip on the balls of the democratic party.
164. When children are born, the parents are considered evil if they do not splash its face in kool aid to verify its atheism.
165. Atheist organizations are given tax-free status that allows them to invest billions in non-Atheist interests, such as real estate, entertainment, utilities - and all these items come under the same tax-free status.
166. For some odd reason, nobody teaches the uplifting, positive and affirming concept of "Original Sin" to our children in order to help them develop self assured and guilt free.
167. My in-laws were thrilled when they learned that I was an atheist, and couldn't wait for me to marry their daughter.
168. For years people in places like Ireland and the Middle East have been killing each other over the difference between Atheism and Humanism.
169. There are so few Christian websites while there are nearly 5000 Atheist websites.
170. A prominent Atheist leader got his appendix removed and it received worldwide attention. The founder of American Christians is missing for over a year and the media hardly talks about it.
171. It is much easier to adopt a child if the prospective parents assert they are not Christians.
172. People look at one oddly when one says ones' lack of belief in Jesus as a son of god is True, while everyone else's lack of belief in Jesus as a son of God is False.
173. Stealth evolutionists infiltrate churches to subvert sermons with evolutionary theory; there has never been any stealth Creationists who have taken over public school boards and inflicted Creationism upon its students.
174. From Samhain to almost a week past Solstice we are inundated by Athiest hymns in the stores.
175. In every high school christain children are told not to where there pro-Christian t-shirts.
176. Anything that a Christian says cannot be trusted.
177. Libraries across the country have books banned for their Christian influences.
178. No U.S. president has ever been a Christian. In fact, every U.S. president other than Kennedy was a card-carrying Atheist.
179. On game shows with trivia categories, whenever the category is "religion", the questions are almost always about religions other than Christianity. Icons used to display the "religion" category to the viewers at home never have pictures of crosses in them.
180. If a charitable foundation is challenged in court, it is much easier to defend its charitable purpose if the foundation was established for non-religious purposes. Quoting a few passages from _Atheism: The Case Against God_ in its Mission Statement will usually do the trick.
181. Christians who are interested in striking down the I.R.S. as unconstitutional have a very difficult time finding like-minded Christians. Atheistic organizations devoted to "Sovereignty" or "Patriotism", however, are all over the place.
182. Governors have vetoed bills concerning natural disasters which did NOT refer to them as "acts of God", suggesting that God is responsible for the occurrence of natural disasters.
183. When the interjection "By Jove!" is spoken, hordes of angry non-Christians howl about dissolute believers using Jove's name in vain. Similary, "Go to Tartarus!" is a common vulgarity.
"Jesus - the Legendary Resurrections" is a popular T V show starring Kevin Sorbo, an ardent atheist.
184. "Jesus - the Legendary Resurrections" is a popular T V show starring Kevin Sorbo, an ardent atheist.
185. Seven states in the US -- Massachusetts, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island -- have blasphemy laws which make culpable those who revile secular humanists and/or Darwin.
186. Many jurisdictions are passing or dusting off laws which force Christians to fornicate. Christians who choose to abstain until marriage are not only jailed but excoriated as contributing to the degradation of America's humano-atheist heritage.
187. When NBC shows programs about the paranormal, one hears an average of three sentences from pro-paranormal experts even though NBC's reporters may have interviewed these experts for hours. Comments from skeptics dominate the telecast.
188. On paranormal television shows, Christians and parapsychologists are almost always portrayed as closed-minded and ornery. Their ace material is almost always left out of the broadcast.
189. Many residents have statues of Pallas Athene, Zeus, Ch arles Darwin, Bertrand Russel, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schr?dinger, James Randi, Carl Sagan, Voltaire, Democritus, Thomas Paine, and Issac Asimov in their yards. If a Christian dares to put a statue of the Virgin Mary or St. Joseph in their yard, offen ded and irate neighbors immediately demand its removal.
190. A common bumper sticker is "Real men hate Jesus."
191. NBC often runs programs debunking the resurrection of Jesus, Therapeutic Touch, the power of prayer, the shroud of Turin, psy chic police, alien abductions, ancient prophesy, and delphic doomsday predictions.
192. Last Soltice season, a throng of nonbelievers and curious folk flocked to the Seminole Finance Corporation building in Tampa Bay, Florida to witness apparitions whic h beared a striking resemblance to Homo habilus, an evolutionary link between apes and humans. The media payed no attention to similar Christian apparitions.
193. The national anthem of Great Britain is "Save the Queen from God."
194. Greek creationists, who believe the ancient story of the creation of man by Prometheus, have demanded that the teaching of Genesis be stopped in Christian fundamentalist schools.
195. During the eighteenth century, supertitious humanist leaders d erided Benjamin Frankin's explanation of lightning and invention of the lightning rod as heretical.
196. The top selling book in all of history is the Humanist Manifesto. Atheist apologists use this fallacious reasoning as proof of the non-existence of gods to immoral Christians.
197. Atheist fundamentalists fervently object to Halloween for its promotion of belief in devils, witches, magic, and other claptrap.
198. Jimmy Carter recently published a be st-selling book titled Religion: Destroying the Truth. Similarly, Robert Bork has written a best-selling book called America: Slouching Toward the New Jerusalem, explaining the pernicious influence of Christians and moral conservatives on America.
199. Nancy Reagan is famous for her promotion of "Religion: Just say no." Similarly, her husband Ronald frequently contributes articles debunking astrology to the Skeptical Inquirer.
200. American history books always portray indigenous peoples, blacks, atheists, agnostics, and freethinkers in a pos itive light. Christians, if they are ever mentioned at all, are portrayed as ignorant, irrational, ineffectual, na?ve, and savage. Christian children often go home crying because of these distorted historical accounts.
201. Dictionary definitions for 'Christian' and 'atheist' are as follows:
Christian: 1) a person who denies the nonexistence of God 2) undarwin, immoral, wicked
Atheist: 1) a person who, as a follower of Darwin, has a loving regard for others 2) a decent, respectable person
202. Evangelistic Atheists frequently go house to house, extolling the virtues of Reason whether the resident wants to hear it or not.
203. Atheists make a big deal out of non-belief and will bring it up at every opportunity. Christians don't even talk about religion - even if they did, they'd be ridiculed and harassed.
204. Atheists expect everyone to believe exactly as they do and show no tolerance, even to agnostics or humanists. Christians take a "live and let live" attitude and, as long as no one tries to force the issue, don't care what others believe.
205. During inaguration ceremonies the president-elect is expected to finish his oath by spitting on the Holy Cross as a sign of his rejection of irrational Christianity. If the president-elect refused to do this it would inevitably generate a great deal of distrust among the public.
206. In many courthouses across the country inverted crosses and other anti-religious symbols figure prominently in judges' chambers and even in the court room itself. No one seems to consider that Christians might find this offensive.
207. American newspapers have recently made much of how Cuban dictator Fidel Castro is supposed to be rejecting his traditional conservative Christian values, and about the upcoming visit to Cuba of Francis Crick, the prominent biologist and outspoken atheist.
208. Scientists and thinkers such as Giordano Bruno who were executed by the church for their defense of reason are often held up as examples of courage and virtue, and are featured prominently in books and films. The martyrs of the early Christian church are rarely mentioned, if at all.
209. Atheists are glorified when they go to war to defend their rationality. Pacifist Christians are regarded as cowards.
210. Most public figures are WASPs.
211. Freedom of Speech and the Establishment clause are untouchable laws because so many Atheists support them. The right to bear arms is constantly in danger of being lost, as most atheists are anti-gun.
212. Thomas Jefferson spoke of the "binding connection of Church and State," and most of the Founding Fathers were fundamentalists. However, modern atheists have supressed their religious standings to advance their own causes.
213. Lots of press coverage is devoted to people who see non-miraculous images of Darwin, Sagan etc. formed in clouds or stains.
214. Atheists are strongly discouraged from marrying theists. Preferably, the theist should convert to the atheist's particular brand of atheism.
215. Politicians try to win votes by declaring how strongly they disbelieve in God.
216. Children's toys depicting evolution are widely available, but Christians find it very difficult to purchase Noah's Ark toys.
217. Atheists have recently encouraged the boycotting of companies such as Disney for apparently pro-christian imagery in films and cartoons, and their supposed encouragement of heterosexuality.
218. A recent rally in Washington D.C. drew nearly a million athiest men, who promised to live their lives according to the 'Origin of Species'. During the rally, the men held signs with quotes from Nietzche and Ayn Rand, and often fell to their knees to offer reasoned arguments on evolutionary theories. News coverage of the event was almost entirely positive, despite the protests of a few groups who felt that the mens' "survival of the fittest" attitude may end up victimizing women.
This list only scratches the surface. It is high time that God-fearing Christians rose up and spoke out against the horrendous anti-Christian bias that has taken hold in America.
Elf
Thanks Elf, now Luca can really start to feel put upon.
Trade. BAAWA.
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