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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:39 AM
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Christian Fundamentalists say atheists are "grumpy and bitter"
Is there any evidence for that? Are atheists any less happy with their lives than believers?

This fundamentalist website for children is rather disturbing.


http://objective.jesussave.us/kidz.html


What should you do if you find an Atheist?

If you find an Atheist in your neighborhood,
TELL A PARENT OR PASTOR RIGHT AWAY!

You may be moved to try and witness to
these poor lost souls yourself, however
AVOID TALKING TO THEM!

Atheists are often very grumpy and bitter and will lash out at children or they may even try to trick you into neglecting God's Word.

Very advanced witnessing techniques are needed for these grouches. Let the adults handle them.
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Randomthought Donating Member (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:41 AM
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1. I'm an athesist
Yes I'm grumpy and bitter when a fundie gets in my face and their bratty undisciplined children make me even grumpier and more bitter. :grr:
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shekina Donating Member (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:43 AM
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2. 0_0
okay.....just what we as Christians need to do. Treat atheists like second class and run to an authority figure and alert them like the atheist was a pedophile. Dear sweet Jesus, sometimes I wanna slap my "Christian" brethren.


Sorry about this people. I am a Christian and am daily offended by these hacks who give me a bad name.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 02:58 AM
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14. The trick is
to not only let us know that you don't think we are evil, but to also let your "Christian" brethren know they should not treat us with disdain.

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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:45 AM
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3. Hell yes I'm grumpy
And let me tell you, the next goddamn xtian that comes up to my door and tries to 'save' me is getting my fist planted squarely in their mouth.

No actually I'm very mild mannered and quite friendly. I even tolerate Christians and their point of view. I just don't believe in that crap, man.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:47 AM
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4. God that was funny
Disturbing yes, but FUNNY! I mean, these people wonder why everyone laughs at them!
This is proof of what I have said in the past-fundamentalism is a kind of schizophrenia, and should be treated as mental illness. I'm not talking about religion here, I'm talking about people that believe the literal truth of the bible, and believe that they are required to convert everyone to their beliefs. I do not think that it is significantly different to believe in that than it is to believe there are giant purple dragons in the Pentagon.
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Sandpiper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:48 AM
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5. Atheists tend to get grumpy and bitter
When xtians constantly try to shove a bible up their ass and convince them of the error of their ways.

Very advanced witnessing techniques are needed for these grouches. Let the adults handle them.

You see what I mean? Yet again, a Christian peddles the idea that with the proper "advanced witnessing techniques" atheists can be brought to Jesus.

Just leave them alone, and then maybe you won't find them grumpy.


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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:58 AM
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8. I'm a 5th Degree Witnesser
PM Me! :P
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:52 AM
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6. By the way
These are the same dorks that are trying to get Landover Baptist Church (parody site) shut down because they think it makes fun of God. Wake up idiots! It makes fun of YOU! YOU are not God! Your word is not God's word, you just think it is!
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:55 AM
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7. Actually I suspect it's a hoax.
We had a discussion about it a few weeks back...I guess if you blow up the pictures of the people from the organization you can see they've been photoshopped or something.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 02:05 AM
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12. So, are you saying that the "shutdown" of LBC is a hoax?
Or Landover BC itself is a hoax (it is a joke, after all)?
If it's the former, then almost certainly the kidz page of fundie entertainment is a joke too. That would certainly make sense, since it's so far over the top. I could certainly see that, since the objectives for "what can we do" in the LBC page were hysterical!
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 02:10 AM
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13. After reviewing more of the site
I think you're right. It looks more and more like a hoax to me, but it is SO tongue-in-cheek that it's easy to confuse for the real thing!
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 01:59 AM
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9. Yikes! That's going to keep me awake ALL night!
Honestly, I kept thinking the children's page was a satire! I looked at a few other pages, including the one that is inciting followers to shut down the Landover Baptist parody.

Finally, I realized the question I would like to ask those crazies in a public forum is: I am not a christian. I will never be a christian. I just don't care. So, what do you believe should be done with me? Should I be jailed? Exiled? Lobotomized? Crucified???

These facists should be forced to make PUBLIC, their larger plans for those of us who won't accept their "Truth."
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Nomad559 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 02:02 AM
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10. I'm not grumpy or bitter
How can I be grumpy and bitter with all these Christians around to entertain me. :evilgrin:

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corporatewhore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 02:05 AM
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11. and fundie christians are psychopathic and deranged!!
:D
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 04:37 AM
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15. Grumpy? Hardly...
These were taken from Gay Atheist website. No offense is intended to anyone.





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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 04:46 AM
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16. Atheists say Christian fundamentalists are anal-retentive control freaks.
You're welcome to your emotional crutches but when you start beating me with them we're going to have a problem.
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 06:07 AM
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17. it's a joke site
Really, truly it is.

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FlyByNight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 06:46 AM
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18. I have my own reasons for being grumpy...
and bitter. My non-belief in a sky-god isn't even on the radar.

I never try to "convert" anyone and I keep my beliefs to myself unless someone wishes to engage me in a reasonably intelligent conversation. Also, it's been my experience that atheists are the most open-minded people I've met.

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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 09:10 AM
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19. Joke site or not...
It addresses a real problem in this country- That this is a supposedly "Christian Country" and people who don't believe everything in the "Left Behind" books is true are deviants.

OK, I KNOW it pisses people off when I state that I don't believe in your sky daddy or other fairy tales, but does anyone ever consider how *I* feel when I'm told that I'm just a poor delusional "lost sheep" or that my "heart is hard" and I'm going to someplace called "Hell" unless I see the "truth"?

No, they don't. *I'M* the one who gets mod warnings for "attacking" people.

Oh, by all means, go run and tell your mom and pastor when you find out the truth about me. Embellish the story a little, so that Officer Friendly will come and take me away, too. Tell your mom that I tried to grab your goodies or something.

Yeah, I hear ya when you protest "But...but...but...THEY'RE not REAL Christians!" but y'know what? They're in the driver's seat. They're the ones pushing their Dommionism agenda as GAWD'S Will, They're the ones trying to overturn decades of legal advances for women and others, and what are you doing? you're wringing your hands yammering "But WE're not like THEM!" and damn little else.

I'll be SO comforted when I get caught up in a real-life "Handmaiden's Tale" with the knowledge that the people killing me aren't "REAL" Christians....

Grumpy and bitter? you bet your fucking ass I am. Can you blame me?
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asteroid2003QQ47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 02:51 PM
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20. Can you blame me?
Not seeing the "truth" invariably is the catalyst for an adverse relationship not of the atheist’s making.

You’ll most assuredly get no blame from this corner, BiggJawn.
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TXlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 02:55 PM
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21. I'm no more grumpy or bitter than my christian counterparts.
Although nihilists, who tend to be atheists, may well fall into this category.
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 03:19 PM
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22. It's a parody, folks
And it's the best kind, too - nuanced enough that it doesn't wear its status as a joke on its sleeve, and harsh enough to underscore a lot of really good points about its target. I say bravo.
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 04:09 PM
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23. Well, if it is...
Someone put an awful lot of energy into that Game Theory page.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 04:35 PM
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24. How about this from the same page:

Hopsiah's History Lesson
Hopsiah the Kanga-Jew knows history because his family lived it!

Hopsiah lives in the Middle East, where his ancestors and those of all the other animals and humans alive today exited Noah's Ark 4,000 years ago.

But unlike the other Kangaroos who hopped to Australia, Hopsiah's family stayed behind to witness the coming of the Messiah!



lol

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historian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 04:56 PM
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25. im an atheist
and i enjoy life!! I do anything which strikes my fancy as long as it DOESNT HURT, BOTHER OR OFFEND anyone else.
Fundies on the other hand, are so busy with their bibles they cant decide how to have fun and when they do, become bitter and grumpy, because they had discovered one more delight they cant enjoy!!!
silly buggars
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