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Atheist billboard defaced on N.C.'s Billy Graham Parkway

Unknown vandals unhappy about atheists' billboard in Charlotte, N.C., spray-painted "Under God" on the ad, the city's atheist association discovered Monday. The defaced message will remain in place until after July 4, the group reports, which is the soonest that workers can furnish a fresh billboard image.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2936" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Very typical of those that want this country to become a landscape of strict religious ideology. Effin scumbags..:thumbdown:

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Search FAIL

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ASUG8 wrote:Search FAIL

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"Locker Room"?

FAIL.

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mainejeff wrote:
ASUG8 wrote:Search FAIL

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16540" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Locker Room"?

FAIL.

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Politics was your spin. Still a FAIL. :coffee:
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mainejeff wrote:
"Locker Room"?

FAIL.

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Politics was your spin. Still a FAIL. :coffee:
It's not "spin".

DOUBLE FAIL on your part.

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mainejeff wrote:
ASUG8 wrote:
Politics was your spin. Still a FAIL. :coffee:
It's not "spin".

DOUBLE FAIL on your part.

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You showed up 6.5 hrs late .... :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :rofl:

And it wasn't my original thread, idiot. :?
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mainejeff wrote:Atheist billboard defaced on N.C.'s Billy Graham Parkway

Unknown vandals unhappy about atheists' billboard in Charlotte, N.C., spray-painted "Under God" on the ad, the city's atheist association discovered Monday. The defaced message will remain in place until after July 4, the group reports, which is the soonest that workers can furnish a fresh billboard image.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2936" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Very typical of those that want this country to become a landscape of strict religious ideology. Effin scumbags..:thumbdown:

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So do we blame those who want this country to become a landscape of strict atheist ideology for the removal of that cross out in New Mexico?

Probably would be better if people just kept some of their political and religious views to themselves (both pro and anti) and not take out billboard space promoting their's/denigrating other's. But that's just me.
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GannonFan wrote:
mainejeff wrote:Atheist billboard defaced on N.C.'s Billy Graham Parkway

Unknown vandals unhappy about atheists' billboard in Charlotte, N.C., spray-painted "Under God" on the ad, the city's atheist association discovered Monday. The defaced message will remain in place until after July 4, the group reports, which is the soonest that workers can furnish a fresh billboard image.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2936" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Very typical of those that want this country to become a landscape of strict religious ideology. Effin scumbags..:thumbdown:

:coffee:
So do we blame those who want this country to become a landscape of strict atheist ideology for the removal of that cross out in New Mexico?

Probably would be better if people just kept some of their political and religious views to themselves (both pro and anti) and not take out billboard space promoting their's/denigrating other's. But that's just me.

Amen; if I believed that dead people come back to life and virgins have babies I sure wouldn't be advertising it. :lol:
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houndawg wrote:
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So do we blame those who want this country to become a landscape of strict atheist ideology for the removal of that cross out in New Mexico?

Probably would be better if people just kept some of their political and religious views to themselves (both pro and anti) and not take out billboard space promoting their's/denigrating other's. But that's just me.

Amen; if I believed that dead people come back to life and virgins have babies I sure wouldn't be advertising it. :lol:
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ASUG8 wrote:
mainejeff wrote:
It's not "spin".

DOUBLE FAIL on your part.

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You showed up 6.5 hrs late .... :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :rofl:

And it wasn't my original thread, idiot. :?
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mainejeff wrote:
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You showed up 6.5 hrs late .... :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :rofl:

And it wasn't my original thread, idiot. :?
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What I wonder is why atheists care. Seriously.

If you are an atheist, you believe in a situation in which everything is futile and pointless anyway. You are food for the worms. You live for an instant and die.

So why do they care what anybody believes? Even if the idea is to enjoy yourself as much as possible before you become worm food, what's the point? If you're an atheist you can still attempt to do that. There is no reason to convince other people to be atheists.

That's different that if you are, say, a Christian. If you are a Christian you believe in life after death and you believe that if you can convince others to be Christians you will save them.

If you're an atheist do you think you're going to "save" somebody by convincing them to enjoy themselves before they go into oblivion? Do you think it's "enjoyable" to contemplate the idea of the finality of death?

If atheists are right, nothing really matters anyway. Why some atheists think it's important to convince other people to be atheists is totally beyond me.
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JohnStOnge wrote:What I wonder is why atheists care. Seriously.

If you are an atheist, you believe in a situation in which everything is futile and pointless anyway. You are food for the worms. You live for an instant and die.

So why do they care what anybody believes? Even if the idea is to enjoy yourself as much as possible before you become worm food, what's the point? If you're an atheist you can still attempt to do that. There is no reason to convince other people to be atheists.

That's different that if you are, say, a Christian. If you are a Christian you believe in life after death and you believe that if you can convince others to be Christians you will save them.

If you're an atheist do you think you're going to "save" somebody by convincing them to enjoy themselves before they go into oblivion? Do you think it's "enjoyable" to contemplate the idea of the finality of death?

If atheists are right, nothing really matters anyway. Why some atheists think it's important to convince other people to be atheists is totally beyond me.
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mainejeff wrote:
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You showed up 6.5 hrs late .... :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :rofl:

And it wasn't my original thread, idiot. :?
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JohnStOnge wrote:What I wonder is why atheists care. Seriously.

If you are an atheist, you believe in a situation in which everything is futile and pointless anyway. You are food for the worms. You live for an instant and die.

So why do they care what anybody believes? Even if the idea is to enjoy yourself as much as possible before you become worm food, what's the point? If you're an atheist you can still attempt to do that. There is no reason to convince other people to be atheists.

That's different that if you are, say, a Christian. If you are a Christian you believe in life after death and you believe that if you can convince others to be Christians you will save them.

If you're an atheist do you think you're going to "save" somebody by convincing them to enjoy themselves before they go into oblivion? Do you think it's "enjoyable" to contemplate the idea of the finality of death?

If atheists are right, nothing really matters anyway. Why some atheists think it's important to convince other people to be atheists is totally beyond me.
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~Firstly Atheists are humans - and all humans have a built in desire to be understood - so they share their ideas just like EVERY HUMAN does. So the notion that Atheists shouldn't have any desire to discuss their feelings is poorly thought out.. all humans want to share their ideas (BTW: We're on a message board - just another example)
~Secondly the idea that because somebody doesn't believe in God then instantly nothing means anything anymore and all things cease to have value or purpose is very silly and poorly thought out... Evolution and the cycle of Life, Copernican Theory, Calculus, World History, Molecular Science.. all these things are fascinating and are loaded with Atheists - and somehow they have value and contain joy and discovery
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houndawg wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
So do we blame those who want this country to become a landscape of strict atheist ideology for the removal of that cross out in New Mexico?

Probably would be better if people just kept some of their political and religious views to themselves (both pro and anti) and not take out billboard space promoting their's/denigrating other's. But that's just me.

Amen; if I believed that dead people come back to life and virgins have babies I sure wouldn't be advertising it. :lol:
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Isn't this just payback for stealing that cross out in the New Mexico desert?
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Chizzang wrote:~Thirdly I've never met an Atheist (and I've known plenty) who tried to convert me to Atheism - I've had many tell me what I believed was wrong and occasionally even stupid... but none have ever actively attempted a conversion of any kind...
Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but that's a lot of leeway you're giving somebody for "not trying to convert you" IMO. :|
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89Hen wrote:
Chizzang wrote:~Thirdly I've never met an Atheist (and I've known plenty) who tried to convert me to Atheism - I've had many tell me what I believed was wrong and occasionally even stupid... but none have ever actively attempted a conversion of any kind...
Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but that's a lot of leeway you're giving somebody for "not trying to convert you" IMO. :|

Conversion is an "active" process, simply calling me stupid isn't conversion...


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Chizzang wrote:
89Hen wrote: Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but that's a lot of leeway you're giving somebody for "not trying to convert you" IMO. :|

Conversion is an "active" process, simply calling me stupid isn't conversion...


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mainejeff wrote:
Chizzang wrote:

Conversion is an "active" process, simply calling me stupid isn't conversion...


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