These people probably got picked on in school.
They probably deserved it.
Posted on 12/07/2005 5:27:03 PM PST by Heyworth
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BEYOND BELIEF MEDIA DECLARES WAR ON CHRISTMAS
FIRST OFFENSIVE FEATURES NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY ADS, DVD “GUERILLA GIVEAWAYS”
Los Angeles, December 5, 2005 -- Beyond Belief Media has formally declared war on Christmas, the December 25 holiday in which Christians celebrate the birth of the mythical figure Jesus Christ, the company announced today.
“Christian conservatives complain nonstop about the ‘War on Christmas,’ but there really isn’t any such war,” said Beyond Belief Media president Brian Flemming , a former fundamentalist Christian who is now an atheist activist. “So we have decided to wage one, to demonstrate what it would look like if Jesus’ birthday were truly attacked.”
As its opening salvo, Beyond Belief Media has purchased advertisements this week in the New York Times , USA Today and the New Yorker magazine. The company’s 300-member volunteer “street team” is also descending on Christmas-themed public events with random “guerilla giveaways” of Beyond Belief’s acclaimed DVD THE GOD WHO WASN'T THERE .
“No Christmas pageant or Nativity display is safe from our troops,” said Flemming. “Wherever the mythical figure Jesus is celebrated as if he were real, we will be there with an information barrage. We will undercut the idea that there is any point at all to celebrating the ‘birth’ of a character in a fairy tale.”
THE GOD WHO WASN'T THERE is a taboo-shattering documentary that Newsweek says “irreverently lays out the case that Jesus Christ never existed.” The film includes interviews with some of the top religion experts in the world. Directed by Flemming, the movie is also highly critical of the modern Christian right and explores the dangers that religious belief poses to society. The movie has been praised by critics but condemned by pro-theocracy groups such as James Dobson’s Focus on the Family.
“Obviously our ‘War on Christmas’ is a bit tongue-in-cheek,” said Flemming. “But the Christian myth does dominate U.S. culture, and there’s no time better than Christmas to take a fresh look at that myth and see it for what it is.”
The ads may be viewed at http://www.thegodmovie.com. The New Yorker magazine ad appears in the Dec. 12 issue, going on sale today. The New York Times ad appears on Dec. 6, the USA Today ad on Dec. 9. The “guerilla giveaway” raids begin today and continue through Christmas.
My left eyebrow started twitching as I read that. I have never twitched in my life until reading that.
And what was "unofficial" about the war that's been raging for a number of years now? James Carville, are you off your meds again?
There is no such thing as a former Christian.
Where do these groups get all their free time and funding? I work for a living and have to pay bills. Three full page newspaper advertisements don't come cheap.
Our side comprises of 90% of the population along with at least 9.99% support from those of other creeds or beliefs who think that the assault on CHRISTmas has gone too far...
BRING IT.
These people probably got picked on in school.
They probably deserved it.
You know what, I bet everyone of these knee jerks on their death beds are going to be praying up a storm to God.
If I've got to tell ya, I guess it's probably not worth the bother. I don't like the approach you mention, but at least they're trying to play with the home team.
Well all of FFR types, we have principles and it's
CHRISTMAS Time!
Even most atheists recognize that Jesus Christ is the most significant person in history. They just quibble about the details. You don't see anyone running around claiming that Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great or Napoleon or George Washington never existed. These Jesus-deniers are wishful thinking loons on a major scale.
I'd like to declare war on atheists...the ones who want to eliminate crosses, Christmas symbols of all kinds, prayers and words that mean something to us...They are like 3% of our society yet they think they can tell us all what to do. We need to fight back finally.
Bump that
b'shem Y'shua
Correct, provided that the "former" was ever a real Christian.
1 John 2:19
"You have to be a pretty pathetic individual with a totally empty life to spend your time, energy and money obsessing about something that you believe does not exist."
And proselytizing, too.
Are you claiming that I, for instance, didn't used to be a Christian, when for many years I had a devout belief in Him? Or are you claiming that I am still one even though I no longer hold that belief?
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