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Atheists say prayer makes them physically sick
The Woodward Report ^ | Ocotber 7, 2009 | bob Unruh

Posted on 10/08/2009 12:54:00 PM PDT by honestabe010

Atheists recruited to be part of a lawsuit that is trying to rid government ceremonies such as the inauguration of a president of any invocation or other prayer have claimed they are made physically ill by prayer.

"As I watched the inauguration, my stomach did a somersault with disgust for how much our country was violating the constitution (sic), the most important document in our country," wrote a 15-year-old in testimony being given to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

The lawsuit was filed before President Obama's inauguration and subsequently was dismissed at the district court level. Briefs now are being submitted to the appeals court in plaintiffs' hopes the case will be reopened.

"I felt a temporary state of disconnection when these religious statements and prayers were made during the inauguration," wrote another paintiff, according to an appendix of information submitted with the plaintiffs' recent arguments in the case.

"All the prayers made me feel excluded from the political process and a second-class citizen," wrote another. "But, when Chief Justice Roberts asked the president to say, 'So help me God,' I felt threatened and sick to my stomach."

(Excerpt) Read more at thewoodwardreport.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: atheistfascism; athiests; christians; fascism; moralabsolutes; prayer; spewpeasoup
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1 posted on 10/08/2009 12:54:02 PM PDT by honestabe010
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To: honestabe010

What a lie. Prayer is nothing but some words to them, right?


2 posted on 10/08/2009 12:54:59 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: honestabe010

Then don’t watch it!


3 posted on 10/08/2009 12:55:35 PM PDT by notaliberal (Right-wing extremist)
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To: honestabe010

I have no difficulty believing this at all. It’s Satan’s reaction to being in the presence of God.


4 posted on 10/08/2009 12:55:49 PM PDT by twigs
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To: honestabe010

Atheists make prayers sick.


5 posted on 10/08/2009 12:55:51 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Hear us, O Bama: Mmm, mmm, mmm.)
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To: notaliberal

Good!


6 posted on 10/08/2009 12:56:16 PM PDT by DallasGOPMan
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To: honestabe010

“As I watched the inauguration, my stomach did a somersault with disgust for how much our country was violating the constitution (sic), the most important document in our country,” wrote a 15-year-old in testimony being given to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Praying to Obama is not a violation of church in state, sweetie. Obama is not a deity therefore serves a secular purpose.


7 posted on 10/08/2009 12:57:19 PM PDT by Augustinian monk
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To: honestabe010

But how can an atheist become ill at the sound of prayer if there’s no such thing as incorporeal power?


8 posted on 10/08/2009 12:57:41 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever (Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna!)
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To: honestabe010

There’s no such thing as atheists. It’s just another group trying to get in on Obamacare.


9 posted on 10/08/2009 12:57:46 PM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: honestabe010

Like holy water to a vampire.


10 posted on 10/08/2009 12:58:06 PM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: honestabe010

Related thread...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2357345/posts


11 posted on 10/08/2009 12:58:22 PM PDT by dianed
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To: honestabe010

“As I watched the inauguration, my stomach did a somersault with disgust for how much our country was violating the constitution (sic), the most important document in our country,”

Right. Many of us felt that way. :)


12 posted on 10/08/2009 12:58:25 PM PDT by ElayneJ
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To: honestabe010

Related thread...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2357345/posts


13 posted on 10/08/2009 12:58:28 PM PDT by dianed
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To: twigs

Yup!


14 posted on 10/08/2009 1:00:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
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To: honestabe010
"As I watched the inauguration, my stomach did a somersault with disgust for how much our country was violating the constitution (sic), the most important document in our country," wrote a 15-year-old in testimony being given to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Funny, I have the same feeling about atheists!!

Sarcasm aside, until/unless these folks EVER become the majority of the population in this country, they have voluntarily decided to exclude themselves from these public ceremonies. If they choose to have no voice because of their idiocy, THAT'S their choice. They DON'T have a right to cram their perversion down the majority of Americans' throats!!

15 posted on 10/08/2009 1:00:35 PM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: GeronL
The bible is true in all things that it addresses. Case in point:

2 Cor 2:14-16
But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?

Yes, they probably DO get physically ill from the scent of their own death.

16 posted on 10/08/2009 1:00:52 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: honestabe010
"As I watched the inauguration, my stomach did a somersault with disgust for how much our country was violating the constitution (sic), the most important document in our country," wrote a 15-year-old in testimony being given to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

First, a prayer at inauguration does not violate anything in the Constitution, but you're only 15 so probably haven't spent much time actually reading and understanding the Constitution and just listened to some liberal nut about a "separation of church and state clause" that doesn't actually exist in the Constitution.

Second the country is violating our Constitution a hell of a lot bigger than a prayer at inauguration and you're probably too young to realize it, care, or understand.

17 posted on 10/08/2009 1:01:14 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system. I am Jim Thompson.)
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To: honestabe010

Atheists say mental health issues cause prayer to make them physically sick


18 posted on 10/08/2009 1:02:09 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (riO)
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To: honestabe010
"As I watched the inauguration, my stomach did a somersault with disgust for how much our country was violating the constitution (sic), the most important document in our country,"

As a Christian, I felt sick too. To watch a Commie who gives little respect to our constitution elected president of the United States made me ill as well.
19 posted on 10/08/2009 1:02:41 PM PDT by benjibrowder (For Neda. May God bless those fighting for freedom.)
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To: honestabe010

No surprise. Prayer vexes their evil spirit, as much as it pleases the Holy Ghost.


20 posted on 10/08/2009 1:02:56 PM PDT by kingpins10
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