Posted on 04/10/2006 11:15:15 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
A media company that produced a best-selling documentary asserting that Jesus Christ never existed today launches its "War on Easter," encouraging volunteer atheists to plant copies of the film "The God Who Wasn't There" in churches across the United States.
Dubbing the effort "Operation Easter Sanity," Brian Flemming, a self-described "former Christian fundamentalist" and president of Beyond Belief Media, hopes to covertly place 666 copies of the documentary in churches by Easter Sunday, April 16. The number 666 is the biblical mark of "The Beast," which also is the name of another film by Flemming set for a 06-06-06 release.
"People go to churches to hide from the truth," Flemming said in a statement. "At no time is this more apparent than Easter, when Christians get together to convince each other that a man died, stayed dead three days, rose from the dead and then flew into the air above the clouds.
"Our nonviolent campaign sends the message that nowhere in the country is safe from the truth. Wherever Christian leaders are indoctrinating children with 2,000-year-old fairy tales, the truth may just find its way there."
Continued the former Christian: "Our 'War on Easter' is of course completely without violence of any kind. Christians believe that beating a man to a pulp and nailing him to a cross somehow solves all the world's problems. Beyond Belief Media does not."
"The God Who Wasn't There" is currently No. 5 on Amazon.com's list of best-selling documentaries.
Fleming claims to have planted copies of the DVD at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles Sunday morning.
"I put the DVDs in my right inside jacket pocket," he explained on the War on Easter website. "It was a gorgeous Palm Sunday. The kind of day that makes you want to ride on a donkey and get hit with palm fronds. …
"As soon as the Mass was over, I got to work hiding DVDs and flyers in hymnals and the like."
Fleming posted a photo of Cardinal Roger Mahony and himself allegedly taken after the Mass.
Responded "Eric" on the site: "Why do you feel the need to spread hate? Just because you are miserable doesn’t give you the right to lash out. Listen, you need some professional help. You remind me of Hitler and what he was trying to do. Are you proud of that?"
Another poster encouraged Flemming: "That is just awesome. Someday people will wake up, and I hope your crusade helps to do just that."
There are a lot more than 666 churches in the USA so who cares? Just more junk mail to throw out, I guess. He's just getting free publicity for his other movie.
Hmmm. Crusade, interesting choice of words, eh?
Wow. What a jerk.
I have no problem if someone wants to be an atheist. But when they make it their life goal to drag down with them as many people as they can, that's crossing the line.
And why the 666? If this guy is an atheist, he surely doesnt believe in Satan, so he's only using the number for shock value. What an attention whore.
Prayers for his pitiful soul.
"As soon as the Mass was over, I got to work hiding DVDs and flyers in hymnals and the like."
Can we cite this guy for littering?
I wonder what would happen if he said any of these things about ISLAM....
Bet he has no problems with Islam. The usual suspects that decry Christian fundamentalism have respect for "the religion of peace". It's the American way they really hate, not religion.
'No. 5 on Amazon.com'
Well, that confirms why I have never bought
anything from them. There are plenty of other
e retailers out there.
A person who is this emotionally involved against anything, including religion, is (often) showing that he is reacting to some bad emotional experience. Somebody or something obviously turned him against Christianity. Before I became a Christian, I was just indifferent to Christianity. I think that is true of most non-Christians. When a person is vehemently against it, it shows that it's not just an intellectual problem; it's emotional. Who knows, maybe a Christian gal dumped him when he was younger, and he's still angry.
And WND just had to give him even more, didn't they?!
We'll see what Mr. Brian Flemming has to say for himself when he one day stands before the King of Kings and Lord of Lords to be judged, and His Name is JESUS!
Justice WILL be done, and Flemming may or may not be allowed to change the pants he craps in just before he hears those words "Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."
- Matthew 25:41
Yes, we should be praying for Flemming's soul, but that may be an exercise in futility, as Flemming has denied the Faith that he once embraced, and like any pig, he has returned to the trough from whence he came.
****What an attention whore.
And WND just had to give him even more, didn't they?!
*****
haha good point.
and so are we. my last comment on the topic.
slime like this doesnt deserve the 34 seconds it takes me to type this post.
Which is probably why I don't really read their stuff anymore.
People drop those stupid Chick tracts in public spaces too. Stupidity all around, I guess.
Amazon doesn't take a position on what they sell, it's all based on sales numbers.
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