Merry Christmas Madalyn Murray O’Hair (Wherever You Are)

NewMediaJournal.US ^ | 12/22/05 | Brian Cherry

[Vaquero]

I consider myself an agnostic (there are many definitions of that word....suffice it to say that I am closer to being atheist than not, but feel that atheists can not prove there case any better than theists) of Christian extraction and I found O'Hare to be a reprehensible Communist b*tch, for her constant degradation of America, the flag and morality.

My belief system not withstanding, I am more comfortable being with fundamentalist Christians than with most atheists.

[bigfootbob]

I was in elementary school when his mom was running amok. I recall the generic school prayer we had to stop saying because of her law suit.

When that happened, our small Midwestern school went crazy. We started having all sorts of stupid and dangerous programs & studies.

I'll never forget the dust-up that happened when my grandfather, a WWII vet heard we were having a May Day celebration at my grade school.

Madalyn's antics seemed to have given all the anti-Americans a method to progress their beliefs.

I'm sure he feels a lot like Sisyphus.

[GOPPachyderm]

Thanks for posting - it is very interesing what lengths they go to fight something they claim not to believe in.

[mission9]

The Lord will not be mocked, nor blasphemed, for he is just, long suffering and full of grace.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536009/posts

[Tall_Texan]

Merry Christmas, ACLU, and God bless you!

[jennyp]

When God is dead anything is possible.

A postmodernist could easily have written that.

[fish hawk]

Why don't you correct and rewrite the article in your manner? Then we will see how many agree with your point of view. I'd be willing to bet there would be at least one person who would say, "what a dumb article".

[Wheens]

When God is dead anything is possible. -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Since God's alive, all thing as possible. - Mark 10:27

[Decepticon]

Great post. Welcome to FR.

[BikerTrash]

My mother did not permit either my brother or my daughter to speak to me.

Should have strangled her yourself. I would've.

[RichInOC]

Madalyn's roasting by an open fire,
Pitchforks sticking up her nose,
Hellish chants being screamed by a choir
And folks dressed up like diablos...

[nmh]

I didn't personally read her diary. Like other information, it was in the news. I don't personally read all their documents either. Do you?

[nmh]

Yes, she opened up a can of worms. It's never been the same since ... .

[GreenHornet]

In 1995 she was kidnapped and killed by the office manager for “American Atheists”, David Roland Waters. Her body did not turn up until 2001. She had been cut up into a dozen pieces by her fellow Atheist and left in a shallow Texas grave as food for critters who sport an exo-skeleton as well as apathy for the personal politics of the carcass that is providing them sustanence. Only two people know what Madalyn’s last moments were like; Waters, and Murray O’Hair herself.

Obviously, we'll never know for certain, but I'll bet in those final moments, when she realized what was about to happen, she cried out to God for help.

[sassbox]

Organized atheists have always struck me as really odd and unpleasant people. I know a ton of atheists (blue state grad school) and most of them are not like Madalyn O'Hair and her ilk. Most of them do not define themselves in terms of their atheism. They don't spend inordinate amounts of time obsessing over God. They don't really care if other people disagree with them. Very live and let live kind of folks. Many seem to have become atheists as part of a very individualistic, follow-my-own-path, kind of worldview. They would find the notion of banding together with others to form a group dedicated to atheism very strange. Probably because such groups like O'Hair's end up a lot like organized religion.

I do know a few atheists who are more vocal about their contempt for religion. Some of them are bitter about past experiences with religion, though in many cases religion is a cover for deeper issues with their families. With others I have no idea what motivates their passion for hating religion. Some of them are more obsessed with God than religious people are. They aren't happy people and they aren't normal people either. They usually have many other problems and dysfunctions in their lives. Rather sad bunch really - but not typical of atheists in my experience.

[Bommer]

I think your tagline is a hoax

[termie22]

I can see that you've spent a LOT of time on this. You seem preoccupied with trying to figure out what WE Athiests think, believe and don't believe.

Up to 70% of people found sitting in Christian churches week after week don't even believe in God. They are there out of false hopes and FEAR. Most religions are not only based on faith alone (there will never be a shred of anything to support them) but exist only due to fear, guilt and shame. It has been intentionally perpetrated on gullible people by malicious churches and governments. People profess a belief in God out of fear of going to some imaginary hell. Atheists don't give a crap if you want to spend your lives praying to a sky-god that doesn't exist, even in school. Among other things, we object to using PUBLIC money or property to promote religious beliefs and prejudices. We object to Christians trying to forcibly insinuate their beliefs on others ("You WILL be assimilated"). We object to the constant bombardment of Christian propaganda in the attempt to turn this country into a Theocracy. It's the exact opposite of what America is supposed to be about: FREEDOM. If we do not have the freedom to dissent from religion, then this is not a free country.

PS: What do I believe in? Ethics and Morality.

[SunSetSam]

If you were actually being intellectually honest you would protest against ANY use of public funds for religious purposes. Instead though your little rant targets only one group and you rail against Christians. As I mentioned earlier, atheists could protest things like "Muslim week" in CA schools, but don't bother. Your post also ignores the intrusion of other religions into the State and Federal system. You have just proved the author right. Thanks for proving the point.

[imskylark]

"The sad thing is that I've occassionally met "church ladies" that
just about matched her for mean-spiritedness."

Sad but true. We just lost my mil to an evil so-called 'great woman of God.' This woman wields complete control of mil.

[Xenalyte]

Where was Mr. Murray's wife? Why did Robin's grandmother have "control" of her?