Even this page says that it created a firestorm and the NY Times was all in a tizzie that atheists could go to heaven!! It celebrated the leftist view that all go to heaven. But, quickly everyone was trying to cover the tracks and say he was misunderstood. Sounds exactly what the MSM does when Obama steps in it. Same exact cover the real saying with the lies.
Here:
http://www.all-about-the-virgin-mary.com/can-atheists-go-to-heaven.html
This is the last I have to say about it. You ride with the coverup and I will go with what a BUNCH of agencies reported, including the leftist NY Slimes.