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Pilot killed in Marengo plane crash identified as atheist activist Rob Sherman
WGNtv.com ^ | 12/12/16 | by WGN Web Desk

Posted on 12/13/2016 7:08:35 AM PST by blueyon

MARENGO, Ill. — Officials have identified the pilot killed in a small plane crash over the weekend.

63-year-old Robert Sherman of Poplar Grove, Illinois died when his homebuilt Zenair CH601 crashed into a cornfield near Meyer and Pleasant Grove Rd.

Sherman was the only person on board.

The cause of the crash is not yet known.

Local officials believe it may have gone down overnight, but it wasn’t spotted until around 7 a.m. Saturday.

Sherman is an atheist activist known for his court battles dealing with the separation of church and state.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: atheist; christian; christmas; mentalillness
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To: blueyon
I can hear Connie Francis...

"Who's sorry now.."

21 posted on 12/13/2016 7:46:11 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: dangerdoc
May God have mercy on his soul.

God is holy, righteous and just. He can't break his very nature.

22 posted on 12/13/2016 7:49:36 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Palio di Siena

23 posted on 12/13/2016 7:53:20 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: blueyon

I spent fifty out of the last sixty five years living twenty miles from there, and I’ve never heard of him. Of course, all that really counts is whether God knows him or not.


24 posted on 12/13/2016 7:57:45 AM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: blueyon

And the tombstone will read....

“Here Lies an Atheist
All dressed up
and no place to go”

KYPD


25 posted on 12/13/2016 7:57:50 AM PST by petro45acp (" It IS About Islam: exposing the truth about ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the caliphate" by Glenn Beck)
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To: blueyon
Another article said, “Sherman, 63, of Poplar Grove, was identified Monday after a forensic dental examination”

Sounds almost Old Testament in nature.

26 posted on 12/13/2016 8:00:26 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: mountn man

Jesus take the wheeel... jesus....


27 posted on 12/13/2016 8:02:35 AM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: Celerity

The nose wheel. It dug into the ground upon landing. This is not the actual plane crash the atheist died in.


28 posted on 12/13/2016 8:03:36 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: mountn man

He was given 63 years to repent and believe. That seems like an awful lot of grace and mercy to me.


29 posted on 12/13/2016 8:05:26 AM PST by .45 Long Colt
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To: Celerity

What is holding that plane up ? Is the engine that heavy, or the tail that light ?


Perfect center of gravity once you add the two passengers just behind the wing the nose will lift slightly.


30 posted on 12/13/2016 8:06:22 AM PST by IVAXMAN
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To: blueyon

Christian 1 Robert Sherman 0


31 posted on 12/13/2016 8:08:41 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: GraceG
Jesus take the wheeel... jesus....

Hey, your doin' fine Rob...

32 posted on 12/13/2016 8:09:44 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Vaduz

I don’t think anybody won one.


33 posted on 12/13/2016 8:10:20 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: blueyon

His descent didn’t stop when the plane did.


34 posted on 12/13/2016 8:19:52 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: lowbridge

Was not a happy time when God said, Who are you? I never knew you. BTW, I’m real. See ya.


35 posted on 12/13/2016 8:20:50 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: blueyon

So, as his airplane was about to crash, did he tell, “OH MY NOTHING”?

Sorry, that is not very nice, but what DOES an atheist scream as he is about to die? He can’t very well cry out to God, because he believes that God didn’t exist.

Hopefully, in the moments befoore the crash, he experienced God’s Presence and made the only choice.


36 posted on 12/13/2016 8:24:20 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: blueyon

The Lord works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.


37 posted on 12/13/2016 8:25:39 AM PST by IronJack
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To: blueyon
The cause of the crash is not yet known.

An act of God ?

38 posted on 12/13/2016 8:26:08 AM PST by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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To: 2banana; blueyon; AppyPappy; lowbridge; dangerdoc; Gritty; Vaduz; GraceG; Abundy; Arlis

Yes, he was not an atheist. He was an attacker of faith.

In the 1980s -1990s, Sherman was constantly in the headlines for anti-God activism.

He battled small towns and cities over public displays of religious symbols on water towers, on government property and on official village seals. He went way out of his way to attack symbols of faith.

robsherman.com, was drumming up donations for his planned 2018 Green Party congressional run.

He emphasized the issue that brought him to public attention.

“I will sponsor legislation to get ‘In God We Trust’ off of our money, remove ‘One Nation Under God’ from our Pledge of Allegiance, eliminate the National Day of Prayer and repeal Christmas as a federal holiday.”

Next to his likeness on a coin he wrote “In Rob We Trust.”


39 posted on 12/13/2016 8:28:04 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Palio di Siena

I think you’re right. Suddenly religious.


40 posted on 12/13/2016 8:32:04 AM PST by pfflier
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