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Monday, November 03, 2008

Political Commercials: there is no God!

The race for the Senatorial seat in North Carolina has heated up recently.

It is clear that Kay Hagan hates God.  I'm sure that if God wasn't already dead, Kay Hagan would kill him/her/it.  Oh hang on;

Wow she even quoted the ninth commandment.  I guess I was wrong about her.  I guess she doesn't want to execute all the clergy and burn all the bibles.  This should put a stop to this attack.  After all it was Kay Hagan's faith that was in question right?

If a bunch of atheists threw a party on my behave and offered to give me a bunch of money, yes I would most likely go to the party.  That is if I had nothing better to do that day.  Well I guess since the party would be for me it would be polite to cancel my other plans.  Okay, if any of you atheists want to throw a party for me, I will most certainly attend.

Ms. Dole, if you threw a party for me, I would not go.

Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on November 3, 2008 | Permalink

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This is one of my favorite aspects of getting all that hate mail after the last Al & Mike Show, accusing me of being an anti-religious bigot. Nothing could be further from the truth, of course.

But for religious conservatives, attacking atheists as evil/amoral/whatever is fair game. If an atheist points out the double-standard, we're "hateful" and "intolerant" of religion.

Isn't it funny how socialists and religious people can often sound EXACTLY the same, but from different subject positions?

Posted by: Mike Brock | 2008-11-03 3:42:34 PM


Mike, I agree that anyone determined to impose his ideology, religious or otherwise, adds up to the same. I am opposed to atheists determined to impose their agenda on everyone just as I am equally opposed to so-called religious people wanting to do the same. My own conclusion is that people can believe anything they like but need to respect the beliefs of others, for in the end the only thing that counts is how we live our lives and especially how we treat other people.

Posted by: Alain | 2008-11-03 6:20:07 PM


"I am opposed to atheists determined to impose their agenda on everyone just as I am equally opposed to so-called religious people wanting to do the same."

Except, I find it funny how atheists who want "One nation under God" and "In God we Trust" removed the oath and currency respectfully are viewed as attempting to IMPOSE anything.

The idea that the removal of "God" from government oaths and documents is an imposition is a complete inversion of logic. The presence of "God" is the imposition.

"In God We Trust" was only incorporated as an official motto during the Cold War in 1956 as a differentiating element from the secular Communist Russia. The very idea that atheists wanting to undo this is somehow an imposition is ridiculous. It was *imposed* in 1956 by a religious majority.

I will state unequivocally that I support the agenda of removing references to God from government mottos, symbols, etc.

The argument that the US was founded as a Christian state is bullshit. It's not grounded in fact.

For example: Thomas Jefferson was not a Christian. He found the moral teachings of Jesus to be valuable, but did not believe in Christ's divinity. He was essentially a Deist.

George Washington was a Christian but famously said this writing to agent hiring workers for Mount Vernon: "If they be good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa, or Europe; they may be Mohammedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists." He later went on to preach that people's moral value was not attached to their faith or lack there of.

John Adams was a deist.

Benjamin Franklin became disillusioned with organized religion and became a deist, too.

This assertion that the founding fathers of the US setup a "Christian state" is bullshit. And I would rather think, that even though the founding fathers were not atheists -- if they were alive today -- would probably be quite sympathetic to the atheist motions to remove references to "God" from official government documents.

Posted by: Mike Brock | 2008-11-03 7:23:36 PM


"In God We Trust" was only incorporated as an official motto during the Cold War in 1956 as a differentiating element from the secular Communist Russia.
Posted by: Mike Brock | 3-Nov-08 7:23:36 PM

Though it has appeared on coinage since the Civil War. I wonder if it was to differentiate the North from those heaven Southerner's?

Posted by: The Stig | 2008-11-03 7:53:11 PM


The country existed for about a century before the civil war. It only became the official motto of the US during the cold war though.

The one thing that really annoys me about Kay Hagan's response is how she acted about being called an atheist (or that she hangs around with them). I know it is a political reality in some places that you have to say you are Christian, but did she really need to act like someone called her mother a whore?

Posted by: Ken | 2008-11-03 8:40:49 PM


I'm sorry, but how bad a Christian do you have to be for God to be taken out of your life if it's not in your government mottos?

Posted by: Janet | 2008-11-03 9:24:38 PM



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