kick christ out of christmas!!!!!

An atheist sign criticizing Christianity that was erected alongside a Nativity scene was taken from the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington, on Friday and later found in a ditch.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation had a placard up in the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington.
1 of 2 An employee from country radio station KMPS-FM in Seattle told CNN the sign was dropped off at the station by someone who found it in a ditch.
"I thought it would be safe," Freedom From Religion Foundation co-founder Annie Laurie Gaylor told CNN earlier Friday. "It's always a shock when your sign is censored or stolen or mutilated. It's not something you get used to."
The sign, which celebrates the winter solstice, has had some residents and Christian organizations calling atheists Scrooges because they said it was attacking the celebration of Jesus Christ's birth.
"Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds," the sign from the Freedom From Religion Foundation says in part.
The sign, which was at the Legislative Building at 6:30 a.m. PT, was gone by 7:30 a.m., Gaylor said.
The incident will not stifle the group's message, Gaylor said. Before reports of the placard's recovery, she said a temporary sign with the same message would be placed in the building's Rotunda. Gaylor said a note would be attached saying, "Thou shalt not steal."
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"I guess they don't follow their own commandments," Gaylor said. "There's nothing out there with the atheist point of view, and now there is such a firestorm that we have the audacity to exist. And then [whoever took the sign] stifles our speech."
Gaylor said that police are checking security cameras pointed at the building's entrances and exits to see if they can see anyone stealing the sign.
"It's probably about 50 pounds, " Gaylor said. "My brother-in-law was huffing and puffing carrying it up the stairs. It's definitely not something you can stick under your arm or conceal."
The Washington State Patrol, which is handling the incident, could not be reached for comment.
Dan Barker, a former evangelical preacher and co-founder of the group, said it was important for atheists to see their viewpoints validated alongside everyone else's.
Barker said the display is especially important given that 25 percent of Washington state residents are unaffiliated with religion or do not believe in God.(A recent survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found 23 percent of Washingtonians said they were unaffiliated with a religion and 7 percent said they didn't believe in God.)
"It's not that we are trying to coerce anyone; in a way our sign is a signal of protest," Barker said. "If there can be a Nativity scene saying that we are all going to hell if we don't bow down to Jesus, we should be at the table to share our views."
He said if anything, it's the Nativity scene that is the intrusion.
"Most people think December is for Christians and view our signs as an intrusion, when actually it's the other way around," he said. "People have been celebrating the winter solstice long before Christmas. We see Christianity as the intruder, trying to steal the holiday from all of us humans."
The scene in Washington state is not unfamiliar. Barker has had signs in Madison, Wisconsin, for 13 years. The placard is often turned around so the message can't be seen, and one year, someone threw acid on it, forcing the group to encase it in Plexiglas.
In Washington, D.C., the American Humanist Association began a bus ad campaign this month questioning belief in God.
"Why believe in a God?" the advertisement asks. "Just be good for goodness sake."
That ad has caused the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to field hundreds of complaints, the group said, but it has heard just as much positive feedback, said Fred Edwords, the association's spokesman.

Christians make a vast majority up in this country,their right to free speech is protected under the constitution.Why do the majority have to cater to the minority? Our country was'nt founded by secular progressive ideaology.Better yet why do the masses have to conform their beliefs to a few who always, throw a monkey wrench in everything(AKA Liberals,ACLU).

Katrina S wrote:

Christians make a vast majority up in this country,their right to free speech is protected under the constitution.Why do the majority have to cater to the minority? Our country was'nt founded by secular progressive ideaology.Better yet why do the masses have to conform their beliefs to a few who always, throw a monkey wrench in everything(AKA Liberals,ACLU).

AMEN!!! I think...Why now why is the humanist assocation bringing all these billboards out now? check there website-it promotes satanis, is essence if you read there philosphy..aha!! there is theie christmas motive!! remove Jesus and all is well!!

chatterboxerontherant wrote:

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AMEN!!! I think...Why now why is the humanist assocation bringing all these billboards out now? check there website-it promotes satanis, is essence if you read there philosphy..aha!! there is theie christmas motive!! remove Jesus and all is well!!

Humanists are Athiests with a twist.I always wondered if you have the empty void of not believing in anything,then why do you care what others believe? Its America people,if I decide to shout my message the loudest,then what right is it of yours to shut me up? America is the land of the free,meaning your allowed to keep your beliefs and let christans keep theirs.This Agenda pushing crap is demoralizing our masses,stripping any enjoyment I previously had of the holidays.

Katrina S wrote:

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Humanists are Athiests with a twist.I always wondered if you have the empty void of not believing in anything,then why do you care what others believe? Its America people,if I decide to shout my message the loudest,then what right is it of yours to shut me up? America is the land of the free,meaning your allowed to keep your beliefs and let christans keep theirs.This Agenda pushing crap is demoralizing our masses,stripping any enjoyment I previously had of the holidays.

Humanists are Athiests with a twist.I always wondered if you have the empty void of not believing in anything,then why do you care what others believe? Its America people,if I decide to shout my message the loudest,then what right is it of yours to shut me up? America is the land of the free,meaning your allowed to keep your beliefs and let christans keep theirs.This Agenda pushing crap is demoralizing our masses,stripping any enjoyment I
Katrina,..For centuries, Theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.
In closing Katrina,..To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

Mr Big wrote:

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Humanists are Athiests with a twist.I always wondered if you have the empty void of not believing in anything,then why do you care what others believe? Its America people,if I decide to shout my message the loudest,then what right is it of yours to shut me up? America is the land of the free,meaning your allowed to keep your beliefs and let christans keep theirs.This Agenda pushing crap is demoralizing our masses,stripping any enjoyment I
Katrina,..For centuries, Theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.
In closing Katrina,..To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

This sucks,,,I didnt get it make it simple please..it's late in my time zone...

Humanists are Athiests with a twist.
I so agreee!! Also satanism is so prevelant in our modern society from music to schools no wonder this world is headed to hell in a wagon being pulled by satan himself...laughing all the way..in his one horse open slay...whatever..atheists suck

Mr Big wrote:

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Humanists are Athiests with a twist.I always wondered if you have the empty void of not believing in anything,then why do you care what others believe? Its America people,if I decide to shout my message the loudest,then what right is it of yours to shut me up? America is the land of the free,meaning your allowed to keep your beliefs and let christans keep theirs.This Agenda pushing crap is demoralizing our masses,stripping any enjoyment I
Katrina,..For centuries, Theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.
In closing Katrina,..To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

I AGREE!!

Katrina S wrote:

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Humanists are Athiests with a twist.I always wondered if you have the empty void of not believing in anything,then why do you care what others believe? Its America people,if I decide to shout my message the loudest,then what right is it of yours to shut me up? America is the land of the free,meaning your allowed to keep your beliefs and let christans keep theirs.This Agenda pushing crap is demoralizing our masses,stripping any enjoyment I previously had of the holidays.

You are correct 100%

Sweet jebuz!!! Morons, this holiday celebrates a pagan holiday. The Winter solstice; the christians "borrowed" it...

chatterboxerontherant wrote:

<quoted text> You are correct 100%

Thanks your the only one I can get to agree with me,Mr.Big and his gang of Athiest Liberals are on the attack on other threads.No wonder,there are so many of them up this late,I guess its easy when you can sleep till noon and collect a check from the goverment.

Katrina S wrote:

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Thanks your the only one I can get to agree with me,Mr.Big and his gang of Athiest Liberals are on the attack on other threads.No wonder,there are so many of them up this late,I guess its easy when you can sleep till noon and collect a check from the goverment.

what kind of right wing/ chicken wing jab was that?
You are about as entertaining as a child's inflatable punching toy. You bop it, it springs back, you bop it again and you forget it ever existed. It slowly deflates in an unused corner, then one day you throw it away.
Katrina,..Maybe you wouldn't be such a Jerk-In-The-Box if you didn't have that botched back street lobotomy that left you that crisscrossed shoelace scar on your forehead

Katrina S wrote:

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Thanks your the only one I can get to agree with me,Mr.Big and his gang of Athiest Liberals are on the attack on other threads.No wonder,there are so many of them up this late,I guess its easy when you can sleep till noon and collect a check from the goverment.

You go girl, Im at work...ahhh shhh-just down time here...can i add u to my friends listt you are the shi***

Mr Big wrote:

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what kind of right wing/ chicken wing jab was that?
You are about as entertaining as a child's inflatable punching toy. You bop it, it springs back, you bop it again and you forget it ever existed. It slowly deflates in an unused corner, then one day you throw it away.
Katrina,..Maybe you wouldn't be such a Jerk-In-The-Box if you didn't have that botched back street lobotomy that left you that crisscrossed shoelace scar on your forehead

Mr Big I wouldnt talk when u no your Mr Big for a reason...hmmmm

Be nice folks///:))):o

Katrina S wrote:

Christians make a vast majority up in this country,their right to free speech is protected under the constitution.Why do the majority have to cater to the minority? Our country wast founded by secular progressive ideologue.Better yet why do the masses have to conform their beliefs to a few who always, throw a monkey wrench in everything(AKA Liberals,ACLU).

You really sound stupid. Our country was founded upon prinicpals relating to GOD "Christ". Christianity is still one of the largest religions in this country so what the hell are you talking about "masses" lol... God is on the dollar bill. Its in the pledge to allegiance. Its in the declaration. So honestly what the FUCK are you talking about?

Who needs the clue wrote:

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You really sound stupid. Our country was founded upon prinicpals relating to GOD "Christ". Christianity is still one of the largest religions in this country so what the hell are you talking about "masses" lol... God is on the dollar bill. Its in the pledge to allegiance. Its in the declaration. So honestly what the FUCK are you talking about?

your correct Katrina's stupid

Who needs the clue wrote:

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You really sound stupid. Our country was founded upon prinicpals relating to GOD "Christ". Christianity is still one of the largest religions in this country so what the hell are you talking about "masses" lol... God is on the dollar bill. Its in the pledge to allegiance. Its in the declaration. So honestly what the FUCK are you talking about?

Take a Zanax Buddy relaaaxxx-this is a forum not the end of the world,geesh

chatterboxerontherant wrote:

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You go girl, Im at work...ahhh shhh-just down time here...can i add u to my friends listt you are the shi***

Yes you can,thanks chatterbox