Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
Ignorance On Parade
Jim Griffith, an op-ed columnist at the Times-Herald in Georgia, decided to write what he undoubtedly thought was a pithy, wry, down-home tongue-in-cheek column for the Saturday edition.
What happened instead is that he showed showed what a bigot he is, and how ignorant he is about atheists and Thanksgiving.
In one column, three short paragraphs, he claims to have intimate knowledge of what all atheists think and feel at Thanksgiving. He implies that we lack friends and families, and that we are miserable and confused about whether or not a god exists, or whether or not we have 'souls', etc.
Oh yeah - let us not forget that according to good-old Jimbo us atheists are nothing more than God's end-of-the-week "mistakes" that He created when He was tired.
Who knew that an omnipotent being could get tired? (Sounds pretty fishy to me...)
[link] A few religious thoughts to ponder
Thanksgiving must be a terrible time for atheists. They have no God to thank.
They do not have the privilege of gathering with family and friends to express gratitude by saying: "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." An atheist on his deathbed faces serious uncertainties. Gazing upward, he pleads: "Oh God, if there is a God, please save my soul -- if I have one."
This shows that when God created man, our Heavenly Father wanted to let us know He was big enough to make a mistake, or perhaps this is a better explanation: "God made man at the end of the week when He was tired."
The fun part of all this though is the comment section of the article. It is, at this time, 100% full of atheists telling old Jim that he's a bigoted moron. So much so that I'll bet every time he burps this week it tastes like feet.
I'm thankful for my fellow atheists who don't let crap like this slip under the radar. Great job!
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Mirror, mirror
Wait. I'm trying to remember.
Who was made in whose image?
Don't be too hard on Mr. Griffith
He's having a tough time adjusting to the fact that he can no longer go around saying, "N***er!"
He can't?
Why can't he say "Nagger"?
Rob Miles
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An Atheist Family Thanksgiving
I leave today for the Columbia River cities of Portland and Vancouver where two of my daughters and their families reside. We are all atheists and love to celebrate our love for each other as well as our country and the planet. Assholes like Griffith that do not know the first thing about true love and real family affection lack the intellect and humanity to appreciate our lives.
No voice for you
Hah. I went there thinking about leaving a comment, but it seems they, just like all the fundie right wingers, don't want this type of contrary input. Comments have closed.
I found a Sound Off button in the upper left corner of the page, and clicked into it to send them this:
"I saw Jim Griffith's column, "A few religious thoughts to ponder," in which he used Thanksgiving as a way to launch a gratuitous attack on atheists. Being an atheist, and realizing from the things he said that he'd never met one, I wanted to respond. But in less than 3 days, comments were already closed. Hey, way to give a bigot a soapbox, and silence the people he insults.
Imagine how much flack you'd catch if Griffith's casual insults targeted women, or gays, or African-Americans, or Jews, or even just Republicans.
I think an apology to atheists (and your readers) is in order, both by the TH and by Jim."
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Oh, yeah: Here's the newspaper's email address, if you feel like sending them a little something: editor@newnan.com
And here's an unrelated cartoon that perfectly illustrates this typical attitude toward disagreement that comes out of the religious camp.
Your ire is misdirected
Hank, you can console yourself by the fact that the cretin did not get one comment in his defense. Not one. Every single comment points out in stark detail what an ass he's made of himself.
And considering that, I hardly think it fair to accuse the paper of silencing critics. It sounds more like they allow commenting on a single article for a limited time, which has expired. I don't see any malicious intent there.
Now, if you'd care to opine on the paper's credibility in hiring that bozo, that would be a different story.