Boy oh boy, but am I EVER going to be drummed out of the Conservatives Union for this, but...
How is the following "spreading hate"? Historians agree that there's no historical record of Joshua ben Joseph, and yes, some of them poke fun at the people who believe that the amalgam of religions that became Christianity is just retreaded hogwash.
But that's not what religion is all about. Religion is a personal, spiritual way of communing with one's personal deity or deities, and of course there isn't any proof of any gods, godesses, or devils of any sort.
That's why they call it FAITH. If you don't have faith, then that's that, and why this should bother anyone that does is beyond me. And please now, just don't go there by saying that someone who doesn't believe in supernatural people living in the clouds is spreading hate by saying so. FAR, FAR too many people are dying every day all across the globe because of an intolerance to the belief, or lack thereof, of others.
We don't HAVE to all believe the same thing. We draw the line when moslems want to kill those who don't share their faith, we dislike the thought of witches casting evil spells upon people, we hate demonists and the like who would worship a devil. Some faiths are flat out whacky. And, to some people, ALL faiths are whacky.
Imagine, just for a moment if you will, a visitation by extraterrestrials. Who would they think is sane? Those with religion, or those that poked fun at it?
Pray, meditate, communicate with God. Paying all of this attention to those who think it's nothing but hogwash lends them an importance they wouldn't otherwise have.
Okay, so here's the email from Stop, in it's entirety:
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Please consider sharing with your readers.
http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2006/04/11/athiest-wages-war-on-easter/
A media company that produced a best-selling documentary asserting that Jesus Christ never existed today launches its " War on Easter ," encouraging volunteer atheists to plant copies of the film "The God Who Wasn't There" in churches across the United States.
Dubbing the effort "Operation Easter Sanity," Brian Flemming, a self-described "former Christian fundamentalist" and president of Beyond Belief Media, hopes to covertly place 666 copies of the documentary in churches by Easter Sunday, April 16. The number 666 is the biblical mark of "The Beast," which also is the name of another film by Flemming set for a 06-06-06 release.
"People go to churches to hide from the truth," Flemming said in a statement. "At no time is this more apparent than Easter, when Christians get together to convince each other that a man died, stayed dead three days, rose from the dead and then flew into the air above the clouds.
"Our nonviolent campaign sends the message that nowhere in the country is safe from the truth. Wherever Christian leaders are indoctrinating children with 2,000-year-old fairy tales, the truth may just find its way there."
Continued the former Christian: "Our 'War on Easter' is of course completely without violence of any kind. Christians believe that beating a man to a pulp and nailing him to a cross somehow solves all the world's problems. Beyond Belief Media does not."
"The God Who Wasn't There" is currently No. 5 on Amazon.com's list of best-selling documentaries.
Fleming claims to have planted copies of the DVD at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles Sunday morning.
"I put the DVDs in my right inside jacket pocket," he explained on the War on Easter website. "It was a gorgeous Palm Sunday. The kind of day that makes you want to ride on a donkey and get hit with palm fronds. …
"As soon as the Mass was over, I got to work hiding DVDs and flyers in hymnals and the like."
Fleming posted a photo of Cardinal Roger Mahony and himself allegedly taken after the Mass.
Responded "Eric" on the site: "Why do you feel the need to spread hate? Just because you are miserable doesn't give you the right to lash out. Listen, you need some professional help. You remind me of Hitler and what he was trying to do. Are you proud of that?"
It's a free country for this guy to spread hate, I won't deny him that. But it sure is ridiculous and pitiful."
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