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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just don't understand how anyone with faith in
their religion would be so threatened by a billboard that he or she would
deface said billboard. Of course, I don't understand how someone else's
relationship (straight or gay) would threaten my marriage. All I can think
is the "faith" expressed is pretty puny if it can't stand the stress of such
external goings on...Methinks they do protest too much? Faith that easily shaken
is no faith at all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just sayin'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debi R-S</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=garrettmc@verizon.net href="mailto:garrettmc@verizon.net">Garrett
Clevenger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 07, 2009 10:25
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] vandals strike
again (I fixed it for you Donovan)</DIV>
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<DIV>Mike said what I would have said. I would only change "Christians"
to say "religious fanatics."</DIV>
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<DIV>It's intersting that some justify the vandalism because they were
offended and threatened by the billboard. An an analogy would be
justifying James killing of Tyler because James felt threatened by him.
James edited that threat like the vandals edited the words, only a
billboard is less threatening than a jealous man. Obviously a dead man
is a way worse outcome than a vandalized billboard.</DIV>
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<DIV>Both are crimes that should be put in the proper context and should have
the proper punishment.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mike writes:<BR><BR></DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><PRE> "This makes at least as much sense.
Donovan,
I agree that there are a great number of Christians that are not out to do harm, and just want to be left alone and want to leave atheists alone. Unfortunately, that is not the case for most Christians.
Many Christians ridicule atheists. Attack them as people. Make fun of their lack of belief in God as equivocal to that of children believing in the Easter Bunny. But also want to bring real harm by the elimination and change of US Culture to insert God and replace the Constitution with the Bible as the head of all authority. They want to tax, and consequently, shut down anyone that disagrees with them.
Christianity not only brings a cultural breakdown of basic American Values and Traditions, but at its very core promotes the principles of insanity.
Many Atheists want the 20+% of the people that don't believe in God to bow down to them, and say "Merry Christmas", "God Bless you", or "One Nation Under God".
They don't care that 20+% of Americans are offended that God is forced into their daily lives. Nobody is barring Christians from church, or to be buried in a cemetary, or to celebrate Christmas. But they want all of it to be mandated into any public area to accomodate their personal belief system..
Understand, whenever people preach God, there will ALWAYS be oppostion. It is our freedom and right to be free from God in everything we do. Many Christians piss people off because they don't think of them as people that want to be free from their beliefs but are hostile people instead, that are out to stop us from celebrating ours.
Happy Holidays,
Mike Deleve"
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<DIV> </DIV>Garrett Clevenger
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