Atheists unveil Fla monument near Ten Commandments

Associated Press ^ | Jun. 29, 2013 3:51 PM EDT | Brendan Farrington

[Olog-hai]

A group of atheists unveiled a monument to their non-belief in God on Saturday to sit alongside a granite slab that lists the Ten Commandments in front of the Bradford County courthouse.

As a small group of protesters blasted Christian country music and waved “Honk for Jesus” signs, the atheists celebrated what they believe is the first atheist monument allowed on government property in the United States. …

American Atheists sued to try to have the stone slab with the Ten Commandments taken away from the courthouse lawn in this rural, conservative north Florida town best known for the prison that confines death row inmates. The Community Men’s Fellowship erected the monument in what’s described as a free speech zone. During mediation on the case, the atheist group was told it could have its own monument, too. …

[Olog-hai]

The Law is eternal; the vanity of these atheists is not.

[BenLurkin]

Atheists believe in God. They are consumed by hatred for Him.

[cripplecreek]

That’s obvious.

[null and void]

Good for them, I guess.

[NonValueAdded]

Athiesm is a defacto religion, the sooner judicial notice is taken the better. This purge of all things God from the public space is making Atheism the State Religion and that is strictly prohibited. Now how do we go about making that case?

[Kaslin]

The people in Starke should file a lawsuit and say they are offended

[moose07]

If it is a Monument to ‘Nothing’, shouldn’t the monument be blank or even non existent?

[kingu]

Now of course, this begs the question; how upset would they be if you sat on their monument and contemplated the 10 commandments? ;)

[Ray76]

I wonder which of the Commandments they object to.

[informavoracious]

A monument to the myth that religion is anti-science. What a crock.

[BenLurkin]

Oops.

[windsorknot]

God love ‘em. Oops, sorry, no offense.

[PieterCasparzen]

I have to laugh because our modern American atheism basically all came out of 19th century Germany and Russia.

It was the core of what became Communism.

And some Americans think they are both a) patriotic and b) atheist - but atheism is always heading down the pathway to statism. It was always about totalitarianism from its beginnings. It was about smart people - on two levels - thinking that they knew better.

I’m going to do a vanity on this next week; at least some folks should find it, shall we say, enlightening.

[Hardraade]

Is that a monument celebrating the Atomic Bomb?

[beef]

Someone should dress that thing up to look like Ol’ Sparky. Wouldn't take much.

[null and void]

Something bombed. Right now they just Bohr me...

[bigheadfred]

Teller like it is.

[Wanderer99]

Notice the atomic symbol. These retards want the world to know how 'smart' they are. That is their entire reason for existing.

Unfortunately for them, they are not even remotely intelligent. So they are basically completely worthless people.

[Balding_Eagle]

I wonder what is posted on their monument?

The Anti-Commandments? That wouldn’t seem right, that would simply be an objecting monument.

It must be inscribed with the main tenants of believing in——————————What? Nothing?

[Wanderer99]

If it is a Monument to ‘Nothing’, shouldn’t the monument be blank or even non existent?

The atom is a symbol of nonexistence. If you can't understand that then you aren't brilliant enough xD