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Atheists Couldn't Stop This Flash Mob of Amazing Grace
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| 12/17/2014
| Jen Thompson
Posted on 12/21/2014 8:55:27 PM PST by metmom
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To: SunkenCiv
To: alexander_busek
In my town, some atheist group (freedom from religion foundation out of Wisconsin I think -- my town is half the country away from Wisconsin) filed a suit and forced the town to remove the nativity scene from the town hall lawn. Luckily there is a Methodist Church right across the street from the town hall, and the town loans them the nativity set.
There is a cross on a traffic island in town as well, put up by the Knights of Columbus in the '50s, an while they were here the atheist group decided that had to go too. The town did some sort of land-management footwork to allow it to stay up. There was no local movement to have these simple, inocuous religious taken away. Just atheists from who knows where riding in to cause trouble to all of us.
Where I was born in California, there is a cross overlooking the valley. Or was, I should say -- atheists had it taken down. Where I grew up there WAS a large statue of Jesus up in the woods next to town commemorating WW2 casualties (a military town with several service branches maintaining bases, my dad was stationed there several times) until atheists got wind of it and had it taken down.
These incidents over the course of my life are a microcosm of what is going on here in America -- just google it and you will find dozens and dozens of incidents along similar lines. Rest assured, atheists do "care."
I am generally leery of generalizing entire groups, but atheists are my exception. They are overwhelmingly bitter, negative, obnoxious, and angry. They have nothing better to do than go around causing trouble for the rest of us. They suffer from an inner rage because deep down inside they know God is real, and in their rage they try to erase every outward symbol of His existence in an attempt to reassure themselves that He is not real.
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12/22/2014 7:55:38 AM PST
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Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.)
To: left that other site; Salvation; ELS; vladimir998
:’) I think that one started the trend, but I could be wrong. I listen to that one once in a while at work, pretty much any time of the year, best pick me up I know.
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12/22/2014 8:05:17 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: metmom
The guy who organized this, Ray Comfort, is an amazing evangelist. He was born in a non-Christian family and found Jesus as a young man. We have been studying his videos and publications at our church:
The Way of the Master
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12/22/2014 8:40:00 AM PST
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Albion Wilde
(It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
To: ELS
Awesome! thanks for the link, and Merry Christmas to you, too, FRiend!
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12/22/2014 8:44:20 AM PST
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Albion Wilde
(It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
To: metmom
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12/22/2014 11:53:00 AM PST
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Pajamajan
( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
To: left that other site
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12/22/2014 12:17:07 PM PST
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metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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12/22/2014 12:19:23 PM PST
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metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: FreedomGuru
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12/22/2014 12:19:48 PM PST
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metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: left that other site
Beautiful — just beautiful. The men’s voices just stir my soul.
To: afraidfortherepublic
It has been around since 2011, but every once in a while I seek it out, to get a much-needed boost! ;-)
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12/22/2014 2:30:29 PM PST
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: vladimir998
"And theres the old Wanamaker eagle (now Macys owns the place): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker %27s#mediaviewer/File:WanamakerBuilding1.jpg"=============================================================
They used to have beautiful Christmas light shows and music from the huge Wanamaker organ, and Christmas Carol sing-alongs, back in the Wanamaker's days. (Not sure if they still do that in Macy's.)
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12/22/2014 10:21:10 PM PST
by
Heart-Rest
("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
These incidents over the course of my life are a microcosm of what is going on here in America -- just google it and you will find dozens and dozens of incidents along similar lines. Rest assured, atheists do "care." I am generally leery of generalizing entire groups, but atheists are my exception. They are overwhelmingly bitter, negative, obnoxious, and angry. They have nothing better to do than go around causing trouble for the rest of us. They suffer from an inner rage because deep down inside they know God is real, and in their rage they try to erase every outward symbol of His existence in an attempt to reassure themselves that He is not real.What you are describing could be entirely due to so-called "Observation Bias."
Since only "incidents" will get reported on, and remembered, while "non-incidents" (read: atheists going about their business, totally uninterested in attempting to engage theists in debate) will never get reported on, or are soon forgotten, the false impression arises that atheists are "causing trouble" for everyone else.
Regards,
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12/24/2014 2:07:43 AM PST
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alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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