*insert something about Ghandi and taking issue with the un-christlike here*

[badstar]

From one of my hometown newspapers (Lancaster has three, though come June there will only be two as the morning and afternoon paper combine):

Editor, New Era:

I believe felicitations and best wishes are in order for all the atheists who are reading this paper today.

I understand that atheists are feeling left out because Christians and Jews have all their special holidays. But atheists don't realize that they also have a day set aside for them.

King David said the fool has said in his heart there is no God. So, here is your day, atheists. Most of the world is celebrating the day with you.

Happy April Fools' Day!

Anna Mae Ressler
Ephrata

*sigh* Who writes stuff like this? Seriously. (Apparently Anna Mae Ressler of Ephrata does.) I hope you're happy with your smug, superior self. But what would you say to Jesus if he asked you about it? Unless they were getting it completely wrong in Sunday school, the Jesus I was taught about, I think he'd be frowning at this.

To the Christians out there who don't feel the need to be such jerks, thank you. some of your co-religionists could learn a thing or two from you.

Comments

[pinkpolarity.livejournal.com]

Honestly? I wish the fanatic Christians *and* the condescending, antitheist Atheists would *both* shut the fuck up.

[falnfenix]

wow.

that...wow. it's people like that who made me question Christianity in the first place.


ok, so i looked her up. she's one of those.

[heartofmoon.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I've seen this before. In fact, it might have been in a chain email I got last year.

Which, of course, just means more people than this idiot think like that. Though the context of the last time I saw it suggested that it was supposed to be lighthearted. Which is almost worse.

[heartofmoon.livejournal.com]

Amen!

[resident-geek.livejournal.com]

It's easy to allow silliness like this to wash over me--I can just chuckle and remember that ultimately, the joke's on her. :) No, this is peanuts compared to earnest efforts by every stripe of zealot to bend the world to their will.

If she weren't a snarky Christian, she might have been a snarky Hindu or Muslim or whatever. Either way, no sweat off my brow.

[seaya.livejournal.com]

She actually does actions. See the link another poster gave above.

[fuego.livejournal.com]

Yeah, definitely with you on the atheists too.

One of the reasons I really can't stand my one brother- back in high school he used to bitch and moan about a couple of students who would sit and have a quiet unobtrusive bible study at their lunch table in the cafeteria, their mere existence was infringing on his rights. (Mind you, these particular kids were merely having a quiet study, not harassing anyone about it. Religious harassment was not particularly common where I went to school, I think I only ever heard of one case, several years after the fact.)

[liritsvoice.livejournal.com]

Ich, sounds like she's got anger issues or something. Why be so snotty unless you're royally pissed off? Ich again.

[verginiamus.livejournal.com]

Raised by a militant atheist, I became immune to this stuff. I was more embarrassed by my father storming into our schools yelling at the teachers about separation of church and state - no moment of silence, etc, no saying *under God* in the Pledge. Sigh, April Fools is actually my favorite holiday.