Atheist teen receives death threats from Christians for suing to remove prayer banner

[santeesioux]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/atheist-teen-in-rhode-island-receives-death-threat

 

[magnifier661]

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/atheist-teen-in-rhode-island-receives-death-threat

Wait a minute... I haven't heard of this story. So she successfully won a case to force other kids in her school to not be able to pray? Isn't that unconstitutional?

But as far as the death threats; those wanna be Christians should be punished. Jesus would never want them to act in this way. Or could it be other religious factions as well? Muslins, Buddhists, Hindo, etc?

 

[RR7]

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not from stopping them from praying, from removing a prayer banner from the cafeteria

 

[magnifier661]

Re: Atheist teen receives death threats from Christians for suing to remove prayer ba

not from stopping them from praying, from removing a prayer banner from the cafeteria

Ah okay that makes sense. Yeah that's okay then. The link is misleading.

 

[HailBlazers]

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46160046/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/#.TyLgDiMWVst

Jessica said she had stopped believing in God when she was in elementary school and her mother fell ill for a time.

“I had always been told that if you pray, God will always be there when you need him,” she said. “And it didn’t happen for me, and I doubted it had happened for anybody else. So yeah, I think that was just like the last step, and after that I just really didn’t believe any of it.”

Be there for you, is completely different than solve your problems how you see fit.

 

[RR7]

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Influence our supreme court? How is she influencing the supreme court, exactly?

 

[magnifier661]

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Brittany Lanni, who graduated from Cranston West in 2009, said that no one had ever been forced to recite the prayer and called Jessica “an idiot.”
“If you don’t believe in that,” she said, “take all the money out of your pocket, because every dollar bill says, ‘In God We Trust.’”

So maybe this is her next step. Taking "In God We Trust" from the dollar bill.

 

[HailBlazers]

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Influence our supreme court? How is she influencing the supreme court, exactly?

My bad, I was collapsing two stories.

 

[MARIS61]

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46160046/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/#.TyLgDiMWVst

Jessica said she had stopped believing in God when she was in elementary school and her mother fell ill for a time.

Be there for you, is completely different than solve your problems how you see fit.

Immaterial.

Obviously god wasn't " there for her" in any way, shape or form.

 

[MARIS61]

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Obviously the mentally-challenged cowards threatening her are neither true christians nor Real Americans.

Too bad there's no hell for them to rot in.

 

[HailBlazers]

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Immaterial.

Obviously god wasn't " there for her" in any way, shape or form.

As a scientist, you should know our senses are not 100% accurate. For example, there's a big difference between hearing someone and actually listening.

 

[magnifier661]

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Obviously the mentally-challenged cowards threatening her are neither true christians nor Real Americans.

Too bad there's no hell for them to rot in.

No worries MARIS, God will correct them if they are true Christians. At least my faith tells me so. I agree with you though. It is unconstitutional for a public school to allow that to be posted on their cafeteria. But why should the Christians care? All they have to do is print hundreds of shirts with that prayer and wear it to school. If the school takes that away from them; then they can sue the same way this girl did. Issue Solved!

 

[HailBlazers]

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Unconstitutional?

All its said was "our heavenly father"

It's like saying "mother earth", big f-ing deal. Politcal Correctness is out of hand in this country.

 

[magnifier661]

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Unconstitutional?

All its said was "our heavenly father"

It's like saying "mother earth", big f-ing deal. Politcal Correctness is out of hand in this country.

Like I said; just wait until the Supreme Court decides that "In God We Trust" is taken off our currency. It's only a matter of time.

 

[RR7]

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Unconstitutional?

All its said was "our heavenly father"

It's like saying "mother earth", big f-ing deal. Politcal Correctness is out of hand in this country.

It's not at all like saying mother earth. And technically it would be unconstitutional.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

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It's not at all like saying mother earth. And technically it would be unconstitutional.

Technically, all the constitution says is that the government cannot establish a state religion or prevent the free exercise thereof. There actually is nothing in the constitution that even prohibits the government from endorsing a religion, as long as it is not mandated to the citizenry.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

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Obviously the mentally-challenged cowards threatening her are neither true christians nor Real Americans.

Too bad there's no hell for them to rot in.

It's Bush's fault.

 

[MARIS61]

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As a scientist, you should know our senses are not 100% accurate. For example, there's a big difference between hearing someone and actually listening.

I read a lot, and have a deep understanding of nature, but I'm no scientist.

I'm a Realtor.

Hearing is an involuntary sensory function and listening requires you turn your attention to what you are hearing.

Comprehending is a brain function that requires reason and logic, and an uncommitted mind.

 

[MARIS61]

Re: Atheist teen receives death threats from Christians for suing to remove prayer ba

Unconstitutional?

All its said was "our heavenly father"

It's like saying "mother earth", big f-ing deal. Politcal Correctness is out of hand in this country.

Mother Earth is a quaint nickname for the planet, not a mega-trillion dollar, 100% tax exempted worldwide business conglomerate.

"Our heavenly father" is all that and more.

 

[Mediocre Man]

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So maybe this is her next step. Taking "In God We Trust" from the dollar bill.

I have been shocked for years that this hasn't been a bigger issue.

 

[Mediocre Man]

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I feel bad for the girl. I mean it's hard to understand why things happen. How does God let little children get raped? That question is asked a lot by my kids. So I understand how she, as a little girl, could lose faith

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Re: Atheist teen receives death threats from Christians for suing to remove prayer ba

Unconstitutional?

All its said was "our heavenly father"

It's like saying "mother earth", big f-ing deal. Politcal Correctness is out of hand in this country.

This.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

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I feel bad for the girl. I mean it's hard to understand why things happen. How does God let little children get raped? That question is asked a lot by my kids. So I understand how she, as a little girl, could lose faith

We all live in a fallen world. Bad things happen to both good people and bad people.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

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Umm.. "In God We Trust" should definitely be taken off of all money. It's unconstitutional.

Mother earth does not equal "Our Heavenly Father".... Man you guys just lose credibility with every post you do.

 

[santeesioux]

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Umm.. "In God We Trust" should definitely be taken off of all money. It's unconstitutional.

Mother earth does not equal "Our Heavenly Father".... Man you guys just lose credibility with every post you do.

But 'Murica was founded on Christian values!1!!

 

[HailBlazers]

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Umm.. "In God We Trust" should definitely be taken off of all money. It's unconstitutional.

Umm.. This:

Technically, all the constitution says is that the government cannot establish a state religion or prevent the free exercise thereof. There actually is nothing in the constitution that even prohibits the government from endorsing a religion, as long as it is not mandated to the citizenry.

 

[ehizzy3]

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Like I said; just wait until the Supreme Court decides that "In God We Trust" is taken off our currency. It's only a matter of time.

omg thats going to be terrible!!!!!! I couldn't imagine what the founding fathers would think if that happened!!!

 

[MARIS61]

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I feel bad for the girl. I mean it's hard to understand why things happen. How does God let little children get raped?

Because that's what god would do.

After all, he created us in his image.

 

[MARIS61]

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omg thats going to be terrible!!!!!! I couldn't imagine what the founding fathers would think if that happened!!!

They'd wonder why it was on there in the first place since it is explicitly prohibited by The First Amendment.

First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

On July 11, 1954, just one month after the phrase "under God" was incorporated into the Pledge of Allegiance,[10] the U.S. Congress enacted Public Law 84-140, which required the motto on all coins and currency. The law was approved by President Eisenhower on July 30, 1956, and the motto was progressively added to paper money over a period from 1957 to 1966.[6] In 1956 the phrase was legally adopted as the United States' national motto by a law passed by the 84th United States Congress.(Public Law 84-851)",[11] and the United States Code at 36 U.S.C. § 302, now states: "'In God we trust' is the national motto."

Take back America and make the founding fathers proud!

http://www.petitiononline.com/igwtrfc/petition.html

 

[MARIS61]

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Technically, all the constitution says is that the government cannot establish a state religion or prevent the free exercise thereof. There actually is nothing in the constitution that even prohibits the government from endorsing a religion, as long as it is not mandated to the citizenry.

Wrong.