Religious Zealots strike again!

[MARIS61]

Even today, most atheist scientists do not dare to offend religious people for fear that their research funds would run dry really quick. You look at our congress and the president himself invoking the value of God ad nauseam and you can quickly understand why.

As they did to Einstein, the rumor of Darwin accepting a personal God during his dying hours persists. When commenting on people confusion over Einstein being an atheist, Richard Dawkins (an ardent atheist) noted that when he's near his dying seconds, he'd want someone to video tape him so that the religious people cannot lie about him converting to whatever religion in his dying hours too. I think Dawkins is underestimating the video editing skills of religious people.

Probably doesn't watch Faux News.

 

[Nate4Prez]

I just don't get how one could say this WASNT religious related. I mean, the lady my not have shot someone BECAUSE God or Jesus told her to, but she did do it because she felt that the person's attire was unfit for Easter, a religious holiday about Christ's resurrection. Was she a lunatic? Most def. But the reason she shot someone was because she thought it was inappropriate for a religious holiday.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Looks like it was about the skimpiness of the attire and not that it was easter....

"The first time she put on a cute little skirt, I guessed she liked it and she dressed like that ever since," said Ralinda Pickens, 20. She says events escalated quickly at the Easter party at Burgess' house in Columbus. Evelyn Burgess was angry at Danielle over her outfit and accused her of flaunting her looks around other men at the party, including Burgess' husband, Ralinda Pickens said.

http://www.theledger.com/article/20100406/NEWS/4065053/1410?p=2&tc=pg

 

[THE HCP]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/

Great Film. Whether your somebody like myself who was raised in the church since birth and haven't been back since I was 18 or somebody who goes to church every week. Check it out. Opens your eyes to a lot of different points of view.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Sounds real religious to me...



"911 call: Gun in Easter fight was 'to prove point'

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman who called 911 after a fatal shooting at an Easter party told a police dispatcher she shot a relative after she retrieved a gun to prove a point and it went off.

The woman told the dispatcher that she shot her niece, apparently referring to a 19-year-old woman killed during a fight that police say started over a skimpy Easter outfit — jean shorts and a green T-shirt tied up around her midriff.

"I just shot my niece," the woman says calmly at the beginning of the 33-second call released to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

"I didn't mean to do it," the woman said. "We was arguing, I tried to get my gun to prove a point, they got the rifle with me and it went off."

Asked about the location of her niece, the woman says bluntly, "In the car. I think she's dead."

The woman does not give her name but calls herself the victim's aunt. Family members say Evelyn Burgess, the woman arrested in the shooting, was referred to as the victim's aunt, though she was her older second cousin.

Police say Burgess got into a fight with Danielle Pickens over her attire, then shot her outside Burgess' house Sunday night. Pickens died at a hospital early the next day.

Family members of both women said Tuesday that Danielle Pickens' style of dressing was well-known among relatives.

Danielle Pickens often wore short skirts to the holiday gatherings hosted by Evelyn Burgess, said Pickens' sister, Ralinda Pickens, and uncle, Tico Pickens.

"The way she was dressed that day is the way she always dressed, and everybody knew that," said Tico Pickens, 33. "It wasn't like she meant any harm toward nobody by doing it. It was just comfortable to her."

Burgess, 42, is charged with one count of murder. Franklin County Municipal Court Judge William Pollitt set Burgess' bond at $500,000 during a court appearance Tuesday.

Burgess didn't say anything at the hearing and doesn't have a lawyer assigned to her yet.

At her house on Tuesday, her husband, Kevin Burgess, said his wife was doing all right, but he declined to comment further.

Danielle, who went by Danny, once dressed like a tomboy, then one day tried on a short skirt she liked and started dressing differently.

"The first time she put on a cute little skirt, I guessed she liked it and she dressed like that ever since," said Ralinda Pickens, 20.

She says events escalated quickly at the Easter party at Burgess' house on the north side of Columbus.

Evelyn Burgess was angry at Danielle over her outfit and accused her of flaunting her looks around other men at the party, including Burgess' husband, Ralinda Pickens said.

A fight broke out with Evelyn Burgess and Danielle struggling with a baseball bat, then ended as Ralinda Pickens broke things up, got her sister outside and prepared to drive her home.

The sisters were in the car when Burgess came running up with a gun, reached inside the car, pulled Danielle by the hair and shot her as she tried to seek shelter under her older sister, Ralinda Pickens said.

Burgess then walked back inside her house, sat down on a couch, told people what had happened and waited for the police, Ralinda Pickens said.

"I never thought she would do something like that," Ralinda Pickens said Tuesday of Burgess, crying softly as she sat on the porch of her house about a five-minute drive from where the shooting happened. "Whatever anger she had built up in her nobody actually knew."

Evelyn Burgess had bought the gun from a local gun store about a year ago, Ralinda Pickens and Tico Pickens said."

In this April 5, 2010 photo released by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Columbus, Ohio, is shown Evelyn Burgess. Police say Burgess shot her cousin to death during an argument that started because she didn't think her cousin was dressed properly for Easter dinner. Columbus police Officer Jean Holmes said in court Tuesday, April 6, 2010, that the leg-baring shorts worn by 19-year-old Danielle Pickens sparked a verbal and physical confrontation with 42-year-old Burgess on Sunday at Burgess' home. Police say Pickens walked outside to leave and Burgess shot her in the head with a handgun. Pickens died at a hospital early Monday. (AP Photo/Franklin County Sheriff's Office)​

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6947127.html

 

[DaRizzle]

that bitch is crazy or stupid or both...I like bashing religion from time to time but this isnt one of the cases where it relates....the religion haters in here are stretching so hard on this one

This chick was probably a schizophrenic....mental illness caused this, the trigger for her to go off is irrelevant EVEN IF IT WAS RELIGION...Her being chemically imbalanced trumps that by a mile

 

[rocketeer]

That made me laugh. The article however says it was due to Leg-baring shorts, which the nutcase probably thought was indecent on such a hallowed day. All religion can't be held accountable for the actions of a few, but this was about religion. I only responded because I couldn't believe people were actually denying this fact. Insecure much?

I just don't get how one could say this WASNT religious related. I mean, the lady my not have shot someone BECAUSE God or Jesus told her to, but she did do it because she felt that the person's attire was unfit for Easter, a religious holiday about Christ's resurrection. Was she a lunatic? Most def. But the reason she shot someone was because she thought it was inappropriate for a religious holiday.

so the people in this thread who said they grew up celebrating easter in nonreligious families or families that practice a different religion are just making that up? nonchristians don't celebrate easter?

christmas and easter are religious holidays but they also are just holidays. it doesn't take religion for someone to celebrate those days or have special dinners or time with their family on those days. the assumption that these people were having some sort of religious gathering or that they are christian just isn't a good assumption to make.

 

[Denny Crane]

It's the easter bunny's fault.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

so the people in this thread who said they grew up celebrating easter in nonreligious families or families that practice a different religion are just making that up? nonchristians don't celebrate easter?

christmas and easter are religious holidays but they also are just holidays. it doesn't take religion for someone to celebrate those days or have special dinners or time with their family on those days. the assumption that these people were having some sort of religious gathering or that they are christian just isn't a good assumption to make.

But.... but.... the title of the MSNBC article had the word Easter in it...

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

No, my priest cured me of that back when I was an alter boy.

Funny. Low blow, but funny nonetheless.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

It's the easter bunny's fault.

Does Easter bunny = George Bush?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Interestingly, there is nothing in the article that would keep somebody from starting an equally ridiculous thread with the title: "Atheist Zealots strike again!"

Perfect answer.

 

[Shooter]

They weren't all that bright compared to anyone alive today obviously, and had no grasp at all on the facets of simple logic.

Einstein wasn't that bright?? You may be the first person in history to make that argument. If I were you, I'd stop right now, before I made myself look any more ridiculous.

 

[boatsandstars]

Einstein wasn't that bright?? You may be the first person in history to make that argument. If I were you, I'd stop right now, before I made myself look any more ridiculous.

That's never stopped you from posting.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Bump!

 

[BrianFromWA]

So that's why the principal sent home the flag-t-shirt-wearing kids. He didn't want them to be shot by a Christian!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

So that's why the principal sent home the flag-t-shirt-wearing kids. He didn't want them to be shot by a Christian!

You're thinking of Nailo de Christo da la Crosso day. You don't get shot for that, you're just forced to watch a Mel Gibson movie.