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09-04-2011 05:55 AM |
Register of Atheists...
Before anybody gets upset I am not posting this as an example of Christian thought. I realise more Christians are reasonable people than are not. But still, this really got my goat :p
Pastor Mike Stahl of the Living Water internet church has called in his blog for a register of admitted atheists.....kind of like the sex offender registers.
It's caused something of a stir (unsurprisingly) and his blog has now been changed to private access only.
Fortunately (?) one blogger cut and past large chunks of the original, so we can get a flavour of it.
First the news blog that alerted me to this story:
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Sure, he's an angry, mentally-challenged American nobody, but Florida "pastor" Michael Stahl triggered a whirlwind of controversy after he compared atheists and free-thinkers to child rapists and terrorists, and suggested that America institute a national registry for atheists. This registry, which he referred to in his original blog essay as "The Christian National Registry of Atheists", would make public all the registrants' personal information.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/pu.../2011/sep/04/1
So I followed the links and got to this blog:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatch...-for-atheists/
Which includes transcripts of parts of the original blog post:
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Brothers and Sisters , I have been seriously considering forming a ( Christian ) grassroots type of organization to be named “The Christian National Registry of Atheists” or something similar . I mean , think about it . There are already National Registrys for convicted sex offenders , ex-convicts , terrorist cells , hate groups like the KKK , skinheads , radical Islamists , etc..
This type of “National Registry” would merely be for information purposes . To inform the public of KNOWN ( i.e., self-admitted) atheists . For example , let’s say you live in Colorado Springs , Colorado , you could simply scroll down ( from the I-Net site /Blog ) I would have , to the State of Colorado , and then when you see “Colorado Springs” , you will see the names of all the self-admitted atheist(s) who live there ( e.g., if an atheist’s name happened to be “Phil Small” ) . The individual’s physical address , and other known personal information would NOT be disclosed ( though , perhaps a photo could be ).
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Now , many (especially the atheists ) , may ask “Why do this , what’s the purpose ?” Duhhh , Mr. Atheist , for the same purpose many States put the names and photos of convicted sex offenders and other ex-felons on the I-Net – to INFORM the public ! I mean , in the City of Miramar , Florida , where I live , the population is approx. 109,000 . My family and I would sure like to know how many of those 109,000 are ADMITTED atheists ! Perhaps we may actually know some . In which case we could begin to witness to them and warn them of the dangers of atheism . Or perhaps they are radical atheists , whose hearts are as hard as Pharaoh’s , in that case , if they are business owners , we would encourage all our Christian friends , as well as the various churches and their congregations NOT to patronize them as we would only be “feeding” Satan .
Frankly , I don’t see why anyone would oppose this idea – including the atheists themselves ( unless of course , they’re actually ashamed of their atheist religion , and would prefer to stay in the ‘closet.’ ).
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