Pat Robertson: 'Miserable' Atheists Are Trying to 'Steal' Christmas

[AussieFanKurt]

“Atheists don’t like our happiness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cxj1NJ8nh-8), they don’t want you to be happy, they want you to be miserable,” Robertson says in the video. “They’re miserable so they want you to be miserable.”


Oh ok...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/pat-robertson-miserable-atheists-trying-to-steal-christmas_n_2159844.html

[mouse]

I think most Atheist will agree with him.

That is like saying the KKK are trying to close down a Popeye's Chicken in Mississippi.

[GoodOdor]

Tbh, I somewhat agree - if you have the energy/time to fight "Christmas", you need to get a life.

Let the bible thumpers have this - they had everything else taken away from them - ":crywhat do you mean dinosaurs and men walking together is not science? but it's in the bible:cry"

[Halberto]

lol I don't think any atheists object to letting christians celebrate christmas at home or in their churches

[boutons_deux]

War on Christmas is just another LIE to rouse the Bible-thumping rabble.

[mouse]

War on the Bible-thumping rabble.

You know I have been around many different religious people and never seen one of them Thump a bible.
What religion are you refeering too?

[DMX7]

I think most Atheist will agree with him.

That is like saying the KKK are trying to close down a Popeye's Chicken in Mississippi.

I'm atheist and I know other atheists -- none of which want to steal Christmas so that other people will be miserable. If anything, atheists live better lives because we're more appreciative of the circumstances of our existence, and we don't waste our life thinking there's an eternal one waiting just for us on the "other side" if we're good... or even if we're not.

[baseline bum]

“Atheists don’t like our happiness, they don’t want you to be happy, they want you to be miserable,” Robertson says in the video. “They’re miserable so they want you to be miserable.”

:cry :cry :cry Bitch bitch bitch... those miserable atheists ... bitch bitch bitch :cry :cry :cry

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[AussieFanKurt]

I agree, if an atheist is trying to stop xmas they need to re-think their lives but if this is a general statement saying all atheists are miserable than its just another sweeping generalisation by a Christian

[Clipper Nation]

As an atheist, I fucking love Christmas.... it's really a Pagan holiday anyway that the unoriginal Jeebotards ripped off...

[LnGrrrR]

As an atheist, I fucking love Christmas.... it's really a Pagan holiday anyway that the unoriginal Jeebotards ripped off...

This +1000

[Wild Cobra]

As an atheist, I fucking love Christmas.... it's really a Pagan holiday anyway that the unoriginal Jeebotards ripped off...
LOL...

No shit. I have said this every year I think. It is so laughable, the Christians have adopted the stolen holiday, then adorn trees in a manner a bible passage prohibits...

What makes it twice as laughable, is the atheists are too fucking stupid to point this fact out. Instead, they have to be evil, and try to deny a holiday everyone loves.

[Jacob1983]

So if Christmas has been stolen, where is it?

[LnGrrrR]

WC, I think the amount of atheists trying to ruin Christmas is a very small but vocal minority. Most atheists you'd meet probably take part in the holiday.

[Wild Cobra]

WC, I think the amount of atheists trying to ruin Christmas is a very small but vocal minority. Most atheists you'd meet probably take part in the holiday.
Yes, in all honesty, I entirely agree with you. I just want to slap silly, those vocal few, who wish to ruin it for all who love the holiday seasons.

[ElNono]

Nobody is stopping anybody from celebrating Christmas... not even the vocal ones...

[Wild Cobra]

Nobody is stopping anybody from celebrating Christmas... not even the vocal ones...
They just use judicial activism to impose their hatred against Christians from havintg their first amendment rights.

Really...

How can you have any respect for someone who attempts to impede other people's rights?

[ElNono]

They just use judicial activism to impose their hatred against Christians from havintg their first amendment rights.

Really...

How can you have any respect for someone who attempts to impede other people's rights?

What judicial activism is that, counselor?

[Wild Cobra]

What judicial activism is that, counselor?
Oh give me a break. I'm not an archive of news events. Have you really forgotten past events?

[Jacob1983]

:lolHow many atheists are vocal?

Most atheists don't give a shit about religion. I love how people make it seem like there is a massive powerful organization of atheists that is trying to destroy religion especially Christianity in America. It makes me laugh.

[baseline bum]

Oh give me a break. I'm not an archive of news events. Have you really forgotten past events?

Seems like you have tbh.

[TDMVPDPOY]

the question is, why does he give a fck what atheists think? they must be pushing the right buttons to get on this fellas mind to comment about them...must be slow news week or someshit

[Spurminator]

Instead, they have to be evil, and try to deny a holiday everyone loves.

:LMAO :LMAO :LMAO

[Spurminator]

Oh give me a break. I'm not an archive of news events. Have you really forgotten past events?

Yeah, like the case where a judge banned putting presents under the Christmas tree? Or that judge that mandated that you cannot say "Merry Christmas" in your home? Or those judges that keep shortening the Holiday season so stores can only promote Christmas for a week before the 25th? Or the controversial ban on Hallmark Christmas movies?

I mean there are literally too many cases to mention all of them.

[Drachen]

Oh give me a break. I'm not an archive of news events. Have you really forgotten past events?

I am genuinely curious about this too. Where did someone try to stop someone else's private celebration of christmas?

[TeyshaBlue]

War on Christmas is just another LIE to rouse the Bible-thumping rabble.

No, you ignorant hack. It is a reaction of the religious subset of our society to having customs and practices that have been historically, tacitly accepted, suddenly questioned and sometimes subsequently removed from what has been their norm.

Its a fairly normal reaction that should be expected tbh.

[Drachen]

What makes it twice as laughable, is the atheists are too fucking stupid to point this fact out. Instead, they have to be evil, and try to deny a holiday everyone loves.

This just shows how out of touch you really are. This is the single most heard thing when a douchebag athiest is trying to "Pwn" a douchbag Christian. The douchebag athiest is usually the most uneducated of the bunch (just like the douchbag christian) and have to hold on to this because they are likely only athiest because it is "cool". However, I would be willing to bet that 75% of people who claim atheism know this fact.

[mercos]

On the one hand, I understand the argument that religious decorations shouldn't be on government owned public property. On the other hand, I really don't care. I'm not religious, I don't feel threatened by Christmas decorations (I love Christmas), or any other holiday for that matter. Until the government tries to make me go to church, I'm cool.

[ploto]

Personally, I think there is a difference between secular Christmas stuff and religious Christmas stuff. Trees and Santas seem like they should be OK but not nativity scenes.

[boutons_deux]

A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God?

In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God--or risk 12 months in prison.

the Kentucky state Supreme Court has refused to review its constitutionality, despite clearly violating the First Amendment’s separation of church and state.

The law requires that plaques celebrating the power of the Almighty God be installed outside the state Homeland Security building--and carries a criminal penalty of up to 12 months in jail if one fails to comply. The plaque’s inscription begins with the assertion, “The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God.”

Tom Riner, a Baptist minister and the long-time Democratic state representative, sponsored the law.

“The church-state divide is not a line I see,”

http://www.alternet.org/belief/year-jail-not-believing-god-how-kentucky-persecuting-atheists?akid=9706.187590.2z_ojl&rd=1&src=newsletter748506&t=3

Confederate ignorant racist "Christian" bubba Southern Baptist Bible-thumpers. :lol at them, except for the jail time. self-annointed Constitution-violating assholes who "Love America", except when their God whispers in their ear and tells them to fnck it.

[TeyshaBlue]

Yeah, that's clearly about Atheists stealing Christmas.


And welcome to 2006. Alternet's only 6 years late on this story.

lol alternet.

[mouse]

I'm atheist

Have you ever went to church or sat through the movie the ten commandments?

[mouse]

WC, I think the amount of atheists trying to ruin Christmas is a very small but vocal minority. Most atheists you'd meet probably take part in the holiday.

But the truth is the very people who are trying to remove Xmas from public schools etc... are atheist so the topic is true.

[LnGrrrR]

But the truth is the very people who are trying to remove Xmas from public schools etc... are atheist so the topic is true.

Eh, in some sense. I would agree that atheists who are trying to stop people from saying "Christmas" have a giant bug up their ass. I just don't think they're nearly as prevalent as some religious folk think they are.

[Trainwreck2100]

Eh, in some sense.would agree that atheists who are trying to stop people from saying "Christmas" have a giant bug up their ass. I just don't think they're nearly as prevalent as some religious folk think they are.

Same could be said the other way around. I've met people who think the majority of Christians deny science and hate gays. Majority of Christians don't give a fuck, more about the former than latter I will admit

[mouse]

This topic is like saying people who want more gun control don't own guns themselves and that might be true. But there are others who do own a gun and support gun control.

[Satan]

It always cracks me up how quickly atheists attempt to pray when they are headed my way. :lmao

[redzero]

It always cracks me up how quickly atheists attempt to pray when they are headed my way. :lmao

If hell did exist, pervert voyeurs like you would be headed there.

[Satan]

If hell did exist, pervert voyeurs like you would be headed there.

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc198/zangetsuhd/Bloodsport-ChongLeeYouAreNext.gif

[Blake]

But the truth is the very people who are trying to remove Xmas from public schools etc... are atheist so the topic is true.

Because jewish parents love for their kids to hear about christmas in public schools.

[Blake]

It always cracks me up how quickly atheists attempt to pray when they are headed my way. :lmao

it's sad you think this troll is funny

[Blake]

You know I have been around many different religious people and never seen one of them Thump a bible.
What religion are you refeering too?

The thread title has the name of a noted bible thumper.

your momma drank bleach when she was pregnant with you, didn't she

[DMX7]

Have you ever went to church or sat through the movie the ten commandments?

Yes, and I was even dragged to CCD after school for 5 days a week as a kid.

[ElNono]

Oh give me a break. I'm not an archive of news events. Have you really forgotten past events?

So nobody is stopping anybody from celebrating Christmas... okay

[Juggity]

But the truth is the very people who are trying to remove Xmas from public schools etc... are atheist so the topic is true.

Public schools endorsing religion is expressly illegal.

Furthermore, the principle of separation of church and state was laid out hundreds of years ago, discussed at length by the people who founded this country, and confirmed as law by the Supreme Court.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XWHhF0T9QMk/UFxbnP8RckI/AAAAAAAA5d8/cAena74Twuw/s1600/Politics+1309.jpg

[mouse]

the principle of separation of church and state was laid out hundreds of years ago, discussed at length by the people who founded this country, and confirmed as law by the Supreme Court.


Then why do the schools honor Christmas by allowing the students and teachers off on the 25th of December what is so special about that day?

[mouse]

Public schools endorsing religion is expressly illegal.

then why are the Muslim students allowed to pray in school.

http://patriotupdate.com/articles/aclu-okay-with-prayer-in-public-schools-muslim-prayer-that-is

Fr8n0TmriKQ

[mouse]

Yes, and I was even dragged to CCD after school for 5 days a week as a kid.

So your like an ex smoker lecturing others not to smoke around you, do you seethe contradiction and hypercritical nature of your argument?

[boutons_deux]

anybody praying anywhere is "free".

teaching religion as a spiritual activity (as opposed to Comparative Religions as academic study, which the "Christians" would bitch about) in public schools is not allowed.

[DMX7]

So your like an ex smoker lecturing others not to smoke around you, do you seethe contradiction and hypercritical nature of your argument?

You don't make sense.

[Blake]

So nobody is stopping anybody from celebrating Christmas... okay

Miserable straw grinch

[boutons_deux]

holee sheet! Patty R got the God msg WRONG. What humility! But of course, he gets his fucktard "Christian" suckers to believe that God talks to him (and keep those checks coming. God just can't handle money very well :lol)

Robertson Admits he Blew Election Prediction he Received from God

In January, televangelist Pat Robertson told 700 Club viewers that in his annual New Year’s “conversation” with God, the Almighty had revealed to him who the next president would be. Up through Election Day, Robertson harshly criticized President Obama and the Democratic Party while praising Mitt Romney. Then, Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network predicted a GOP sweep, leaving Robertson utterly confounded by Obama’s victory.


Today, responding to a question from a viewer who wondered why her business is struggling since she thought God told her it would be successful, Robertson admitted that he sometimes misses God’s message. “So many of us miss God, I won’t get into great detail about elections but I sure did miss it, I thought I heard from God, I thought I had heard clearly from God, what happened?” Robertson replied, “You ask God, how did I miss it? Well, we all do and I have a lot of practice.”

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertson-admits-blew-election-prediction

:lol

[LnGrrrR]

^ :lmao

[howbouthemspurs]

Pat Robertson is pure evil

[ChumpDumper]

holee sheet! Patty R got the God msg WRONG. What humility! But of course, he gets his fucktard "Christian" suckers to believe that God talks to him (and keep those checks coming. God just can't handle money very well :lol)

Robertson Admits he Blew Election Prediction he Received from God

In January, televangelist Pat Robertson told 700 Club viewers that in his annual New Year’s “conversation” with God, the Almighty had revealed to him who the next president would be. Up through Election Day, Robertson harshly criticized President Obama and the Democratic Party while praising Mitt Romney. Then, Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network predicted a GOP sweep, leaving Robertson utterly confounded by Obama’s victory.


Today, responding to a question from a viewer who wondered why her business is struggling since she thought God told her it would be successful, Robertson admitted that he sometimes misses God’s message. “So many of us miss God, I won’t get into great detail about elections but I sure did miss it, I thought I heard from God, I thought I had heard clearly from God, what happened?” Robertson replied, “You ask God, how did I miss it? Well, we all do and I have a lot of practice.”

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertson-admits-blew-election-prediction

:lolYahweh is the greatest troll of all time.

[boutons_deux]

Allah works in mysterious ways.

[ChuckD]

As an atheist, I fucking love Christmas.... it's really a Pagan holiday anyway that the unoriginal Jeebotards ripped off...
As is Easter.

[mouse]

You don't make sense.

Translation: Over my head.

[Clipper Nation]

It always cracks me up how quickly atheists attempt to pray when they are headed my way. :lmao

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/3/30738/1795703-failure_screen_large.jpg

[Clipper Nation]

http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-history.jpg

[DMX7]

Translation: Over my head.

I'm not an ex-religious person (ex-smoker in you're analogy). I was forced to go, so I have perspective on the non-sense I assume you preach, and I think it's stupid.

Sorry.

[mouse]

I have perspective on the non-sense I assume you preach,

Show me a quote where I support the Bible.

[redzero]

Show me a quote where I support the Bible.

Everyone of your posts that were copied from Creationists.

[mouse]

Show me a quote where I support the Bible.

[DMX7]

Running away from your creationist bullshit, mouse?

[mouse]

Running away from your creationist bullshit, mouse?

Show me were I support creation.

I think you mistook me for someone else or your just another bored wannabee Spurs fan that came in here and dove in a topic you haven't completely read properly.