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For a group that says they just want to be left alone, atheists should have an obnoxious way of drawing attention to themselves. Here is their latest stunt:
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He said the Tri-State Freethinkers is planning a counter-protest to celebrate “reason and logic” over “superstition and myths.” The group of freethinkers, atheists and agnostics seeks to raise money to mock the biblical story, first by erecting billboards along roads leading to the attraction, calling it a “Genocide and Incest Park.”
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If the Tri-State Freethinkers are wildly successful in their fundraising campaign, Ark Encounter might not be the only theme park in town. The group said if it receives $150 million in donations, it will actually build the Genocide & Incest Park. Helton told HuffPost that attractions would include the “Dead Gods Zoom Flume,” a “De-baptism Waterfall” and a “Rainbow Zipline.”
$150 million dollars? That's a lot of money, time and effort put into something that makes a mockery of God's Word. And once again, that speaks of nothing but hatred to me. The billboard are disgusting as well as the idea for the theme park. "Hey kids, let's go have some fun and make fun of Christians!"
Not to mention that their position is unfair and not accurate. Genocide is an ugly word, but it does not apply equally between the creator and the creation. God gave us life. He didn't have to create you. Therefore, God has every right to take back that life especially if you are doing harm. Man has no right to take other people's life. Incest? Well since we all originated from Adam, we are all related on some degree so it would be interesting to hear from a moral perspective why atheists believe incest is wrong other than it is a nasty enflaming word that they want to put up on a large billboard.
$150 million dollars? That's a lot of money, time and effort put into something that makes a mockery of God's Word. And once again, that speaks of nothing but hatred to me. The billboard are disgusting as well as the idea for the theme park. "Hey kids, let's go have some fun and make fun of Christians!"
Not to mention that their position is unfair and not accurate. Genocide is an ugly word, but it does not apply equally between the creator and the creation. God gave us life. He didn't have to create you. Therefore, God has every right to take back that life especially if you are doing harm. Man has no right to take other people's life. Incest? Well since we all originated from Adam, we are all related on some degree so it would be interesting to hear from a moral perspective why atheists believe incest is wrong other than it is a nasty enflaming word that they want to put up on a large billboard.
Classic Jeff - he either didn't even read the very paragraphs he block-quoted, or he didn't understand them (or, quite probably, both).
The Biblical flood fantasy is a fantasy of genocide that is celebrated by many Christians.
$150 million dollars? That's a lot of money, time and effort put into something that makes a mockery of God's Word. And once again, that speaks of nothing but hatred to me. The billboard are disgusting as well as the idea for the theme park. "Hey kids, let's go have some fun and make fun of Christians!"
Not to mention that their position is unfair and not accurate. Genocide is an ugly word, but it does not apply equally between the creator and the creation. God gave us life. He didn't have to create you. Therefore, God has every right to take back that life especially if you are doing harm. Man has no right to take other people's life. Incest? Well since we all originated from Adam, we are all related on some degree so it would be interesting to hear from a moral perspective why atheists believe incest is wrong other than it is a nasty enflaming word that they want to put up on a large billboard.
It's not a battle I'd pick personally but it is simply provocative protest in the finest tradition of social activism.
I will grant you, these guys are choosing the most inflammatory possible approach.
Be careful who you demonize, then, because ... well, you have to beware the person who has nothing to lose. It's exactly how SSM ended up being a losing battle for you.
You could have been content to have your anti-science escapism among yourselves, but if you're going to try to push for respect for such notions in the secular world, made possible in part by tax incentives from secular taxpayers, expect it to experience the derision that it deserves.
Genocide is an ugly word, but it does not apply equally between the creator and the creation. God gave us life. He didn't have to create you. Therefore, God has every right to take back that life especially if you are doing harm. Man has no right to take other people's life.
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Originally Posted by jeffbase40
Incest? Well since we all originated from Adam, we are all related on some degree so it would be interesting to hear from a moral perspective why atheists believe incest is wrong other than it is a nasty enflaming word that they want to put up on a large billboard.
I'd help pay for a billboard with either of the above quotes, followed by the text, "this is what a significant portion of the US population actually believes."
For a group that says they just want to be left alone, atheists should have an obnoxious way of drawing attention to themselves. Here is their latest stunt:
$150 million dollars? That's a lot of money, time and effort put into something that makes a mockery of God's Word. And once again, that speaks of nothing but hatred to me. The billboard are disgusting as well as the idea for the theme park. "Hey kids, let's go have some fun and make fun of Christians!"
Not to mention that their position is unfair and not accurate. Genocide is an ugly word, but it does not apply equally between the creator and the creation. God gave us life. He didn't have to create you. Therefore, God has every right to take back that life especially if you are doing harm. Man has no right to take other people's life. Incest? Well since we all originated from Adam, we are all related on some degree so it would be interesting to hear from a moral perspective why atheists believe incest is wrong other than it is a nasty enflaming word that they want to put up on a large billboard.
I actually somewhat agree with you on it being a little ridiculous. They say it is "immoral and highly inappropriate as family entertainment," yet they are putting up signs about genocide and incest for all to see. Makes little sense.
Now don't get me wrong, I agree with them in the respect that the park is glorifying incest and genocide, but to say it is inappropriate, and then draw attention to it with signs and whatnot seems a little crazy.
I do disagree with you though, when you say it wasn't genocide. Here is the definition of genocide...
"the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation."
That is certainly what the God of the OT did. Now you can argue that he has the right to do so if you wish, but that doesn't change the fact that it meets the definition of genocide.
The incest thing has always bothered me a bit though. Why would you (Not you specifically, but anyone with this belief) find it perfectly acceptable for the world to have been populated by incest, twice, but find it detestable to have evolved from a common ancestor to the great apes?
For a group that says they just want to be left alone, atheists should have an obnoxious way of drawing attention to themselves. Here is their latest stunt:
$150 million dollars? That's a lot of money, time and effort put into something that makes a mockery of God's Word. And once again, that speaks of nothing but hatred to me. The billboard are disgusting as well as the idea for the theme park. "Hey kids, let's go have some fun and make fun of Christians!"
Not to mention that their position is unfair and not accurate. Genocide is an ugly word, but it does not apply equally between the creator and the creation. God gave us life. He didn't have to create you. Therefore, God has every right to take back that life especially if you are doing harm. Man has no right to take other people's life. Incest? Well since we all originated from Adam, we are all related on some degree so it would be interesting to hear from a moral perspective why atheists believe incest is wrong other than it is a nasty enflaming word that they want to put up on a large billboard.
If the Biblical god exists and is everything which is claimed for it, then it is definitely more evil than any human ever. It committed genocide BIG TIME and encouraged incest.
If the Biblical god exists and is everything which is claimed for it, then it is definitely more evil than any human ever. It committed genocide BIG TIME and encouraged incest.
Let's see, when God doesn't take action against evil men = God is evil
When God takes action as a last resort against evil men = God is evil
Please tell me how a human being could come up with a more moral solution.
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