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Arkansas Granny

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1. Many believe that calling someone an atheist is the worst slur you can make about their character.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 10:57 AM

Jul 2014

They really feel that atheist are the worst people that inhabit our planet.

Google "atheists are worse than" and you might be surprised at some of the answers.

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I don't get why people say President Obama is really an atheist. [View all] hrmjustin Jul 2014 OP

Many believe that calling someone an atheist is the worst slur you can make about their character. Arkansas Granny Jul 2014 #1

I agree with you but the question is why do they assumehe is lying about his faith? hrmjustin Jul 2014 #2

I can't answer that one. Maybe because he was active in church before he was elected, Arkansas Granny Jul 2014 #3

He goes to St. John's Episcopal across the strret every few weeks. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #4

Because if they didn't, they would have to call him a deluded, racist, misogynist homophobe as well. rug Jul 2014 #5

This is really simple - they want to cling to their stereotype of what religious people are like el_bryanto Jul 2014 #6

Fear is a powerful thing. UrbScotty Jul 2014 #7