Comments on: Pray for Rain — Atheists on CNN Tonight http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/13/pray_for_rain_atheists_on_cnn_tonight A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rusty Shackleford http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/13/pray_for_rain_atheists_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-69623 Rusty Shackleford Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69623 Will Gov. Perdue be sacrificing a goat, as well? You can't be too careful. Will Gov. Perdue be sacrificing a goat, as well? You can’t be too careful.

]]> By: deak http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/13/pray_for_rain_atheists_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-69626 deak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69626 You can send him a message here:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> http://www.gov.state.ga.us/contact_dom.shtml<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> I sent him a note yesterday and mentioned a goat. I also stated that he was an embarrassment to the South. You can send him a message here:

http://www.gov.state.ga.us/contact_dom.shtml

I sent him a note yesterday and mentioned a goat. I also stated that he was an embarrassment to the South.

]]> By: Rusty Shackleford http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/13/pray_for_rain_atheists_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-69631 Rusty Shackleford Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69631 Yeah, but he did what he could for the Confederate flag, didn't he? Yee-ha!<br /> <br /> Not that I can talk. I live in Mississippi, the last state that still features the Confederate flag on its state flag. Yeah, but he did what he could for the Confederate flag, didn’t he? Yee-ha!

Not that I can talk. I live in Mississippi, the last state that still features the Confederate flag on its state flag.

]]> By: ljennings http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/13/pray_for_rain_atheists_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-69649 ljennings Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69649 I just saw Ellen Johnson on CNN. I hate to say it but she missed the mark. She went on and on about how crazy religious people are without driving home the bigger point, the use the Senate steps as a pulpit. That was offensive, that's what she should of keyed in on. When Rick Sanchez wondered if we were trying to take away his right to pray with his family in his own home instead of saying "Absolutely not, this is different and this is why". She kept going with the conjuring spirits schtick. ARRRGHHH! I was looking forward to this because making Sanchez look dumb isn't that hard. I might be alone in my disapointment but to me, the most important point was to stress the importance of the Separation of church and State. Ridiculing their idiocy (while I admit is fun) was not the time, place or audience for that rhetoric. Too bad, we don't get many chances to be heard on major networks. I see this as a missed chance. I just saw Ellen Johnson on CNN. I hate to say it but she missed the mark. She went on and on about how crazy religious people are without driving home the bigger point, the use the Senate steps as a pulpit. That was offensive, that’s what she should of keyed in on. When Rick Sanchez wondered if we were trying to take away his right to pray with his family in his own home instead of saying “Absolutely not, this is different and this is why”. She kept going with the conjuring spirits schtick. ARRRGHHH! I was looking forward to this because making Sanchez look dumb isn’t that hard. I might be alone in my disapointment but to me, the most important point was to stress the importance of the Separation of church and State. Ridiculing their idiocy (while I admit is fun) was not the time, place or audience for that rhetoric. Too bad, we don’t get many chances to be heard on major networks. I see this as a missed chance.

]]> By: Jimmy http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/13/pray_for_rain_atheists_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-69704 Jimmy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-69704 We have freedom of thought in this country. Why can't people just let others pray? Just because we don't agree with them doesn't mean we should force them to think like we do. If the prayer was not STATE SPONSORED then it is not unconstitutional! We have freedom of thought in this country. Why can’t people just let others pray? Just because we don’t agree with them doesn’t mean we should force them to think like we do. If the prayer was not STATE SPONSORED then it is not unconstitutional!

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