A Watauga man says alcohol wasn’t the cause of his truck crash that damaged a statue of the Virgin Mary — religion was.

Daniel Reid Hillman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to desecrating a venerated object. The Johnson City Press reported Hillman also pleaded guilty to second offense DUI and driving on a revoked license.

Elizabethton police arrested the 25-year-old Hillman and Nathaniel Ray Henson of Elizabethton late Monday night after Hillman’s truck collided with the statue on the front lawn of St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church.

The arrest report stated Hillman admitted he was drunk but said the reason for the collision was his “strong dislike for all organized religion.” READ MORE

Let me be very clear on this one. I understand this guy’s feelings. Nothing has hurt America and this world more than organized religion, and no organized religion, even Islam, can approach the damage caused by the huge cult known as the Catholic Church. There is a TON of anger and hatred towards the Holy See, and as far as I am concerned they deserve every bit of it.

BUT vandalism is not the way to fix it. It makes us look bad to the world, and even worse, makes the world pity the church.

It is immoral to destroy private property — even if the owner is an ass. We must not sink to that level. American Atheists abhors violence and vandalism, and fully expect Mr. Hillman to pay is rightful fines and reparations. There are far more effective ways to fight the church than to break its statues.

Professor Dawkins, the prominent biologist and atheist, said that Benedict XVI would have blood on his hands if his beliefs were followed by Catholics around the continent.

Speaking at a university in Spain, he said: “I wonder on what basis anyone can say condoms make Aids worse. The Pope is either stupid, ignorant or dim.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5088516/Richard-Dawkins-says-Pope-is-stupid.html

You don’t have to be a genius to know the pope is dim. I smell a bumper sticker

Is it a church? Is it a charity? A waste of time, or words of wisdom? Is it some guy with a web page? Whatever it is, it’s now a 501C3 Charity organization (but not a religious one) and they own the term “REALITY”
Check this out and have some fun.

http://www.churchofreality.org/

NEWS Release:

Ed Buckner, President of American Atheists, and Dave Silverman, the National Spokesperson, left their posts today and converted to Islam. Shortly thereafter, they murdered each other for the crime of blasphemy.

According to sources, Buckner’s last words were “Die blasphemer, in the name of the all-loving god Allah!” and Silverman’s were “wait please don’t kill me, ahhhh!”

When reached for comment, Silverman said he was frustrated with Buckner’s choice of weapon (hint: “boom”) but understood and forgave him. Then he returned to his 72 virgins, none of whom were all that hot, really.