FOX News readers on Facebook started going off after Blair Scott, Communications Director for American Atheists, appeared on America Live with Megyn Kelly. Blair reports that when he returned home from his local FOX station for the interview that his voice mail was full of messages and his inbox had almost 200 hateful messages. “I can always tell when someone from American Atheists is on FOX news, because my Inbox explodes with hate email,” said Blair.
We can talk about the issues about this, but our friend William Hamby has put it well over at the Examiner. In addition, Practical Doubt was able to capture some more as well. Unfortunately, they blacked out the names of the guilty.
Moderators on FOX News’ Facebook page had been trying diligently to delete the violent threats, but not before they were screen-captured by a diligent American Atheists member named Robert Posey.
Here are the screen captures of the death threats and threat of violence posted against atheists. We have left their screen names in place. If you’re devoted enough to make the death threat then you should be devoted enough to have your name attached to your hatred. How many did FOX News delete before they could be captured? There are over 8,000 comments on their post related to Blair’s appearance on FOX News.
Posted by Blair Scott
“I love Jesus and the cross and if you don’t, I hope someone rapes you”
Thank you for providing me with more reasons for losing my faith and leaving the world of mass-delusion behind me.
rigoddamneddiculous
0h the irony of saying “few groups are filled with more hatred than atheists” alongside these colorful comments by fellow loving Christians. +1 mankind
How very Christian of them. Typical of the religion of love. *facepalm*
How very Christian of them. Typical of the religion of love. *facepalm*
I’m terribly ashamed of what they have done. Let me apologize for them and all other Christians who may have said such things to you before. I’m a Christian and I do not think this way. In fact, I know that even though you don’t know, and may not want to know this Jesus or ours, I know that He loves you just as much as He loves any of us. If you read the Bible, you would know that to be true.
“I love Jesus and the cross and if you don’t, I hope someone rapes you”
That is a very poor example of Christian behaviour. Jesus said that if you loved Him, you would do what He says. What did He say? Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, with all your strength, and Love your neighbour as yourself. He also told us to treat everyone as we would treat Him. You cannot say that you love Jesus if you hate someone, simple as that.
All in all, I admit that they were wrong, and they acted nothing like what God wanted them to be. But bear in mind that it takes two hands to clap. It is not rare for Christians to find hate messages from atheists either. I myself have often encountered atheists so passionate about their (faithlessness?) it’s annoying. Remember that we are human too, and we have a limit to how far we can be pushed.
God bless
So, what do you think your response will be when you reach your limit?
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