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Can being an atheist in America get you killed?
March 18, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Texas man allegedly killed soldier for not believing in God
Quote:Officials in Clay County, Texas revealed this week that human remains uncovered near the Oklahoma border last month were those of Spc. Jose Ramirez, an El Centro, California native who went missing from Fort Sill, Oklahoma more than seven years ago. A former friend of Ramirez’s, 30-year-old Justin Green, was charged with the murder in February.
Three others, including Green’s mother and sister, also face charges related to helping clean up the crime scene and hide the body, and the story was carried earlier this week by The Associated Press.
But one shocking detail in that story seemed to be overlooked in the AP’s lead: A criminal complaint against the group, obtained by Raw Story on Thursday, shows that Green’s sister believes he killed Ramirez “because Ramirez did not believe in God.”
(H-T Matt Dillahunty)
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Can being an atheist in America get you killed?
March 18, 2012 at 2:58 pm
The bible gives him that right.
Haven't you heard? You can kill people who don't worship your god. It's called ethnic cleansing among other things.
Christianity is a disease and Christians the little assholes that spread the plague around.
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RE: Can being an atheist in America get you killed?
March 18, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Thou shalt not kill must have been misplaced at the time..
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RE: Can being an atheist in America get you killed?
March 18, 2012 at 3:03 pm
It's pretty bad that the bible condones this kind of act. Yet they still try to claim it's the best thing thats ever happened to humanity.
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RE: Can being an atheist in America get you killed?
March 18, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Hell you can get killed for being gay or black. So you DAMN well can get killed for not believing in god. Never mind in muslim countries where calling yourself an atheist is like signing your own death certificate.
Santorum for Grand Inquisitor!
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RE: Can being an atheist in America get you killed?
March 18, 2012 at 4:15 pm
It happens, but it's very rare in the USA. I only know of one other case.
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RE: Can being an atheist in America get you killed?
March 18, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Um.... "TEXAS."
Explains it all.
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