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New York Atheists Angry Over 'Heaven' Street Sign Honoring Sept. 11 Victims

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New York Atheists Angry Over 'Heaven' Street Sign Honoring Sept. 11 Victims
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RE: New York Atheists Angry Over 'Heaven' Street Sign Honoring Sept. 11 Victims
June 21, 2011 at 9:24 pm
(June 21, 2011 at 9:19 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: If Hell is in Jersey, what does that make L.A.?

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RE: New York Atheists Angry Over 'Heaven' Street Sign Honoring Sept. 11 Victims
June 22, 2011 at 2:35 pm
(June 21, 2011 at 6:35 pm)bozo Wrote: There is no justification for grafting superstitious nonsense onto a memorial for people killed whilst doing their job. The memorial would lose no potency by being secular in nature.

And only gain in potency through inclusiveness. Other religious and nonreligious people died.
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RE: New York Atheists Angry Over 'Heaven' Street Sign Honoring Sept. 11 Victims
June 22, 2011 at 3:28 pm
(June 22, 2011 at 2:35 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: And only gain in potency through inclusiveness. Other religious and nonreligious people died.

Ah, but those people aren't in heaven so it doesn't matter.
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RE: New York Atheists Angry Over 'Heaven' Street Sign Honoring Sept. 11 Victims
June 22, 2011 at 3:41 pm
(June 22, 2011 at 3:28 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: Ah, but those people aren't in heaven so it doesn't matter.

True, most fundamentalists are quite self obsessed and only looking out for themselves.
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