FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY

[GameHauler]

"FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY
In Florida , an Atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and
Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case
against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days. The
argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized
days.
The case was brought before a judge After listening to the passionate
presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, "Case
dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your
honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have
Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and
Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your
client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."
The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance
or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm
14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is
the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God,
then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day.
Court is adjourned."

1 for the courts
Still hard to believe what some lawyers  will do for $
I wish I had a way to send the Judge a AT-A-Boy

[mirage1988]

I can see Judge Judy sayin that!

[dukkillr]

It's obviously fake.  If you needed someone to tell you that I assume you've already given all your money to a Nigerian Prince.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/atheist.asp

I particularly like the final line in the Snopes debunking:

The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.

So true.  Some people see something they think makes the other side look bad and they become incapable of considering it's accuracy.

[PASingleshot]

Aren't atheist & holy day mutually exclusive? When I typed the headline into the search, this story is everywhere.  What I found amazing is the amount of atheists on the web.  The level of hate & disdain for religion/religious people is scary.  A lot of these people espouse so much hate, but we're the bad folks.

[BBF]

That level of hate/disdain can be found in equal amounts on the religious side towards those that are unable or unwilling to believe.

[jjas]

For many, the thought of pearly gates and an entity in the sky that allows people in a "heaven" just doesn't make sense from a logical standpoint. 

That doesn't make them unwilling or unable to accept religious beliefs, it means they don't believe.  Period.

Jim

[GRIMJIM]

For many, the thought of pearly gates and an entity in the sky that allows people in a "heaven" just doesn't make sense from a logical standpoint. 

That doesn't make them unwilling or unable to accept religious beliefs, it means they don't believe.  Period.

Jim

That's me right there. I have no problems with religion, prayer in school, the ten commandments in public buildings or anything else.

I will not push my beliefs on others, in fact I'm a hypocrite. My kids are in Catholic schools. I got a good education and was brought up with a good sense of right and wrong and I am giving my children the same opportunity. They can make up their own minds about religion when they get older.

Believe it or not I am an aetheist and a decent person also.

[Glanceblamm]

I will not push my beliefs on others, in fact I'm a hypocrite

Believe it or not I am an aetheist and a decent person also.

GRIMJIM, I like you and your post so I will try to keep the above in mind in this reply.

A lot of us, ok, pretty much everyone goes through life looking for something. The search can be extensive and can range from drugs to bars for some while others achieve financial freedom or political power.
It is a pretty broad range as you can see. The thing is that most of these people will remain unsatisfied and continue searching....Even the wealthy will tell you that money cannot buy happieness but that the money sure does steady their nerves haha.

(here comes the sticky or pushy part)...It is not until you let God into your life that you will realize that your search is over. He is an easy fellow to recognise because the only way that you can get to know him is through his Son, Jesus Christ. Some people are only going to recieve one true calling to this in their lives and if they ignore it, or turn their backs on it, that may be it!
Are we (christians) hypocrites?...your darn right that we are and it is because we were born in the flesh (yeah, the flesh is a bad thing) Once we accept Christ and Repent (or are born again) we still make transgressions but we are learning more and improving on this all of the time and invite everyone to join us. I personally have to keep up on the Bible studys because if I draw away from God, my heart can grow cold to him. He will (and does) talk to me and one of my jobs is to Harvest, or draw people in even though it is fore said that I will be like a sheep among wolves. This life style does call for sacrifices to the worldly things but the rewards are going to be much greater!

(I am done preaching now) but would like to provide an after thought...Most of the post here in Round the Pot belly are dead on the money (non christian related) on topics in regards to the condition of the world to include the US. We are definately headed for one world goverment and yes, we will eventually see UN troops patroling the streets. This is propethised (spelling) as the way of the World will not be the way of the Lord. This is getting closer all the time as America was at a cross road back in November and made the wrong moral choice. God has responded by shaking everything that can be shook and has used our economy to do this. I dont think that it is meant to admonish but rather to wake us up who would believe.

For Those Of You who are thinking Yeah right, heard this before, blaa blaa.....You will recieve TWO WARNINGS but I cannot say that this will happen in your life time.

WARNING ONE: If a bunch of us simply disapear one day (read the rapture)  Please rest assured that UFO's did not take us even though there is more credible reports and sightings than anytime in our past.

WARNING TWO: Identity theft is getting more common place all the time. This is hitting closer to home as even my wife has had to have her bank card replaced twice within the last six months because of the so called Phishing, We were told to start having vendors run our card as credit instead of debit so that our pin numbers could not be (Phished) out of the electronic library that is pretty much world wide these days.
The solution to identity theft will not be to go back to paper checks but to Install An Identity Chip in the hand or forehead of everyone. If you do not get this chip, you will not be able to buy or sell but if you do, You Can Rest Assured That Your Soul Will Be Condemmed To Burn. Some of us will be left and will not get that chip. I really cannot say if this will be before or after the rapture though. I am going to assume that it will be after because while we will be provided for (food wise) many of us will be executed for our beliefs.

Some of you are really laughing by now so I will try to make one more point that you might be able to relate to.

Most of us are good working folk and alot of us are not even church goers. We still have a Consience though, treat each other with respect, and know what is right and what is wrong.
Your Consience is something that you have recieved through God's Grace...after the Rapture happens this will be taken away and the people will become as mean, conniving, and ruthless as a Con artist.

I am done, (for now) and as William would say
Blessings!

[williamlayton]

The original post was a "joke", it was not intended too be a serious/true story. It has made the rounds for a long while and I have not known anyone too take it as a true reporting of a fact.
That said, an atheist is a contradiction and in fact of light of arguement, makes atheism a religion. Just as satan great sin is his will and his declaration "I will" perscribes a desire to become a god.
This, in fact, denotes the fact that he admits too their being a God and his desire to supplant the authority of God by his own will.
An atheist, in fact, says that his will is able to make hisownself god, as his own will is as great as God's will, which meas he is as great as God and ruler of his domain.
It is a parallel kingdom he has created, it is a kingdom of God's that he has taken from God.
Too say this admits to a God and he, by his own will, has declared that he is also a god.
If you say that you do not believe there is a God, then why do you continually rail that there is no God. If God is not self evident by creation then why bring God into arguement by denying Him.
How can one say there is no God and continue to espouse any law that would be moral and attributed too God. If, there is no God, then there is no right or wrong and everybody can do whatever they want.
Look at man's law and you will find contradiction in every corner. This is not so with God's law.
AWWWW, this arguement goes on forever.
Blessings