Day 4: Good Friday: Morning roundup

Some coverage around the web:
Atheist Mama responding to hysterical critics:
The War on Easter being a hate crime?? Come on…
Indeed. A “hate crime” has to be a crime first. It’s telling that so many Christians consider criticism to be a crime. That’s the state of our discourse now. Criticism of science in a hall of education? First Amendment right. Criticism of superstition in a hall of superstition? Hate crime!
(As we always say–never break the law with your pamphleteering, not even a little. Nobody has done so yet, to our knowledge. And nobody has even proposed such a thing. But we keep saying it anyway, every day. Never break the law.)
A comment at Cynical-C Blog:
When I worked retail we would often have to go and de-chick-tract most of the books in the store. And then there are the people on the bus who will nearly assault you if you dont convert, and the groups at every single city parade I attend reminding me that I am going to hell.
Some criticism from A Religious Liberal Blog:
Think the golden rule. Don’t do what you would not want done to you. The same reason that anonymous leaflets, brochures, and confrontational evangelism is annoying when done to atheists will likewise be annoying when done to fundamentalists.
Some will say it’s payback but one shouldn’t be fooled into thinking that a conversation will begin which such tactics.
No conversation? The mission of Beyond Belief Media is “to provoke conversation about the dangers of religious belief.” There are now 79 links to waroneaster.org on Technorati. In less than four days.
(Image above created by Rational Response Squad’s Brian Sapient over at the Church Sign Generator.)





