Comments on: Would You Allow Christians To Pray Over Your Baby?

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Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:21:53 +0000

[...] Cool When Confronted By Christian Crazies Friendly Atheist recently had a post in which Hemant shared a report he had received from an atheist woman about how a complete stranger had approached her in Wal-Mart [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:58:46 +0000

Come on. Everyone is missing a powerful opportunity here. That lady needed to be lead to the meat department so that she could help you wave a dead chicken over the baby and chant with you.

By: Flonkbob

Flonkbob — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:10:43 +0000

I would have done the same thing I do when the loonies come to my door. I would say “Go away. I don’t believe in your Sky Fairy, and if I did I’d rather go to Hell than spend eternity with a nitwit like you!”

As you may be able to tell, I don’t mind making a scene. I hope I do offend these self-righteous idiots. And more important, I hope anyone around me will take the message that not everyone buys into this insanity.

By: John Sconz

John Sconz — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:05:22 +0000

Instead of saying “bless you,” my wife and I say, “Yay Darwin!” This simultaneously celebrates the natural origins of the sneeze, while flying in the face of superstition.

By: Yoo

Yoo — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:31:55 +0000

Like some others, my first thought when reading about the situation was that it was a safety issue (“some nut is being crazy around my child!”) rather than about religious disagreement. No idea how I actually respond, although getting away from the scene feels like the right thing to do in the abstract.

By: Krystal

Krystal — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:55:04 +0000

I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post, since this is more of an atheist community, I just wanted to voice some of my thoughts on it.

Wow, I’ve never seen that happen. I’m pretty sure if I myself was confronted (is that the right word? I’m going to go with it) by a woman praying vigorously for my child and adding to the fact that I didn’t know the woman, I’d be a little more than put off. Short of using my cart to blockade her whilst I make my escape

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Criticism vs. Censorship « skeptigirl — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:04:12 +0000

[...] is reserved for covert racial insults), the feelings they elicit are the same. There were two good examples of this type of “insult” on Friendly Atheist the other day — the way people just [...]

By: CybrgnX

CybrgnX — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:16:38 +0000

Point at the woman with the hand in the shape of a fork and speak deep klingon in a forceful manner. When she looks at you tell her you said a klingon curse to nutralize her jesus curse.

By: anonymouse

anonymouse — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:24:01 +0000

This is a personal space and safety issue. I do not have kids but I would want to tell that woman to get the hell away from my child and me. VERY loudly.

Saying someone will pray is one thing. It sounds like she was making a scene all her own.

By: AnonyMouse

AnonyMouse — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:48:55 +0000

I don’t care whether it was “harmless” or not, I would not want to stand there silently while someone makes a Jesus-scene over my baby. Maybe I would ask her to stop, or maybe I would just walk away – I don’t know. But there’s a thoughtful prayer, and then there’s a crazed religious ritual.