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Yeah. \u00a0For your amusement<\/a>. \u00a0Modern atheism continues to be an intellectual embarrassment to thoughtful atheists who sincerely seek the truth. \u00a0Expecting proof from everyone but themselves, and blaming everything on everyone else while insisting atheism is a non-not-negative-unthing that you can\u2019t blame for anything, now atheists are insisting there is no such thing as atheism while establishing churches in the name of atheism which is not. \u00a0 Sigh. \u00a0If the media and educational systems had stones and brains, there might be some level of popular giggles attached to this. \u00a0As it is, expect serious reporting and thoughtful commentary on something that deserves less regard than pet rocks. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"