Woman on CNN tells Wolf " um i am actually a Atheist"
Wolf kept going on and on about how blessed she was and did she pray etc and being forced to respond to his religious questions she bravely on national TV and in Oklahoma told the world she was a atheist instead of just nodding her head in agreement to make him go away.
Things are already bad for this woman i really hope her bravery in being honest will not be punished by Christan's in name only.
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She should have said, "I am an atheist, but I am grateful to the Christians in my life. Obviously somebody prayed for me, since I'm still alive!"
I'll chant a mantra for you 
but I'm not laughing. This is the usual answer.
where's mine?
You didn't get the new members factsheet? 
We don't have to be at each other all the time. 
for our urge to help each other. We evolved to live in cohesive groups and to cooperate to help ensure survival.
Science is beautiful and profound.
and he's not too fond of Texas either. Record droughts. Tornados. What's next? Maybe gods not a right wing nutter after all. Seriously, when was the last time Vermont was pounded by multiple natural calamities like the southern plains?
..but many others pray for redemption for their perceived sins. many children are tortured by fear of an evil god, satan, hell.. and the same can last a lifetime.
good for you that you can pray so blithely. perhaps you just don't believe strongly enough.
magical things happen
The science on prayer so far suggests you fare slightly better if no one is praying for you. But what gets me is that believers completely ignore the lack of evidence emanating from places like Lourdes, where millions have prayed for hundreds of years with underwhelming success.
What else could explain God doing this inspite of all the prayers against it? It must be someone really "tight" with the magic man in the sky.
welcome fellow atheist
I told her none, as I did not believe in that stuff. I have to hand it to her. She recovered fairly quickly and carried on from there, but her first reaction was written all over her face. 
most of the door-to-door religionists probably hear about more athiests than even athiests do!
they are probably more used to it than anybody
What a hoot!
And welcome to DU, giftedgirl77!
Too close to call!!!
I think you're OK.
When someone else is suffering, let them indicate whether they're open to spiritual comfort; don't force it on them. actually I hope he gets a clue 
I just love his thread 
Wolfie is a moron
She bravely declares her belief, but does not begrudge the faith beliefs of others or seek to disparage them. She was beautiful!
Blitzer, on the other hand--not so much. 
I have to say, she is a pretty brave woman to admit her atheism on national TV (those righty-tighty Xians are a dangerous sort).
Bonus... she seems like a great mom!
Best part is that the rest of american can see that an atheist can be a completely normal loving mom! Her comment at the end was perfect! 
So, by his logic, the people who didn't pray died?
I'm tired of Christianity being constantly shoved down our throats. 
Wolf Blitzer is a worthless tool.
... what the eff business is it of his if she "thanked the Lord", or however he posed the suggestion? I was channel surfing and did catch him interviewing her. That baby, ("Anders" was it?,) was a doll and a delightful arm-full. I was really thinking it was a great interview by Wolf, until he made the religious remark.
Hey, Wolf... if God had anything to do with it, there would have been no tornado to begin with. 
"Well, we'll have to leave it THERE"
or "Thank you atheist...for that"
. . . that the three tornadoes near my village (Broadwater, Nebraska, the first three of this outbreak) did not hit anything in the village.
As the one long haired hippie atheist socialistic village trustee on the village board, I proposed a more practical solution to the board for consideration on next month's agenda: building a community tornado shelter for our 128 people.
I have already survived one tornado (Liberty, Mo., May 4, 2003) because I had a safe room under my house, along with eight other neighbours that piled into my safe room. The house was destroyed.
Rather than trust in some supernatural power to protect my town in a tornado, I would rather the village board be proactive and build shelters, particularly since FEMA will finance much of the construction. We'll have to see though: there are a lot of people that object when the village clerk puts in a claim to buy paperclips.
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Where a soldier says "we need a Satanist for our chaplain". When asked why, he said "Stands to reason. God is good, so he'll treat you right. It's the other guy you have to watch out for."
People there need physical and emotional support, not people screaming at the sky for them.
I hate these wars that get going on between different perspectives. Perhaps there are others who love them.
I hope you will consider staying a part of this kind of issue discussion, because you appear to be able to add a constructive element useful to BOTH sides of these questions.
