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(82,333 posts) Sat Aug 18, 2012, 08:53 AM Aug 2012

Atheists to Tear Up Biblical Passages Near Huntington Beach Pier Preacher This Weekend [View all]

By Matt CokerFri., Aug. 17 2012 at 10:37 AM

It may not have the cache of Michael v. Satan--whole books have been written about that--but a similar conflict is shaping up Saturday afternoon next to the Huntington Beach Pier.

A street preacher who regularly evangelizes to inattentive tourists passing by will find himself joined by atheists tearing up passages plucked from the Holy Bible.

Backyard Skeptics, the loose coalition of Orange County nonbelievers fighting thousands of years of religious dogma with stunts as provocative as handling snakes, is behind the Good Book chopping.

Why?

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2012/08/look_for_an_atheist_v_christia.php

I hope they take one minute to sign Alexander Aan's petition first.

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Atheists to Tear Up Biblical Passages Near Huntington Beach Pier Preacher This Weekend [View all] rug Aug 2012 OP

This is self-defeating. hlthe2b Aug 2012 #1

Street preachers and other soapbox cranks have been fixtures... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #2

So? WolverineDG Aug 2012 #3

Lol. Sounds like Mardi Gras. cbayer Aug 2012 #4

Only if you think skepticscott Aug 2012 #10

Consider what would happen if you substituted the Koran and the location to near a mosque? ProgressiveProfessor Aug 2012 #5

The common denominator is idiocy. rug Aug 2012 #6

No different than priests raping children. trotsky Aug 2012 #7

Yes, that flows naturally from this story. rug Aug 2012 #15

This is sending the completely wrong message in my opinion. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #8

They're not actually destroying bibles. trotsky Aug 2012 #11

Ahhhh, ok. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #12

I have to hand it to atheists: inner lite Aug 2012 #9

Street preachers are evangelizing for their faith. rrneck Aug 2012 #13

So, rug, on your way to mass every Sunday, how many things do you do to: Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #14

See #15. rug Aug 2012 #16

Oh damn.... eqfan592 Aug 2012 #17

Awesome picture! n/t Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #25

It's all a game, rug. MineralMan Aug 2012 #19

Sorry, I left nihilism behind in college. rug Aug 2012 #20

As to #15, my response would be that it doesn't flow from the story but from this gem Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #24

It doesn't flow from that either. rug Aug 2012 #36

Yes, and then I mentioned what your church is doing Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #37

I hope you don't teach rhetoric. rug Aug 2012 #38

Waste of time. MineralMan Aug 2012 #18

Well, it's a start. nt mr blur Aug 2012 #21

I don't get the point. Seems they are trying to evoke a reaction. mmonk Aug 2012 #22

Any idea where that cache is buried? Is it anything like the cache that hid the Book of Mormon? dimbear Aug 2012 #23

sounds like unnecessary shit stirring to me for attention 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #26

They're existentialists ,tearing up the bible is orpupilofnature57 Aug 2012 #27

Christians kill an abortion doctor. Atheists rip up pages DavidL Aug 2012 #28

Who's upset or outraged about it? cbayer Aug 2012 #29

I don't find killing people "pretty silly". DavidL Aug 2012 #30

Who finds killing people silly? I was talking about the tearing up of pages. cbayer Aug 2012 #31

If you don't have anything constructive to say DavidL Aug 2012 #32

Didn't realize I needed your permission to post. cbayer Aug 2012 #33

It's not even pages in a book. It's photocopies of pages in a book. Ian David Aug 2012 #35

If you read the whole article, there is nothing offensive here. They make some good points. n/t Ian David Aug 2012 #34