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OswegoAtheist

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16. There was a war on Twitter this morning...

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 02:12 PM

Dec 2011

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980917773

The hashtag #GodIsNotGreat began trending internationally shortly after the sad announcement that Hitchens had passed away from complications linked to esophageal cancer. The tag is, of course, in honor of Hitchens' best-selling book God Is Not Great, where he lays out his argument for atheism. God Is Not Great is a foundation of the modern atheist movement, and makes a compelling case for the uselessness of religion and the non-existence of any deities.

Many Christians on Twitter, apparently unfamiliar with the book (and, unsurprisingly, unfamiliar with the act of researching something before shooting off at the mouth about it) began frothing at the mouth when they noticed the hashtag. Rather than recognizing it as a reference to a book they took it as an attack on their religion (again totally unsurprising, especially when you consider the ridiculous 'Christian martyr' syndrome popular in American Christianity). Their responses were brilliant in their idiocy and hypocrisy.

Oswego "#GodIsNotGreat and his followers are worse" Atheist

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"Unrepentant Christopher Hitchens is now roasting in hell!" [View all] LAGC Dec 2011 OP

Saw a "I'll bet he believes in god and the devil NOW" post BiggJawn Dec 2011 #1

Send them this. RC Dec 2011 #12

That cartoon is demeaning to women. PassingFair Dec 2011 #13

Come on, really? truebrit71 Dec 2011 #19

No, I really find it offensive. PassingFair Dec 2011 #20

No. The last panel is pretty terrible. n/t iris27 Dec 2011 #24

After thinking about it, you are correct. The original could have been better. RC Dec 2011 #25

Thank you! PassingFair Dec 2011 #26

Nice. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2011 #28

It is. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #27

He was so young.. 62 is really young in my book kdmorris Dec 2011 #2

Half genius and half "gin-soaked popinjay"... PassingFair Dec 2011 #3

Who isn't? n/t Ian David Dec 2011 #5

LOL! PassingFair Dec 2011 #6

But the very same people who are good sometimes are the very same people who are bad sometimes. Ian David Dec 2011 #7

Classy Armin-A Dec 2011 #17

DU Jurors. trotsky Dec 2011 #11

Yeah - I can be a complete bitch at times, too kdmorris Dec 2011 #9

62 is looking younger to me every day! trotsky Dec 2011 #10

Yeah.. 20 years ago it seems "reallly really old!!" :) n/t kdmorris Dec 2011 #14

Somewhat torn on the responses dmallind Dec 2011 #4

Wasn't a big fan of his TZ Dec 2011 #8

I never understood that. ChadwickHenryWard Dec 2011 #18

Sam Harris was the same. PassingFair Dec 2011 #21

One thing though TZ Dec 2011 #29

I remember when Sagan died pokerfan Dec 2011 #15

There was a war on Twitter this morning... OswegoAtheist Dec 2011 #16

I fully expected this, but I still find it disgusting. Quartermass Dec 2011 #22

"He who is without sin can cast the first stone." lindysalsagal Dec 2011 #23

therein lies the problem... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2011 #30

but Hitchens didn't believe in Hell JI7 Dec 2011 #31

For any version of Christianity that believes in Hell, most definitely. iris27 Dec 2011 #35

Says a lot about people who believe in hell. RueVoltaire Dec 2011 #32

Or masochistic laconicsax Dec 2011 #33

And religious believers are "offended" and "insulted" when we ask them to stand up and MarkCharles Dec 2011 #34