Atheists Can’t Run Christian Country…

Posted by James Tracy on January 6th, 2009

…at least according to the opinion of Betty McCoy, who sent the following letter to the The Herald-Dispatch:

Atheists Can’t Run Christian Country (Betty McCoy/Voice of the People letters section/The Huntington West Virginia Herald-Dispatch; Jan 4)

I read an article in the Voice of the People, and the writer was right. I, too, am tired of the atheists trying to run everything.

They do this because we don’t have anyone to stand up for what’s right and wrong and tell the atheists enough is enough. Everything the atheists want, this government lets them have their way. They didn’t want prayer in school, the Nativity displayed in some places, the Ten Commandments out so anyone could see them, don’t want the word of God in anything. This doesn’t seem to be a Christian nation anymore. No wonder this nation has gone to hell in a handbasket.

Between Bush and the atheists, God is getting tired of people denouncing him. Look what shape this nation is in. Do you think that God will help any nation that lets the atheists run everything? I don’t think so. There’s only one unforgivable sin, and I think that’s not believing in God.

So I say if the atheists are so disturbed by the word of God and the Nativity displays, just put them all on an island by themselves because the Christian people are tired of hearing all the garbage the atheists have to say. So keep your mouths shut. I’d rather people think I’m a fool than to open my mouth with all the garbage you atheists say; then people know you are a fool. All you have to do is to listen to an atheist and you can tell they are uneducated.

I’m not judging them. God will do that in due time, but I’m afraid the atheists are in for a rude awakening.

Wow. What a thoughtful and rational piece! Betty leaves me in the awkward position of not knowing where or how to begin. On the one hand, I am flattered that Betty actually thinks that atheists have that much power in this country, on the other….well, I am flabbergasted by the sheer idiocy and mean-spiritedness of this loving Christian. I certainly do not believe Betty’s claim that she is not judging “them” and think that Betty needs to spend more time loving her neighbors.

I am confident that you, dear reader, can see all of the various flaws with Betty’s letter without me banging them over your head.

I will simply leave you with a reminder that the atheist community still occupies an unfavorable position in American society and that we have much work to do to rectify this. I consider Betty’s letter hate speech. Imagine if she or anyone else had sent in the exact same letter about blacks or Jews.

Thanks to AnAtheist.Net contributer Atheist Under Ur Bed for alerting me to this.