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cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
Thu May 23, 2013, 11:52 AM May 2013

I don't think WND realized what they wrote about Oklahoma, atheism and Gervais...

It was about the effects of Wolf Blizter's interview with an atheist who survived the tornados in Moore.

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CNN reported Tuesday that the push for online prayers has created an backlash from non-believers and even some religious scholars.

“A prayer is supposed to have a consequence for you,” said Elizabeth Drescher, a lecturer at Santa Clara University in California. “It’s not an act of magic.”

British comedian and TV star Ricky Gervais, an ardent foe of organized religion, was more abrasive.

After MTV tweeted that pop stars Beyoncé, Rihanna and Katy Perry were sending their prayers to Oklahoma, Gervais responded, “I feel like an idiot now … I only sent money.”

Gervais and other atheists also kick-started a counter-trend, using the hashtag #ActuallyDoSomethingForOklahoma.

“If all people are doing is praying, it is worthless,” Hemant Mehta, an Illinois math teacher who writes the blog “Friendly Atheist,” told CNN. “If they are praying and donating to the Red Cross, that’s more like it.”

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/wolf-blitzer-to-atheist-thank-god-right/#RjQ5hUx0GTb7yv1L.99

Thanks, WND.

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I don't think WND realized what they wrote about Oklahoma, atheism and Gervais... (Original Post) cynatnite May 2013 OP
Seriously... tosh May 2013 #1
Yep, that's them... cynatnite May 2013 #2
I just imagine all these people with their jaws hanging open. Arugula Latte May 2013 #3
 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
3. I just imagine all these people with their jaws hanging open.
Thu May 23, 2013, 11:57 AM
May 2013

"Whaaa?! Not everybody buhleeeves in tha Looord?!?

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