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brooklynite

(94,729 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:44 AM Apr 2015

"Atheists come to religious area for convention"

Scarily, this was a news story in the Lenoir News-Topic:

Red flag to a bull? Cats parading near chained-up Dobermans?

It’s something like that, as a bunch of raving atheists are convening in Hickory, chosen as the convention site specifically because of this area’s religiosity -- a Gallup poll in 2013 identified the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton as being among the top 10 most religious metropolitan statistical areas in the United States.

If the unbelievers may be perceived by many locals as frothing at the mouth or speaking in their own version of “tongues,” the convention promoters contend they’ll be uttering utmost sense.

Thus, these infidels call their gathering ReasonCon. That’s as opposed to those who get their facts and truth from the Bible: The event’s press release also cites a Barna survey assessing the “Bible-mindedness” of some cities, a measure of how recently a sampling of residents have read the Bible and what credence they accord it. Charlotte came in with the eighth-highest Bible-mindedness; the Piedmont Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point) ranked 20th.
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"Atheists come to religious area for convention" (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2015 OP
One of the comments Cartoonist Apr 2015 #1
I can't tell if the piece is tongue in cheek or not. What do you think? cbayer Apr 2015 #2

Cartoonist

(7,323 posts)
1. One of the comments
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 08:34 AM
Apr 2015

Great job getting your point across News Topic and I'd say great journalism as well. My take, from reading the responses is one that what we as Christians are dealing with is a group of misdirected folks that are lost in their souls or in the direction they are talking in life. I am sure that there are many other venues in this town that would have denied your opportunity to do business in our town and have been just fine without your athiest dollars. As a Godly man who lives happily in this Godly community, I say Google a local church, attend on any night of the week and ask God, the maker of heaven and earth, all that is in it, and the creator of all that ever was, all that is, and all that ever will be and ask for forgiveness for your sins and ask Him to come into your soul as your saviour. He will forgive and allow you the opportunity to be in Heaven when our time here on earth comes to an end. He loves you and I love you! Be well!

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
2. I can't tell if the piece is tongue in cheek or not. What do you think?
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 08:56 AM
Apr 2015

He uses a lot of negative phrases to describe the atheists in this piece, but it comes across as humorous at points.

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