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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-27-11 08:06 PM
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Religious reactions to Atheist/Agnostic/Humanist Invitations
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The good, the bad and the downright ugly. This is what happened when a student organization for atheists, agnostics, humanists and other non-religious individuals sent out a mass e-mail inviting others to join their group.


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For those who missed it, here's what our mass email looked like:

Are you an atheist, agnostic, skeptic, pastafarian, or otherwise nonreligious student? Come join Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics at UW-Madison this Fall! AHA is a great way to meet fellow nonbelievers here on campus, all while getting involved in the secular movement. Our meetings will be every Wednesday at 7 PM in 155 Van Hise.

We hope to see you there!


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Pretty innocuous, yes? Tens of thousands of people calmly tolerated this minor intrusion into their life, deleted the email, and then proceeded to move on with the rest of their day. Others could not resist the urge to share their disagreement, pity, and anger with us. I've taken the liberty of organizing the best of these replies into a few rough categories. As you will see, some messages unfortunately could belong in multiple groupings.
No attempt was made to correct grammatical errors.


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Group 3: Looks like someones got a case of the Mondays!

~why is this being sent to my email. do you even know if i'm religious or not. your club is stupid.
~You're group sucks. You're going to Hell!
~Ummm.... I'm a religious jew. Don't send this crap to me.
~I am a Christian. Take your ignorance elsewhere.
~This is bull shit. Evil only exists in this world because of the absence of GOD. Take me off this email list please. Hope you enjoy your non-belivers party, losers.




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Group 5: Bat shit crazy.


~You live in a nation under GOD, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. His miracles surround you every day. Open your eyes. The only person that would die for you are the men and women of the US Armed Forces and the Lord Jesus Christ. Get with the program fools and stop spreading this useless shit. There are real problems out there.
~I just wanted to let you know that Jesus loves you and he is coming back soon. All will bow down and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Have a blessed and wonderful day!<3
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