I was driving home from work this morning with a Chicago classic rock station on. The dj made a joke mocking atheists and played “living on a prayer” by Bon Jovi. He then made another mocking joke about atheists after the song. It was supposedly quoting an atheist saying “What do we fear? Fear like pain is just another way god hurts us.”. I wasn’t offended. I’m just curious about something. Does todays date have some significance to atheism? Just thought it strange that a major radio station would do this now.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Funny, my car radio has more than one channel, and an "off" button too......
AnneWimsey
Level 9
Dec 30, 2018
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I'd write a politely scathing letter to the station's management. Would he have joked like that about Christians? Muslims? It's beyond offensive.
LucyLoohoo
Level 9
Dec 29, 2018
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I stopped listening to radio years ago, mostly because I can't stand listening to the DJ.
GeorgeRocheleau
Level 8
Dec 29, 2018
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I'd call him up and tell him he is way to gullible, then when he asks what I was talking about, ask him, "Where did Noah get the penguins, the kangaroos, the polar bears?, . . . . the real joke is you and your silly gulliblity!"
THHA
Level 7
Dec 29, 2018
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Not only ''where did he get them" but....how did he put them all back in PRECISELY the place he found them? And why did he never think to mention the NORTH POLE, etc?
Penguins alone would have taken a lifetime.
atheism not being a religion or an organized thingie, there are no unified significant dates within it, any more than there are unified significant dates for people who don't like celery, or people who can do long division. people who realize that there are no gods have not, as far as i know, coordinated to produce a calendar!
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genessa
Level 8
Dec 29, 2018
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To my knowledge there's no particular significance. However it's the holidays, and many believers like to work the whole War on Christmas fantasy, which as everyone knows is an atheist conspiracy; and I expect that people are particularly receptive to anti-unbeliever memes during the holdiays because they fancy Christmas would become empty and sad and meaningless without their deity. It's an opportunity, then, to promote perceived advantages of god-beliefs.
mordant
Level 8
Dec 29, 2018
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I remember when Sinead O'Connor pulled that stunt on SNL. The next Monday the DJ's on a local rock station where mocking her. These were a couple of long time DJs (I forget who) who would work whatever music format they were hired for, and I thought, "Boy, they need rock'n'roll, rock'n'roll doesn't need them."
godef
Level 7
Dec 29, 2018
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I remember that stunt and all the blowback she got. Turned out many years later, she was right about the pope and the Catholic Church being an "enemy" with all the child abuse. Mind you, now she's become a Muslim, so in my book she's still not up to snuff with critical thinking skills, but it is interesting all the same.
Remember what the right-wing media did to the Dixie Chicks? And what they said was really mild. They were banned from the radio and they got death threats.
@pasha-one-nine Most people knew about it. It was just not openly talked about.
And it was not just the Catholic Church, it was in very many churches and youth organizations.
I think the celibacy vow may attract people trying to overcome dark thoughts.
And I also do not understand how someone who is celibate can effectively counsel anyone about intimate relationships or family issues.
@BufftonBeotch that pissed me off so badly! I still don’t hear their stuff much, and a few stations around here play from that era too
@pasha-one-nine Didn't know she'd become Muslim, was once a fan but lost track long ago.
@BufftonBeotch I don't even like Country music, but went out and bought several CD's when that happened to them. I gave them as gifts to friends who like Country music.
@Redheadedgammy If this doesn't rip the heart out of your chest? You didn't have one.
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