Pastor Wants National Registry for Atheists

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Pastor Wants National Registry for Atheists

August 30, 2011 at 1:02 pm Ed Brayton

Pastor Mike Stahl of the Living Water internet church thinks atheists should be registered.

Brothers and Sisters , I have been seriously considering forming a ( Christian ) grassroots type of organization to be named “The Christian National Registry of Atheists” or something similar . I mean , think about it . There are already National Registrys for convicted sex offenders , ex-convicts , terrorist cells , hate groups like the KKK , skinheads , radical Islamists , etc..

This type of “National Registry” would merely be for information purposes . To inform the public of KNOWN ( i.e., self-admitted) atheists . For example , let’s say you live in Colorado Springs , Colorado , you could simply scroll down ( from the I-Net site /Blog ) I would have , to the State of Colorado , and then when you see “Colorado Springs” , you will see the names of all the self-admitted atheist(s) who live there ( e.g., if an atheist’s name happened to be “Phil Small” ) . The individual’s physical address , and other known personal information would NOT be disclosed ( though , perhaps a photo could be ).

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http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2011/08/30/pastor-wants-national-registry-for-atheists/

[Kennah]

1. Ask Rick Perry to pray one for you

[sakabatou]

2. I'd hate to use a slippery slope here but...

what next Stahl? Atheist internment camps?

[Tx4obama]

3. Good lord! What a nut he is.

Pastor Mike Stahl should be publicly known as McCarthy #2

Why the hell is he trying to put atheists in the same category as violent people!

Just what we need, more religious cultists knocking on our doors when we're trying to take a nap - like the Jehovah Witnesses.

[scheming daemons]

4. I want a national registry of Fundamentalist Creationist nutjobs...

...they're usually the most dangerous to our kids.

[Bluebear]

5. Sieg heil, pastor. Maybe make us wear special tattoos?

[aquart]

6. Fundraiser garbage.

[LetTimmySmoke]

7. The religious right is in full form I see.

[jobycom]

8. Cool! Might help me meet new people in my neighborhood! nt

[kctim]

26. That was my first thought

[struggle4progress]

9. he's a nobody who decided to call himself a pastor and then started a blog he calls a church

he could equally well call himself a general and start a blog he called an army and then announce his plans to invade china

[PuraVidaDreamin]

10. I think there should be a registry of fake christians

It would be quite large

[left is right]

11. We can’t register guns

but we can register known atheists?

[ibegurpard]

12. i'm not an atheist

but I would gladly put my name on such a list if it were ever to happen

[qb]

13. Sign me up. Put me on the gay list too.

:eyes:

[hobbit709]

14. Put me in the armed, non-pacifist hippie atheist category.

[LeftinOH]

15. Is he on a registry of hate groups? SPLC, RightWingWatch, etc?

I should hope so.

[Courtesy Flush]

16. It will be a longer list than they expect.

When he sees the numbers, he might be sorry he brought it up. Sign me up for this list. Sign all of us up. People might just start to see how mainstream atheism is.

[Taitertots]

17. Atheists continue to be the single most discriminated against group in America

The last thing American Atheists need is to make it easier for religious people to discriminate against them.

[Maine-ah]

18. you know, I didn't believe your post

so, I googled. I should know this, being an Atheist....

http://atheism.about.com/od/atheistbigotryprejudice/a/AtheitsHated.htm

The most recent study was conducted by the University of Minnesota, which found that atheists ranked lower than "Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in 'sharing their vision of American society.' Atheists are also the minority group most Americans are least willing to allow their children to marry."

[Taitertots]

19. We are also underrepresented at all levels of government

http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/no-atheists-in-congress-why/31230
It is no surprise because religous bigotry is so prevalent that the majority of people won't vote for an atheist simply for being an atheist.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/26611/some-americans-reluctant-vote-mormon-72yearold-presidential-candidates.aspx

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Gee, then we could do the same thing for you, 'christians'. But, then again, some of you are already

into advertising your religious believes. I will so miss the yellow pages because everytime I see that little fish or read, 'God Bless You', I cross that business off my list.

[dash_bannon]

21. First they came for the trade unionists...

Comparing an atheist to a terrorist, skinhead, sex offender or member of the KKK is beyond outrageous.

Atheists simply reject religion and the idea that there are gods.

That does not make them hateful, destructive, or menaces to society.

I wonder if Pastor Stahl will advocate witch burnings next?

[ladjf]

22. What would be the Constitutional basis for such a discriminatory

action? Is it against the law to be an atheist in America?

[lpbk2713]

23. It would make it much easier for them to focus their hate.

The hypocrisy here is overwhelming.

[WDIM]

24. Most sex offenders consider themselves Christian.

Maybe we need a registry of Christians!

[Scottybeamer70]

25. We could also make a national list of

'TEH STUPID', but we don't have enough ink to print it.
What the hell is an "internet church"? Click on....click off....click out........

[B Calm]

27. Fascism will come to America wrapped in the flag and carrying a bible