Why Atheists Should Hate Trees

[pokerfan]

I honestly don't know where to begin.

Transcript:

Pat Robertson: Atheists don’t believe in ANYTHING. I mean, a theo means “no God,” they have no Gods, so they don’t have anything, so they don’t believe in anything. But they can protest, somebody who believes in SOMETHING. I mean, isn’t this a strange thing, that we would allow somebody who doesn’t believe in anything to restrict the freedom of those who do? I mean, it makes no sense! Sooner or later we’re going to wake up, but I think maybe we are…but our hats are off to the forest service, this is just one minor little skirmish, but these atheists, they’re just enormously creative in figuring out things they can do that give us trouble. Kristi…

Kristi Watts [interrupting]: You know what I just thought of, Pat?

Pat Robertson: What’s that?

Kristi Watts: You know you’ve got different kinds of, well, let’s call them religions…there’s one called Wicca, and they’re all about the environment, right? So, their religion that believes in the environment, and they believe that trees are their god, why are these atheists not saying that we should cut down every tree? Because it’s offensive. [holds out hand towards PR} Do you know what I mean?

Pat Robertson: Yes...

Kristi Watts: It’s the same mentality!

Pat Robertson: Oh, absolutely.

[silverweb]

1. That doesn't make any sense.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Besides being completely wrong about Wicca, the bit about cutting down trees is just gibberish.

[Scootaloo]

4. You just summed up all 46 years of the 700 Club

"That doesn't make any sense"

(Yeah, 46 years. Think about that, next time someone tells you The Simpsons are played out )

[silverweb]

5. Hard to believe.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]People listen to this shit, believe it, take it seriously, and sent that ugly clown their money.

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
~Albert Einstein

As it turns out, our universe may not be infinite after all, but I think Al was right about human stupidity!

[fishwax]

2. I think I'll begin with

[Honeycombe8]

3. That's insane. Really. Disgusts me that they hate other people so much. nt

[LadyHawkAZ]

6. Those damn Wiccans! Building all those tree statues!

and demanding that I worship them! And their insistence on this being a Wiccan nation, I mean c'mon, that's just rude.

And all these Wiccan laws they keep passing and insisting I live by. I find them so offensive.

And those many, many Wiccan tax-free churches on every corner.

I should also note that I was incredibly offended by Obama's Wiccan prayer yesterday. And by the two Wiccan missionaries that beat on my door yesterday- for the fourth time this month, after I've told them repeatedly to stop coming here.

This list could go on all night.

And we do so have a god. The One True FSM. (all believers in the Invisible Pink Unicorn are blasphemers)

[trusty elf]

7. Why Fundies hate trees....

“We don't have to protect the environment, the Second Coming is at hand”

-James Watt

Raygun's secretary of the interior.

[mr blur]

8. Feel that Christian luuurve!

Not being in the us, I know little about this guy, but he does seem like, well...a moron.

[deacon_sephiroth]

9. In the words of Lewis Black

"Before he talks... he should think!... and then shut his fuckin mouth."

[rms013]

10. And this guy has a University...lol

"I mean, isn’t this a strange thing, that we would allow somebody who doesn’t believe in anything to restrict the freedom of those who do? I mean, it makes no sense! "
No more strange then having those who believe in something, restrict the freedom of those who don't.

[onager]

11. And who else hated trees, Pat...?

And on the morrow, when they had come out of Bethany, (Jesus) hungered.

And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs.

And he answered and said unto it, ‘No man will eat fruit from you from now on — for ever.’

And his disciples heard it . . .And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance said unto him, ‘Rabbi, behold, the fig tree that you cursed is withered away. (Mk. 11:12-14; 20-21).

As an atheist myself - I'm pretty sure none of us, or the Wiccans, have ever been stupid or childish enough to curse a tree for not bearing fruit out of season.