The recent controversy about the cross at the World Trade Center site has generated some very hateful and threatening comments by religious people against atheists.
A spokesperson for American Atheists appeared on Fox News to discuss the fact that such a monument would be un-Constitutional if erected by or for the Government. Also, many of those killed in the terrorist attacks were not Christians. The cross therefore does not represent all those killed and could be seen as insulting or offensive to those non-Christians who were killed or to their families.
Afterward, Fox viewers let it all hang out (their hatred and insanity, that is) on the Fox News facebook page. Someone at Fox apparently deleted the threats of violence almost as quickly as they were made, but diligent non-believers captured many of them before they were deleted.
Some of these expressions of "Christian morality and love" can be seen here at the American Atheists' site.
Update 8/9/11: A news story on Yahoo News reports that the Fox facebook page in question was taken down after less than 36 hours but had already accumulated more than 200 threats. One site claims there were more than 8,000 death threats on the Fox News page before it was deleted.
A spokesperson for American Atheists appeared on Fox News to discuss the fact that such a monument would be un-Constitutional if erected by or for the Government. Also, many of those killed in the terrorist attacks were not Christians. The cross therefore does not represent all those killed and could be seen as insulting or offensive to those non-Christians who were killed or to their families.
Afterward, Fox viewers let it all hang out (their hatred and insanity, that is) on the Fox News facebook page. Someone at Fox apparently deleted the threats of violence almost as quickly as they were made, but diligent non-believers captured many of them before they were deleted.
Some of these expressions of "Christian morality and love" can be seen here at the American Atheists' site.
Update 8/9/11: A news story on Yahoo News reports that the Fox facebook page in question was taken down after less than 36 hours but had already accumulated more than 200 threats. One site claims there were more than 8,000 death threats on the Fox News page before it was deleted.
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