The latest fight between atheists and religious groups leaves one asking who really crossed the line.
Polk County, Florida, sits smack in the middle of the Sunshine State containing several highways drivers travel through to make their way between major cities in the state. Last year, area religious leaders formed a group, Polk Under Prayer (PUP), that decided to bless the Pasco-Polk county line along Highway 98. PUP’s director said the act was done so that “God would protect us from evildoers, mainly the drug crowd, that they would be dissuaded to come in to the county.”
This gesture has apparently offended area atheists deeply enough that they felt the need to organize an event Saturday to symbolically scrub away the holy oils used by PUP to bless the county line. Bay News 9 reports that the atheists, organized by Humanists of Florida, used “unholy water” to remove the blessing and wash the road because it made them feel uncomfortable:
Geez, you wouldn't think a bunch of Atheists would care if someone blessed a road or not. Maybe they're not really Atheists?
ReplyDeleteAparently they are not athiest. They are Satanist for them to believe they need to scrub away the blessings.
ReplyDeleteActually, being atheists, they KNOW the whole thing is silly.
ReplyDeleteIt's just so much fun getting a rise out of religious bozos who *DO* think it means something... :)