Gingrich Fears Atheist United States

There is something about church and state that says they are not to play togeather. So why is this talking head speaking of his work at a church setting? The Church should be stripped of its tax free status at the very least. The talking head should be brought up on ethics violations at the very least.

Uh dude your time is over.......just retire and stop bullshitting yourself thast you have a chance at te presidency in 2012

The conservative Christian Right in this country have disgusted or scared away Millions of Americans from Christianity. I believe that most Americans today are either agnostic (like myself), atheist or belong to another religion. Most people say that they are Christian only to be accepted in their surroundings.

Funny, it's 'christian' behavior like his that makes me proud to NOT be one!

I'm more afraid of people like him being in control. As people get older, and closer to death, they seem to start hedging their bets. Believing in anything religious is just a manifestation of that "fear of death". Christianity, Islam, VooDoo, it's all the same. At least atheists have a rational belief. Gingrich has always scared me. You would think, that with his background in History, he would be smarter than that. In typical political fashion, preying on people's fears. Death is a pretty scary thing to some, if not all people. Some just deal with it better than others. And this "Moral Majority", as a group, is some of the scariest of them all. In their own way, they're just as bad, if not equal to, any extremist Islamic group.

The sad thing is that no one in the audience he was speaking to would have registered or cared that the two were a logical contradiction in terms. As long as he mentioned the two things most frightening to Evangelicals, namely scary Muslim 'extremists' and godless atheists, they'll be convinced to support him (at least initially) to rally against those fears...

Don't be afraid. The truth is scary at first. Once you realize you have been lying to yourself you can start to look outside your prison of mental barriers and see all the possibilities. ... @#$%^Damn roach just burned my fingers. hehe :)-~~~

Does the Moral Majority still want to impose there rights upon the country?

Let's start a new meme, Newt and the other candidates who use fear and the bible as their tool should be referred to as the "Christian Taliban" candidates.

My dear friend Betty Focer who ran the Social Security administration in Pittsburgh for 30 years once told me a story about an athiest I will never forget.
She and her husband were devout Christians but he decided to run off with his secretary anyway, leaving Betty with four young children and no money.
The church ladies all stopped by with cookies and prayers.
A few weeks later, desparately looking for a job, her neighbor who happened to be an atheist, dropped by with a check written out to her for $10,000. He said "Betty, I want you to have this to get you through this terrible time. Pay me back whenever you can afford it no matter how long that takes."
The moral we agreed was that cookies and prayers just don't cut it. It is actually arrogant to petition God to wave some magic wand and fix all of our problems.
It is up to the actions of good people to pitch in and help.
As Paul said, "Faith without works is dead."

I imagine actually having to engage in an intelligent conversation with someone well versed in reality would be terrifying to Newt.

"by the time they're my age they will be in a secular atheist country...". And this is a bad thing?

...this is what happens when ya have a worn out "willie"...

Newt is just trying for the Moral Majority: Part II.... and I don't think it's gonna work.

newt is an idiot

The founding fathers didn't have Christian values - how can you claim to be a Christian in the midst of perpetuating a lie.

Huh? What is the probability the US with 1st Amendment Freedom of Religion, etc in its' Constitution ratified in 12/15/1791; suddenly after 220 years change to into radical Islam? A very low probability for the entire US; but freedom of religion is in the Constitution so Newt ya better watch out; those prayers could hurt!

I'm sure the Radical Islamists would totally support Newt's war on Atheism. It's a match made in heaven.

I will bet he would accept a campaign contribution from "American Islamic Atheists."

He fears an atheist United States... dominated by radical muslims? Obviously this idiot even know what an oxymoron is.

The biggest threat to this country are the Super Christians.

Newt, let me tell you one god damned thing as a proud red blooded american ATHIEST! Should there a problem on the streets of my nation like "radical islamists" trying to control my life or my childrens through violence you see one athiest act with swift justice and righteous fury to right the wrongs. If you intend on calling athiests cowards or pushovers because of our "lack of faith" you are seriously mistaken!! Remember athiest have no where left to put thier faith other then in thier fellow peaceful man!

::walks away sputtering and fuming::

An atheistic state would be rather redundant and spend much time obnoxiously going on about how bad religion is on websites and media while ignoring more important matters. No but seriously I wouldn't like that anymore than a theist state. A secular non-religious tolerant state as opposed to an anti-religious or pro-religious one is what we should have.

This is just a strawman boogey-man tactic to get attention. Republicans love to use fear to galvanize conservative voters. Look what happened in 2004 when gay marriage became an issue conveniently enough in an election year. It's a wonder these people ever walk outside their homes/compounds.

wow, bring in the pandering to the "god" voters. Yet, I wonder what anyone means when they say they are afraid of a secular atheist country dominated by radical Islamist. Hmm? if we are dominated by any religious faction, then, by definition we can't be secular or atheist.

Way to go idiot. Wait, that's who your pandering to. It's just too easy to pick these fanatics apart.

NO GODS, NO MANAGERS.

That tyrant gingrinch looks to things of the devil for his own personal redemption.He doesnot fear atheism as much as he fears love of the common humans as jesus taught it before the bible was rewritten and reinterpreted a thousand times by self serving sellouts going toward the darkside like gingrinch himself

Look. You can't have an atheist country run by islamist. Atheists believe in no God. Muslims believe in Allah (aka the God of Abraham). You can't have non-god believers run by a group that believes in God. It's a paradox. It can't work.

Such is the ignorance of Newt Gingrich.
Besides, we have freedom of religion in the US, you ass-kissing-f%ck!

Atheists... ruled by Radical Islamists...WITH OIL MONEY IN OUR POLITICIANS POCKETS. EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES!

CONGRESS CHANGE THE LOBBY-CONTRIBUTION LAWS OR BE VOTED OUT NEXT TERM!

I doubt very much that this and any country will become entirely secular. My opinion is that spirituality is flourishing right now, most just don't know where to focus there energy because most practices teach one thing and kill or oppose those that don't follow. Secularism is very far from where we all are I believe.

Actually, if you think about it, who the hell cares what Gnu-t says anyway?

Atheists... ruled by Radical Islamists...

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I would laugh if this guy wasn't seriously thinking about being a leader of a nation with the largest military budget in the world.

Anyone else want to join my Islamic Atheists for Jesus movement? Comes with free parking.

It has seemingly escaped the notice of Newtie that at least some of the founding fathers they all keep invoking at us, were deists, not Christians. Thomas Jefferson, for example, the writer of the documents they only claim to revere. And with a moral compass like Newt of the wandering affections, our little ship of state will go aground in no time.

“a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists,” facepalm. really? really?!? is he too retarded to even know (or care) about the difference between a radical muslim and an Atheist?

And we Athiests WELCOME an Athiest America and thoroughly detest Bible Spouting assholes like Newt, the serial rapist and closet pediphile and the rest of the "Kill For Jesus" ignorant, mealie-mouthed, PseudoChristian man-boy lovers and their cutsy pie Palinettes.

I fear a theocracy in the US.Newt,an appropriate name eh?

"with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American."

And what would this disgraced pig possibly know about what it means to be American? Ohhh...I see, he means back when most AMERICANS were stupid, white and Christian. You're just confused NEWT. That's what its like to be A RETHUGLICAN...not an American... you pathetic clod.

He's bolstered my hopes for an America filled with felafel swilling heathens.

i can't even read the rest of the story.
"a secular atheist county." ok-- if i'm a ridiculous christian-- i'm with you... let's keep religion... ok...

"possibly run by islamists" WHA?
islamists AREN'T atheist, that's apples and oranges-- it's atheist and religious.

if he's not even going to stay on a linear thought while mentally masturbating the religious base, i'm not even going to bother pretending to listen to him.

he's not running, he's certainly not getting the nomination-- don't worry about it.

This shows how far the "flock" has been led astray. Enlightened people need to go and witness evangelicals to see the kind of manipulation going on. This cant be the true Jesus church.

'atheist country ... dominated by radical Islamists'

Makes TONS of sense. Radical Islamists that don't believe in God...they are everywhere!

seriously though, anyone actually believe this guys is really going to run for president? i wonder how long people will keep giving you "campaign donations" once they start realizing you have no chance.

The Cognitive dissonance that a group of right wing extremists at least as theocratic as that crowd with policy differences that consist only of choice of authoritative book would team up with folks of more generous interpretation of each book and those who reject the validity of either book to impose a theocracy of the very sort they themselves advocate except with that different book is an exercise in imagination beyond Human and/or equal to the most stupid rocks.

Just try and Imagine such a group singing Kumbya around a camp fire, and planning world domination. I would love to see the transcript of even the most imaginative fiction of that discussion. Even straw dogs need some sort of shape that a dog can be imagined from.

Trust me if the Atheists win this culture war, we will have little to fear from radical Islamists they are just as irritating as radical Christians, and we wont be having none of that now. But you can already see the republican strategy, its the same every time, whip the biggest base into a frensy of fear and mistrust and next thing you know they vote for the least trustworthy guy who's going to do the most damage.

"a secular atheist country"

Would have a stronger Moral base than this piece of Human Garbage does.

More newt demagoguery. What a PATHETIC attempt to grasp onto religious right relevancy! Pundits say he hasn't a chance in demagogueville. But, they will use his mouthpiece, none the less. I'm convinced someone with a gun is going to become unhinged and go postal on these nightmarish people. How can it not happen?