Rainbow City Nativity Scene, anyone here live there?

Jon said:

Pew research did a study Atheists on average know the most about religion, followed by Jews then Mormons

http://www.pewforum.org/2010/09/28/u-s-religious-knowledge-survey-who-knows-what-about-religion/

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Because Atheists won't shut p talking about being Atheists and telling Christians why they're wrong, right?

Jon said:

Pew research did a study Atheists on average know the most about religion, followed by Jews then Mormons

http://www.pewforum.org/2010/09/28/u-s-religious-knowledge-survey-who-knows-what-about-religion/

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I wonder why that is?

But this study is about religion in general, not the Bible specifically. Also, the survey included questions that weren't even related to religion.

Maybe if atheists had holidays, we could celebrate them.

Oh wait, labor day.

Jon said:

glad to know you know how the blue font thing works. Pet peeve, that joke drives me nuts. It's like saying "I'm too dumb to figure this out so I'll just write blue font instead" Or at least that is how I always read it

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Since it's your peeve, fill me in on how you use blue font on Tapatalk. If it's not too cumbersome, I'll use blue instead of typing ****blue font**** when I'm on my phone. If it is, I'll just continue.

RTR91 said:

Because Atheists won't shut p talking about being Atheists and telling Christians why they're wrong, right?

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my favorite ones are the atheists who go door to door handing out pamphlets telling you how to avoid going to heaven.

RammerJammer14 said:

Maybe if atheists had holidays, we could celebrate them.

Oh wait, labor day.

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christians dont labor?

crimsonaudio said:

While I roll my eyes at folks who go after these displays, I wonder how many here would be 'cool' if the same government facilities were putting up satanic, mulsim, etc displays and not Christian ones?

It would get under my skin to see a satanic or a pedophile (mohummad) statue on government property in my town.

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You would choose to live in a community that is primarily satanic or pedophilic?

92tide said:

my favorite ones are the atheists who go door to door handing out pamphlets telling you how to avoid going to heaven.

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Ha!

92tide said:

christians dont labor?

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Who needeth wordly things when laboring for God?



Na, just a poor almost-joke somehow involving proponents of labor movements tending to be atheists.

crimsonaudio said:

...some cannot.

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Color me argumentative, but that's simply not true.

The solution is very simple, just move the scene to private property. This would not be anti-Christian, just pro 1st amendment.


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Crimson Flyboy said:

The solution is very simple, just move the scene to private property. This would not be anti-Christian, just pro 1st amendment.


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There is that option, but I believe there is a defensible solution for such scenes to be displayed on public property. Using Rainbow City as an example, the city simply needs to put in place a process similar to the one used for specialty license plates. Here are sample requirements for a religious scene to be displayed on public property: (1) the scene must celebrate peace and hope and cannot be obscene; (2) the requesting group must pay for, set up, take down, and maintain the scene in good working order; (3) the requesting group must pay a use fee of $25 per day, which will be used to help fund the ongoing landscaping and general maintenance of the public property designated for such use; (4) the scene cannot be displayed for more than 30 days; (5) a minimum of 2% of registered city voters must sign a public declaration supporting the display; (6) requests for a display must be filed and all use fees paid in advance no earlier than 90 days but no later than 60 days before the display would be erected; (7) in the event that multiple display requests conflict as to the requested time period, the first request received shall take precedence; and (8) the city clerk will verify that all requirements have been met before the display can be erected.

92tide said:

my favorite ones are the atheists who go door to door handing out pamphlets telling you how to avoid going to heaven.

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My favorite is the Jehovah's Witnesses going door to door telling people only 144,000 are going to heaven. Call me crazy, but if I believed that, I'd be inclined to keep it to myself.

TexasBama said:

My favorite is the Jehovah's Witnesses going door to door telling people only 144,000 are going to heaven. Call me crazy, but if I believed that, I'd be inclined to keep it to myself.

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Typical sales technique. "I have someone else interested too. If you really want it you should buy it now".

TexasBama said:

My favorite is the Jehovah's Witnesses going door to door telling people only 144,000 are going to heaven. Call me crazy, but if I believed that, I'd be inclined to keep it to myself.

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I like the Mormon's pitch better. "My own planet, you say?"

I'm not big on the witnesses. Too cultish. My wife was a witness when we met. They excommunicated her with the quickness when they found out about me.

AUDub said:

I like the Mormon's pitch better. "My own planet, you say?"

I'm not big on the witnesses. Too cultish. My wife was a witness when we met. They excommunicated her with the quickness when they found out about me.

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My wife grew up in the Witnesses. Still gets some PTSD as a result.

I was skiing in Utah 20 plus years ago and had some to kill before my flight. Went by the Mormon HQ to look around and was immediately approached by two Mormon hotties. They started pitching Mormonism and I replied with a Polygamy offer. They seemed to be more interested in my offer than I was in being a Mormon