# A christmas gift from us atheists to the religionists on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 29, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508 "2012-11-29T20:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/21 "2012-11-29T23:37:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > We…um…sorta ate it last night on the way back from Costco. So they’ll just have to make do with a leftover nut. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/22 "2012-11-30T00:01:47Z")
Never been tested, but I’m pretty sure I’m allergic to whatever kind of nuts the tree this board is made of grows. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/23 "2012-11-30T03:26:24Z")
Remember, children: a pet is for life, not just for Christmas. Also, remember to spay and neuter your idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/24 "2012-11-30T03:28:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Remember, children: a pet is for life, not just for Christmas. Also, remember to spay and neuter your idiots. That is “spay and neuter”, _not_ “Neutralize and spade”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/25 "2012-11-30T03:31:26Z")
Is he actually an atheist, incidentally? It seems odd that somebody with no personal investment in the Bible would get pissy that Jews “unreasonably ignore half of it”, or whatever it was he said. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/26 "2012-11-30T04:14:19Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > He’s tainting the nog He dipped his taint into the eggnog?:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/27 "2012-11-30T05:04:08Z")
Nitpick: that’s _Holiday_ present. The War on Christmas marches forward! ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/28 "2012-11-30T05:07:28Z")
I thought we agreed to do that secret Santa thingy this year?? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/29 "2012-11-30T05:13:46Z")
I just want to drop in and say that [Stake Your Claim] I wrote all of Shakespeare’s plays, and my wife wrote all of his sonnets[/Stake Your Claim]. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/30 "2012-11-30T05:19:16Z")
> [@XT](#): > > I thought we agreed to do that secret Santa thingy this year?? ☹ Yeah, well, if I ever find out who sent me a copy of _Children’s Suicide Notes to Santa_… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/31 "2012-11-30T07:37:00Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > Never been tested, but I’m pretty sure I’m allergic to whatever kind of nuts the tree this board is made of grows. > > Enjoy, > Steven “Objection, your honour. That sentence should be taken out and shot.” “Sustained.” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/32 "2012-11-30T08:07:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > In the spirit of cooperation and understanding, we give you [_The Idiot Atheist_.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=673869) You dolt. Don’t you remember how it played out the last time the theists got a pet human for Christmas day? It starts out all promises to feed and wash them, but give it a while and the poor mite is dirty, unfed, and nailed to a cross. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/33 "2012-11-30T08:20:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Is he actually an atheist, incidentally? It seems odd that somebody with no personal investment in the Bible would get pissy that Jews “unreasonably ignore half of it”, or whatever it was he said. Who knows? Some so-called “atheists” on the internet appear to actually be trolling Christians just claiming to be atheists. And others are just disappointed believers who are looking for an excuse to believe again. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/34 "2012-11-30T08:54:18Z")
Are you sure this is specifically an idiot atheist? It looks more general purpose than that. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/35 "2012-11-30T14:47:55Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Are you sure this is specifically an idiot atheist? It looks more general purpose than that. I’m not sure. But then, I’m an idiot agnostic. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/36 "2012-11-30T15:47:04Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Who knows? Some so-called “atheists” on the internet appear to actually be trolling Christians just claiming to be atheists. And others are just disappointed believers who are looking for an excuse to believe again. But do they take sugar on their porridge? …I know, I know, damn fake atheists making you look bad. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/37 "2012-11-30T17:34:16Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I read that thread, and clicked on the link he finally reluctantly provided which was going to prove who wrote the Bible, but lost interest when I saw the Great Wall of Text that popped up. Can it be read from the moon? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/38 "2012-11-30T17:48:32Z")
No, but it does keep out the illiterate Mongolian hordes. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/39 "2012-11-30T18:17:43Z")
> [@XT](#): > > I thought we agreed to do that secret Santa thingy this year?? ☹ Close, it’s secret satan. We take all of the coal we get for Christmas and allow one of our kind an early entry into the lake of fire. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-gift-from-us-atheists-to-the-religionists-on-the-sdmb/642508/40 "2012-11-30T18:24:52Z")
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