So, the Christian group blessed a highway, an act that had no effect whatsoever on the Humanists, to which the Humanists decided to make a big show of “undoing” the blessing. I’m not seeing the Christians being the intolerant ones here.
I often hear Christians praying for various civic leaders (praying for guidance for the president or congress, for example). When are the Humanists of Florida going to be getting together to curse the president?
Idiots on all sides. A highway passing through Florida is by definition unholy.
Yes, that’s exactly what it is - mockery to draw attention to a cause. As such, they likely just used regular water and labeled it “Unholy Water” for grins.
One can argue whether activities like this do any good, or do more harm than good, or are just a social outing for the atheists in question. But the point is the message that the community is larger than just Christians, and acts of one religion - even the predominate one in the area - are exclusionary.
I’d think either something with alcohol, or a bodily fluid of some sort.
Q: How many evangelical Christians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: That’s not funny!
A2: Are they married?
Obviously.
And you find that you get on with them? :dubious:
Or, both.
All you really need is a case of beer, a few people, and a couple of hours. Bingo, unholy water. 
They were trying to use plain ol’ water to get rid of oil? I know who I’m not calling on next time I’m trying to clean my stove.
Yes. A nonblessing would be the appropriate response.
Yup. The Christians for thinking it means something to baptize an inanimate object, and the atheists for thinking it matters if they try to unholy it. Also, I’d like to include the reporter who thought this was news, the editor who allowed it, and myself for taking the time to even read about it.
Surprisingly I’ve never been in a car accident as an adult, and only in 1 as a child.
A huge waste of time blessing a road countered by a huge waste of time unblessing it. Pay a game or read a book or something.
The humanist group is merely trying to show the meaninglessness of a magic act called “blessing,” by performing an equally meaningless pseudo-magic act, “unblessing.” If anyone seriously objects or believes there is a value to either, their minds are hopelessly mired in the 12th Century.
Since when do Humanists have to do the opposite of what Christians do? Atheists could get together and pray for the President just as well, with the same effect.
It is a joke, but of course religion really has no sense of humour does it?
This atheist group are making a political point rather than a religious one. If the religious are offended…tough shit.
Since the holiness of water is fictional, and the “oil of intolerance” is too, anytime you want to get rid of fictional water, or cast some spells, them Humanists are just the ticket.
I am going to sell bottled Unholy Water in the same way Evian is sold. I will guarantee that is 100% free from blessings. It will be tap water.
I seem to remember once when a congregation sold their church building, they had some sort of rite to de-consecrate it. Maybe it was that Arlo Guthrie movie from way back when? But if it works for a building, why not water?
I get the “mockery to get people interested in a cause,” thing, but … what the hell’s the cause? To get Christians to stop standing in the middle of busy roads? Who am I to argue with their methods?
I think I’ll sit with PandaBear77 in the roll-eye section.
You two are really keeping up the good work. 
I’m on the side of people saying that the Humanists were doing this tongue-in-cheek, to highlight how ridiculous it was to bless a highway in the first place.
Maybe it’s to get people to see these public religious displays as the farces they really are.