They’re fucking arseholes imbuing something meaningless with meaning. Like atheists who won’t set foot in a church. Doesn’t make sense: if you’re truly irreligious it shouldn’t mean a damn thing to you.
And they’re giving further ammo to the disingenuous “atheism is a religion” argument so beloved of the religious.
Presumably a Satanic ritual of some sort.
Not necessarily; you can postulate a universe that has no gods and no “holy” supernatural side, just an “unholy” side with lots of demons. I’ve seen that in fiction a time or two.
They should have used those little yellow “Piso Mojado” signs.
What author do they use for the Bible? Do they file it under “G” for “God”? That doesn’t seem right…
Just to point out, as has already been alluded to in the thread, but the original “anointing of the roads” wasn’t just some nice little “God, please keep drivers on this road from getting into wrecks, and everyone buckle up for Jesus!” sort of thing. “Polk Under Prayer” is a group which has been publicly endorsed by the mayor of the county’s largest city, the county sheriff, and the superintendent of the county public school system, and the “blessing” was reportedly described by a supporter thusly:
Which sounds pretty creepy, especially since (according to that atheist blogger) the local sheriff (and PUP endorser) has been pretty free with locking up local atheist gadflies on what sound like pretty flimsy charges (arresting someone for using the title “esquire” in a request for information from the county government? 
). So PUP and their “blessings” definitely sound like a bunch of wannabe theocrats, and the whole “un-blessing” was intended as a light-hearted propaganda event to call attention to a weird and authoritarian bunch of Christian Dominionists with considerable clout in the local power structure.
I’d never move a book in the library, but my Bible sits in my science fiction collection, indexed under G for God (house pseudonym.)
Who was the first to touch the roads, the atheists or the holy oil rollers? And who do you think was more serious about it, the Christians and their angel attractors or the atheists with their funny unholy water? Oh, the poor fundies can’t stand to be made fun of. But them saying that anyone who doesn’t believe in their horseshit will suffer eternally is just fine.
And sure, hacking the holy is the very definition of religion. :rolleyes:
Our Lady of the Road. No, seriously, there is one!
But based on the description, I don’t think the group doing the blessing is into Marianism.
Now there’s a mythology I can get behind!
They should use “Homeopathic Water”! (That would be “Holy Water”-diluted 1000XX!)
That sounds like a euphemism for a prostitute.
Thank you for the clarification.
In light of this information, do y’all stilll think it’s the atheists who mocked this ceremony that went too far?
The “religious side” constantly tries to push their agenda. I have no problem with a stunt like this as an “in your face”. Look at it as witnessing. Atheist witnessing.
Interesting that MSNBC calls it “unholy water” but holy water doesn’t need quotation marks. They are both equally fictitious.
No, thats Our Lady of the Street. Common mistake there.
I thought the Athiests were being jerks until MeBuckner explained the situation. Hell, it sounds like they should be bringing out the torches, pitchforks, and guns n ammo, not unholy water.
Did the road get a saving throw when they unblessed it?
My take is that the atheists who “unblessed” the road are just being snarky, even if it is to make a point.
To me, if they truly wanted to make a difference, they’d start a food bank, sponsor youth groups, fund book donations to the local library, clean a park or a beach, etc. I don’t see the need to make a big whooping deal out of getting publicity for each and every good deed; just get out and do them on a consistent basis, and move on to the next one. A quiet, persistent effort to keep helping others over time would be much better (IMHO) at getting their point across than this stunt.
That said, it would be funny as… well, Hell… if they could get the “Adopt a Highway” program to let them adopt this stretch of road.
I just think it’s sad that all those squashed possums are going to hell now that the road’s been unblessed.
If you Google “atheist” and “adopt-a-highway”, you will find that atheist groups all over the U.S. are doing just that…which seems to upset certain Christians.
No Rainbow Bridge for those stinky giant rats.
