Yes, this stuff still goes on….
Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) interrupted atheist activist Rob Sherman during his testimony Wednesday afternoon before the House State Government Administration Committee in Springfield and told him, “What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous . . . it’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!
“This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God,” Davis said. “Get out of that seat . . . You have no right to be here! We believe in something. You believe in destroying! You believe in destroying what this state was built upon.”
Apparently it’s still open season on some views of God.
Outside of Change of Subject, where I posted a transcript and the audio, Davis’ repellent, un-American outburst received no attention whatsoever. (h/t Michael)
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She must be one of dem “Reagan Democrats.”
religion is a scourge upon humanity…
Wow, that woman is nuts.
What exactly does an atheist destroy when they state that they believe there is no big guy up in the sky?
The illusion that there IS a god? I love it how she uses the word “spew” about atheism. But, listen to any bible thumper out there and you’re supposed to be listening to the word of God, not “spew”.
Did she flunk 9th grade civics?
Say it ain’t so! Christian Talibaptist nutbags in the Democratic party?
Rants like this prove how dangerous and divisive religion is, and Davis is a Dumbocrat!
George Carlin is right about many things—he says there should be an eleventh commandment: “thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself!”
Met a lady today that said that she had to hide the fact that she was a Democrat in her church. What is the world coming to? We are turning into the old Soviet Union.
I expect this. right and wrong is arbitrary.
It’s much better for our children to believe they can pray a problem away.
Rep. Davis is a primitive ape.
She has no idea that it is RELIGION that destroys, not atheism. Only RELIGION seeks to destroy the mind’s capability of reasoning and learning about the universe. Religion is so naive, so childish, so incredibly illogical. She is an idiot that does not deserve to be in leadership.
She should read Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Victor Stenger, Sam Harris, Charles Darwin, and all the naturalist philosophers from the 19th century like David Hume, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill.
miss_kitty Hussein @ 6:
AGGHHhhh! RUN aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………………………thud.
Why does Rep. Monique Davis hate the Treaty of Tripoli? And the US Constitution? And Americas Founding Fathers? What a sick hateful woman.
Drew @ 11:
Her head would ’splode.
She needs to be thrown out of office next election. Just imagine if someone had spoken with such disrespect and verbal abuse toward someone in regard to their faith or race! The outrage on this should be just as great. I’m losing all hope that the people of this nation will ever grow up and mature.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qW6sRUuVVSY
“This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God,” Davis said.
Lincoln was an atheist for most or all of his life, even writing an essay denying the divinity of the scriptures.
http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v07/v07p319_Dickson.html
I live here in the “Land of Lincoln” and trust me, that crazy bitch is an absolute embarrassment to my state and to Chicago, my hometown.
Our children have been raised non-religiously (not necessarily atheist).
So far, none of them has found the need for religion…
The state was also built upon transportation using horses. That doesn’t mean that nobody is going to drive a car! Times change.
Religion has done more to kill than anything else on Earth. Screw it, and screw this “democrat.”
This should be a reminder that there are bigots and narrow-minded individuals in both of the major political parties of this country.
It really would be best if religion was kept where it belonged - in the privacy of one’s mind or the privacy of one’s church, and OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
I don’t begrudge anyone having a religion - any religion. What I despise to my core is when one of the religious tries to impugn my beliefs as being less than theirs. MYOFB Ms. Davis.
I’m Sorry but as a lifelong Democrat we need to purge these people from our party. They are sounding more like the “Right wing repugs” that we all detest. There is definitely a place in the Constitution for separation of church and State.
If she’s that all het up about religion, she oughta move to that compound in Texas that just got raided. Lotsa religion for kids there.
if you want to go with her “dangerous ideas” theory, then
she needs to be removed from office, it’s dangerous that
anyone should find out that a woman is in any governoring
body. women should find their place at home under their
husbands foot. now before anyone slams me, this was
just pushing the envelop and and not the way i think.
i am glad we are supposed to be a society of open and
fairminded thinkers, but some, m. davis, would squelch all
knowledge except their own versions of hypocracy.
It was “built upon” those like Capone and Mayor Daley , you empty-headed bim ; they supposedly believed in “God” too , you moron…………
Religious nutjobism. This is always troubling when coming from any branch of government, maybe her fellow legislators in Springfield can remind her of the seperation of church and state
Let me guess, she was for that most Christian of wars; Iraq. We believe in something. She is a fricken nut bag! Oh please tell about the new system where lions will give up meat denouncing the sole predatory purpose of their teeth and claws. Where they will eat grass and cuddle with your children! No one will get sick and everyone will sit around and wuv each other free of temptation and sin.
Idiots
Jack @ 15:
at the rate this country is dumbing-down, Americans will only grow
old,maybe, but never mature. that requires you are educated and
most Americans can’t find their own state on a map or their country
on a world globe. in fact, some don’t understand the earth is round.
So, to which church did Lincoln belong?
Waiting…waiting…
Oh, shit. That’s right.
None.
Well, technically, she is correct. It IS dangerous because children thinking about other views & value structures means they won’t depend on power hungry politicians & dogmatic religious leaders to tell them the answers. It’s dangerous to her and her ilk.
Mrs. Davis, what is the second largest religious group in the United States? That would be Nonreligious/Secular with over 13% of the population as of 2000 (and growing rapidly).
http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#religions
Check your religion at the door and perform your job with an open mind. Judge not………….
Dear Monique Davis,
You are a frightening dope.
Thanks to Rep. Monique Davis of reminding everyone that idiocy and ignorance isn’t relegated to the GOP and/or “Blue Dog” Dems , alone ………….
You fucking moron.
Hey Monique Davis (no relation), maybe you should say this Amen to Atheists
There are not words to express how offensive these comments by Rep. Davis are. I am in the Chicago Area and I - personally - do not forgive her for her remarkably ignorant, prejudiced AND bigoted comments.
No intelligent person would say such things.
I really, really hope she is made to eat those words. If we’re lucky she’ll choke on them.
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I call upon the Flying Spaghetti Monster to bring her out of the darkness into the Pax Pasta. May the virgin Penne and the Noodly One’s only begotten son Alfredo bless her heart.
Juan @ 19:
It isn’t religion that has done the killing. It’s fear of death. In the past, religion was the cover most people used so they didn’t have to face that fear and grapple with it in their own hearts and souls (if you believe in the soul); they used religion to allow themselves to believe they KNEW what was coming and so didn’t need to be afraid. But deep down they knew that they didn’t really know, so they couldn’t tolerate anyone being different because it reminded them that they didn’t really know. So they used their religion to justify killing those who were different in order to keep from having their doubts and fears re-ignited. Nowadays, in America, it’s America Rah Rah and corporatism that do most of the work that religion used to do; the great majority of the killing sponsored by America (and Europe) in the last 150 years is in the name of nationalism and corporate profit, which really are just ways of avoiding dealing with one’s own death. So it’s not religion, per se, that’s the problem. It’s people’s refusal to grapple with their fears of their own impending deaths; whatever they use to mask that fear is what they use to justify killing.
“All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.” - Titus Lucretius (94 BC - 49 BC)
John Kiel @ 7:
Actually, he reduces the 10 commandments down to 2 and then he adds the 3rd which is the one you quoted above. Seriously, how many wars have been started by atheists?
And it’s not dangerous to believe women came form a man’s rib.
How stupid is she.
“Land of Lincoln” huh? Well, last time I checked he was born in the Bluegrass state. Why don’t you guys change to “The Meat Packing State”? Or “The Speakeasy, Deep Dish Pizza State”?
Could somebody tell me what is she basing this Lincoln equal atheism is bad crap on?
miss_kitty Hussein @ 6:
So it would seem.
How did anyone this stupid get elected to anything?
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She is wrong to spew but the following is why she vents.
They say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away
And just the pure at heart will walk her righteous streets someday
They say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away
But if there is a God, we need Him now
“Where is your God”
That’s what my friends ask me
And I say it’s taken Him so long
‘Cause we’ve got so far to come…
Tell me people
Why can’t they say that hate is 10 zillion light years away
Why can’t the light of good shine God’s love in every soul
Why must my color black make me a lesser man
I thought this world was made for every man
He loves us all, that’s what my God tells me
And I say it’s taken Him so long
‘Cause we’ve got so far to come…
But in my heart I can feel it, yeah,
Feel His spirit wow oh woo…
Feel it, yeah, feel His spirit…
I… can’t say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away
But if so let all be pure at heart
Just to walk her righteous streets I pray
Let God’s love shine within to save our evil souls
For those who don’t believe will never see the light
“Where is my God” - He lives inside of me
And I say it’s taken Him so long
‘Cause we’ve got so far to come…
No people, “where is your God?”
Inside please let Him be
And I say it’s taken Him so long
‘Cause we’ve got so far to come…
But if you open your heart you can feel it yeah yeah
Feel His spirit, yeah
Feel it, feel His spirit, wow oh wow…
Feel it, you can feel His spirit
I opened my heart one morning and
I sho nuff could feel it yeah yeah
Feel His spirit yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You can feel it, yeah, feel His spirit
You can feel it, yeah, feel His spirit
Drew @ 11:
Sorry, I am as agnostic as they come, but I would never ever put an alcoholic dolt like Hitchens in the same league as Dawkins, or Darwin for example.
Ironically, Darwin was the son of a minister and was a fairly devout person. His observations were of the scientific nature, he never made an observation regarding the existence or lack of divinity. He just observed how the fittest organisms get to thrive and pass their genes along, which is fairly fucking obvious nowadays. Although it seems that humans have managed to screw with nature by allowing the dolts to multiply early and often…
Left&Left @ 17:
I agree in Chicago
Trittydi @ 41:
Plenty of morons in this country seem to be able to do 3 things proficiently: 1) Eat, 2) Fuck, and 3) Vote…
Trittydi @ 41:
The votes aren’t counted . . . everything is for sale . . . our last governor is serving 8 years in the Federal Pen . . . our current Gov may join him.
The public might notice if they performed on American Idol
miss_kitty Hussein @ 14:
It would be like a balloon popping.
Peter G @ 35:
And after that, we can all drink tea from the orbiting teapot between Mars and Jupiter.
This is just weird! What the hell! Is this woman deranged. America is the land of freedom. Or it used to be. Whoever voted for this nut ball should be scratching their heads. Or get her to the Psche Ward!
I think we need another party. One that at least has feelings.