Christ-followers, how would you react to an atheist co-worker?

At first I would avoid the subject, because I think the tendency is to debate and debate solves nothing. If the atheist made a blatantly false claim (besides the obvious "there is no god") then I would try to gently insert myself into the conversation and make my personal feelings, beliefs, and opinions known without condemning the atheist for believing what s/he believes in (or what s/he doesn't believe in.)

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it really wouldn't matter much unless the co-worker made a big deal out of it, in which case i would try to be as passive as i could and trying to keep productive..

in some things i've been involved with specifically to do with science, its a bigger deal that a christian is a christian, they make a bigger deal in trying to make the point that evolution is a law rather then theory and how faith is unfalsifiable etc...

What would this person say if the atheist said -- during an open, honest, and mostly pleasant discussion among the coworkers -- that she sees nothing in this world that indicates the existence of God? There is no attempt by any of these 4 people to tear each other down for their beliefs, at most there is genuine curiosity about the other people's views.

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they might reference different proofs for the existence of God.. The first mover argument for example,

another discussion may be the existence of God through the existence of other things spiritual, such as life after death, such as belief in ghosts or angels or demons or personal stories of occurrences there of.

i go the more philosophical root and talk about the existence of a transcendence for example there are things in this world that exist truly but aren't made out of the physical world and not a human construction. for example the discovery of math.

through the argument of transcendence i then argue that emotions such as love mean more then some people think, and are more then just chemical reactions, those reactions are what can be seen, humans have more control over them then they think.

if the co workers prod for specific examples and the atheist has other theological questions about why the world is the way it is or why God is the way God is there's other answers to do with each one of the questions, for example why does bad things happen to good people? - it isn't the will or plan of God that evil exists; God loves everyone the same He sees has no preference (though we do believe in the truth that one can only get to God through Christ, it doesn't mean God isn't still with everyone; total exile from God is Hell, i feel that one really doesn't understand deep spiritual issues without first having faith), bad things happen as a result of our free will and the choice we make to disobey what is right, not necessarily as punishment but definitely as consequence.

it is good as long as the talk remains civil, its too easy to get heated talking about philosophy and religion; for a proper discussion of these things one really has to leave emotion at the door.

My workplace is a mix of views. We're also all friends and very respectful of each other, so to be honest it wouldn't be a problem. We talk about most things - it's part of getting to know your co-workers. In my experience a difference of opinion is only a problem if turned into that by people's personality (see also meat eating colleagues finding out they have a veggie among them, liberal voters discovering a conservative in their midst etc. etc), so it's impossible to say how your characters would react without knowing what they are like. If your Christian character is laid back and comfy to share his faith but without any agenda and respectful of others not either sharing his faith or being as apparently devoted as he is, and your atheist character is similarly laid back, tolerant and happy for others to differ in belief from him, then it will all be tickety-boo. If, on the other hand, your Christian character is a bit pushy (either through arrogance or, which I think might be more interesting, through misguided earnestness to share their faith and not realising how pushy they were being) or your atheist character is confrontational, dismissive or patronising towards people of faith (again either maliciously or not), then the workplace would become a much less comfy place. You could even have some tension developing not between the Christian and the Atheist, but between the more fervent Christian and his two 'cultural Christians'. He might even respect the Atheist for taking a stand and actually have more problems with his other workers, whom he might consider to not be taking the issue of belief seriously enough. There are various ways you could play it that could be dramatically interesting.

My own experience is, sadly, a rather boring one of people just getting along whatever their views - and I mean boring in literary terms. in life terms it's rather lovely, but I suppose people wouldn't want to read about it .

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1) As somebody else already said, this is a chance for some characterization of both your Christian and atheist characters.

2) If the question is "how would you act in real life" as opposed to "what reaction by my fictional characters would benefit my story", I would hope I'd remember to act lovingly to my (cubicle) neighbor, as we're supposed to do.

3) Also don't forget that there are legal issues to consider in real life - there can be personnel department related blowups when people get pushy about their religious beliefs. This would also come into play in the workplace of your story - actually, if both your "Christ-follower" and your atheist were aggressive about their points of view, they might find themselves both on the wrong side of management - you could play with seeing whether this draws them together or pushes them apart as the consequences work through the system.

I would then point out that the world works so perfectly in tandem with itself that that in itself is enough to draw the conclusion that there must have been at least some intelligent design. I would give plenty of examples and such things, but after that if the atheist wanted to discuss it further, I'd recommend they find someone else to do it with, because I'm not really into theological debates.

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Probably my immediate reaction would be to "preach", but hopefully I'd hold it back and wait for an appropriate time that they would be open to evangelization. I wouldn't avoid the subject (I like a good argument) but I would honestly TRY to not push it...

I think the point here is not what people would do. Pretty much everyone has said that they'd sit back and watch it happening, trying to make the truth heard but not kill any hope by being over the top. The point here is that many Christians move too fast when trying to share their faith. People don't appreciate being told all out that they're wrong, and they also don't like being refered to as misguided, etc. Many Christians just don't realize--some of them having been saved for a long time--what that feels like.
So, go with whatever you like. Please don't give Christians too bad a rap... we're just doing our best to, you know, save the world and all that... :)

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I worked with a very old and dear friend of mine who had given up on church. She knew that I went and that I was very involved. We went to lunch together and so help me it never came up and I could always tell she was not interested in talking about it.

I had a baby and quit. About a month later she started going to church again.

If I worked with an atheist I would do my best to find common ground so that I could be kind and just a friend. I would not preach unless the discussion called for it, but even then, I personally wouldn't.

My goal would be to establish a trusting relationship so that if they wanted to, they could talk about faith on their terms and I could politely talk about mine too. I mean, if I felt God prompting me, I would talk about my faith openly but ONLY if there was a big prompting; I would have to be ready for the reprecussions too.

Hope this helps.

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My beliefs are very important to me and a part of who I am, but I also try to respect the beliefs or non-beliefs of others. There is a time and a place for sharing, and usually the workplace is neither. Though sharing one's religious beliefs with a willing co-worker is not illegal here in the US, there is a fine line between sharing and creating a hostile work environment is the person on the other end is not a willing participant (which is a form of harassment). However, if religion did come up (as it sometimes does), I would either stay out of the conversation or share my view point without going into great detail.

For example, around Christmas time at lunch, the conversation shifted to Christmas trees in churches and, specifically, in the sanctuary of a church. A co-worker asked me specifically because, though Catholic, her husband is a Seventh-day Adventist and everyone in my workplace knows I also am an Adventist (though how they know still puzzles me as I never told anyone). I said that many in our denomination have no problem with Christmas trees on display in churches, but I, personally, do not have anything do with Christmas trees and do not feel they should be at the front of the church sanctuary. She asked why, and I explained the reasons. (By the way, this is a personal decision and has nothing to do with my denomination. The majority of Adventists celebrate Christmas the exact same as other Protestants do.) Another time, my boss and co-workers were talking about the TV series, Ghost Hunters, and my boss asked me if I watch it. I answered honestly that I saw an episode once, but I do no believe in ghosts.

The only time in the workplace that I would ever share in detail with someone is if they specifically asked. Then I would sit down with them and explain what I believe and why. I may only be 25, but I have taught seminars on Biblical topics, mentor youth, and, among other things, am even contemplating pursuing a higher degree in history and/or theology so I am very capable of expounding on my beliefs when it is the appropriate time and place; however, I also strongly feel that everyone is free to make up their own minds when it comes to religion or the lack thereof. To be honest, the majority of the time religion is brought up in my workplace, I keep my mouth closed and just keep working.

In your scenario, if I discovered a co-worker of mine was an atheist, I would not treat them any differently than I did before. I would be willing to share any knowledge I have that would assist in the completion of the project, make suggestions from the perspective of a Christian (putting myself in the client's shoes), and be prepared to explain/defend my reasoning if my vision differed from the others. I would not engage in a debate, because when two people are firm in their beliefs, no amount of debating will move either person. If the conversation did become heated, I would try to dissuade the other person. As rational and mature adults, we should be able to respect our differences, whether we agree with the others beliefs or not, and work together to complete the project.

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I have a friend who carries around small olive wood crosses (really pretty), and gives them to people who are having bad days/weeks, whether they are Christian or not. That's an active little thing that he feels strikes a good balance between not being pushy and asserting his own beliefs.

I work in a library, so it's kind of a no-no to actually say something that sounds like you might be imposing your own beliefs on another. Beyond that, "preaching" very rarely elicits the desired response. In this situation, I would probably state my own beliefs clearly in a non-combative sense, and then let the atheist coworker take the lead from there. If they're interested in more conversation, so am I. I'm not going to press them though.

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A lot depends on how hostile people are ... both the atheist and the Christ followers.

This is not an uncommon situation for most religious people as well as an atheist.

If one gets defensive, the other probably would also. If people are tolerant, I would hope that tolerance would prevail, hopefully in the presence of open communication - "I" statements.

A lot depends on how insecure, anxious or differentiated people are.

Basically what I was going to say...it depends on on insecure/anxious/differentiated people are. ;)

I would probably just shrug my shoulders and ignore the gorilla in the room. Probably talk about something else until I perceived no hostility and then I may engage in more mature conversation if the situation was appropriate. If I did sense hostility, I would not bring it up. It would only end up in me getting upset.

I've had co-workers say some not-nice things about my faith not realizing that they were referring to me as well. So I'm not inclined to bring it up with them as it would probably end very badly. But my Agnostic husband and I can talk God all the time without either of us getting upset so it's not like I can describe the situation in blanket terms.

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When the subject of atheism came up...I would probably by inclined to look at it in a different way. i.e. when the atheist belief is on the table...I would probably be interested in asking the other two co-workers why they believed in the existence of God and why the existence of God is important to them.

This could achieve a few things, if done in a natural course of conversation: one, cause everyone in the group to examine their own beliefs and the foundations of those beliefs; two, cause those who are being honest with themselves (even if they do not state their thoughts outloud) to realize the weaknesses and strengths of their faith.

When one describes, outloud, 'the reason for (his/her) faith", it gives a chance for reflection on what Christ has done for us on the part of Christians. Based upon their maturity, each of the characters might look at this differently...the more mature, realizing the depth of Christ's sacrifice and His grace, another might realize that he/she claims the title of being a "Christian" with no understanding of what that means (i.e. thinks that means they are a good person), and the other may realize that they have been avoiding thinking about their declaration of faith (i.e. due to guilty of sin) because of conviction, and the co-worker who has atheistic belief...might actually be quite interested in what the rest of the group thinks. Interested, because despite what one says he or she believes there is a hole in mankind's heart that can never really be filled except by faith in Christ and an understanding of what He has done for us.

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It would depend on the spiritual gifts of said Christian. Me, personally? One of my gifts is Prophecy. Which basically means that I literally cannot sit back and say nothing when wrong theology or doctrine is said, even in everyday conversation. I *have* to say something or I feel guilty for not saying it. And sometimes, I don't think, it just comes out. But I have been getting better about that since finding out that was the reason. I'm getting better at listening for the Holy Spirit and letting Him work/talk through me. So When in reality, I would probably say that's not what the Bible says and then precede to tell them what the Bible says, I would hope that I would wait and listen to the Holy Spirit and say what He wants me to say or to stay silent if that's what He wants me to do. And sometimes, I have looked back and when I don't think and just say something, I've gone to apologize and the other person told me, "No, you were right." That's when I knew that it was the Holy Spirit talking through me. I've said some stuff in another terminology before when I got angry words that I would never use or had even really heard (even though it was common sense what it meant) and later found out that the church that the person I was talking to is from uses that same terminology. So again, that was something something that the Holy Spirit said through me. (And at that time, I was defending my son for defending himself in a fight where other kids wouldn't let him out of the circle to walk away from it. I usually say, it's "Sin Nature", and instead I said "Original Sin". I later found out that the person's church I was talking to uses the terminology "Original Sin" for "Sin Nature".) So, that might be something that you can play around with.

If you would like to know about the Spiritual Gifts and how they affect our personality, you can nanomail me and I'll see about sending you a document with all of the Gifts and a description of them. It might help you with your characterizations for your Christians. If your "culturally Christians and holiday Christians have say hospitality as their gift they wouldn't go out trying to witness to people. They would just witness by being Christ to them. But someone with Evangelism (like Billy Graham) would be very vocal about their faith. It's all about being the body of Christ, we are not all the mouth. Some of us are hands. And if your vocal Christian is aware of the Spiritual Gifts and knows this, he may not have a problem with your other Christians. However, if he sees your other Christians doing something that they shouldn't be doing, he may call them on it. But If he understands the Spiritual Gifts, he should have no problem with them not being vocal. However, if you need it for the plot, he might not be aware of it and then he would have a problem with them not backing him up or not joining in. It's all how you want to play it.

Edit to add: Oh and let's not forget that I would keep this person in my prayers and ask God to give them a Saving Knowledge of Him. And I would also pray for the person if he said that he had a problem that I would ask prayer for. Example, he comes in to work saying, he has a cold, I would ask God to heal him of the cold. If he said that his grandmother was in the hospital I would pray for her healing as well. If he said that he couldn't get along with his neighbor for whatever reason, I would pray that they would build up a good friendship, etc. But then again one of my other gifts is intercessory prayer and I pray for *everything*)

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I've been in such a situation, and I think that for the most part a simple paragraph or two about why the christ-follower is so faithful and what s/he feels his/her faith has given him/her in life.

For example: Atheist says that he just doesn't see any truth in religion and that God has not been present in his life, and asks christ-follower about /his/ beliefs. Christ-follower says something simple about how he feels religion enhances his life, but maybe isn't right for everybody (if this is how he feels, obviously if he feels differently then he will behave differently. Some christians have felt as if christianity is the only religion for everybody and have been quite insistent (but never rude or insensitive to my beliefs/opinions) about it. It depends on your particular character, really), shares a bit about his personal experiences or something. They may share a little about themselves and then move on.

The thing is, that's an average reaction. Maybe your character isn't average. It all depends on what your character thinks and feels about religion in general, I think.

Just an example of my experience in the situation. I'm not an atheist but many people do not understand my beliefs and treat me as an atheist, which I understand. There are a lot of different ways in which people react to conflicting beliefs. If it is a coworker relationship, it's probably not that big a deal, but if it's a genuine conversation then more personal things may come up anyway. Just go with what feels right. There really is no norm here, I think a great variety of reactions (on behalf of both the christian, atheist, and bystanders) would be believable and even likely.

Hope this helps a bit!

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I would do the same thing with an atheist coworker as I would with any non-Christian coworker: work with them. There are a lot of people who are not Christians in the world, and not only is it impossible to avoid them all, we are Biblically commanded not to do so. When the moment was appropriate, I might mention that if they ever wanted to talk about why I believed what I did, that I'd be open to that. And if they didn't, I wouldn't push the issue. Because unless God works in this person to bring them to Himself, no amount of pushing, verse-quoting, or otherwise harrassing anyone in an attempt to get them to convert is going to do anything one way or the other.

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Questions....

1. Are atheists socially accepted in the story's location or do they hide their non-belief out of fear?
*Even if the main characters are a friendly bunch; their location may determine whether or not the atheist would feel comfortable revealing his/her non-belief to others.

2. Would the atheist character have been able to withdraw from the work assignment?
*Refusing to do an assignment because of its religious overtones could be another chance for the topic of faith to come up.

3. Is the author’s goal simply a discussion of faith or will there be a character or two that may be faced with converting?
*Unless a character is secretly questioning their beliefs, than this is probably just a discussion of personal faith in relation to the characters and their work assignment.

Been there. Not in your exact scenario, of course, but working closely with an atheist. I did and would continue to LIVE my Christian life in front of the co-worker (and everyone else) and not speak it to her so much. Actions speak louder than words. Look for ways to serve them. Pray for ways to serve them. It the topic comes up related to work, keep it related to work, not proselytizing or condemning or criticizing. When honest questions arise, answer them. If you pray for ways to be able to share and bless an atheist, God will answer that prayer, I believe.

Been there. Several times.

There are quite a few different reactions that I've experienced. The craziest was from a coworker I had talked to about religion before, but only as a Christian, and he never knew about my deconversion. During the whole thing in Washington last year with the Atheists putting up a Christmas sign, he said right in front of me "These Atheists should just be shot." Needless to say, I never "came out" to him.

One Christian coworker I came out to was very supportive and we started talking a lot about religion. Whenever she would see something in the news about Atheism, she would come and tell me (or even send me an e-mail if it was on the weekend). She was more of a "cultural Christian" and has since decided that she no longer believes in gods either.

At the third end of the spectrum (yes, my spectrum has three ends), I have a coworker who went from being totally cool with talking about religion to, after finding out that I was no longer religious, becoming hypersensitive. At first, it was anything related to religion, so I avoided that kind of topic. Now it's pretty much anything at all. Every time I open my mouth, even if I'm not talking to her or anything to do with her, even if it has nothing to do with religion, she will assume that I am attacking her beliefs. Sometimes she will confront me and tell me that I am offending her, but she will more often go and tell someone else (such as our boss). One of my supervisors takes her really seriously and has come to "talk" a number of times. Thankfully, my boss-boss has seen my coworker in action and knows that I'm not actually saying anything offensive, so he usually just comes and tells me that she's been complaining and leaves it at that.

There are a lot of reactions, but the most common is simply nothing. The vast majority of the people I've worked with since deconverting are cool with me talking about my involvement with a local Atheist organization and they will talk about their own involvements with their churches. It's just not a "thing." But when there is a reaction, it tends to be very negative.

I once shared an office with an Atheist for a short time. I can't say we got on particularly well (although we worked together without any problems) but that might just have been the age/gender difference rather than any religious issues.

Anyway, my point is, she wasn't just a nominal atheist, she made a point of not celebrating Christmas in any way. Probably would have worked it for regular pay had the company been open! And, as a Christian who made a similar stand at Halloween, I have to say I had a lot of respect for that.

Don't know if that helps at all!

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I think it would be an issue of (at least in part) the atheist's reaction to the work assignment. If the assignment has faith overtones, and the atheist balks at having to do the work and generally makes himself a horse's backside around the subject, maybe the Christians might seek some way that either the atheist might concentrate his efforts on more (for lack of a better word) mechanical aspects of the job.

From the way you described the working environment, in other aspects people seem to get along. Other replies you've had also address this I think, but JMO, some of how the atheist reacts may be influenced by why he has chosen this world view. Was he raised in a non-believing home, and so doesn't see the value of faith? Was he raised in a BELIEVING home, but because of something happening he has rebeled from his family's beliefs? If the former, he may have questions about why the Christians believe as they do. If the latter, maybe the Christians can help him see that whatever may have been the situation with his family, they can show him that not all Christians do what they did.

I'm not talking about converting him to the faith ... though of course I think that would be wonderful as well ;) I'm just meaning giving him the chance to see that his views and past experience with Christians might not hold true with everyone who calls themselves a Christian.

As for my own experience of such things; I've had all sorts of reactions when I'll mention something about my faith. The most common seems to be to the effect of, "Well, that's fine for you if you want to believe that. But I just don't buy it." As another post stated, I try (and note, I said try) to simply live my life as an example of God's love. I don't whack people on the head with my Bible, I don't try to tell them that God will help them if they pray hard enough -- though I know He can, but that's off topic so I'll let that go -- I just simply live my life in such a way that hopefully at some point someone might think to themselves, "Whatever it is that he has... I want that!" And then, I tell them about it!

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I'd do as I always do...

Unless I find someone who shares the same beliefs that I do, I'll usually tell others that I do not discuss religion. If they don't believe in God, then that's their personal belief and I have no right to try and change them... nor do they have a right to tell me that I'm wrong in my beliefs.

If they're a friend, I'd rather not have religious beliefs (or lack of) destroy a good relationship. I know how I believe and that's all I need.

No matter how hard you try, if a person does not believe, or does not WANT to believe, you can not force them to. So why try?

But no matter what... I would never judge them for it. That would be the worst thing to do! And I don't have the right to do that, anyway.

What kind of atheist?

In the case of an atheist who was just a guy who didn't happen to believe in God, it might even be easier to deal with him than with the 'cultural Christians'. (As a Christian I would view a 'cultural Christian' as an unsaved person/non-Christian)

In the case of an atheist who gets angry and confrontational at any hint of a positive mention of God or of faith in any context, the problem, from a Christian point of view, would not be the fact of the guy's atheism but of his intolerance of and bigotry toward Christianity. (But non-Christians, including cultural Christians, seem to be able to look at an atheist saying to a Christian that only people of very low intelligence could possibly be a Christian and not see that the atheist is acting bigoted or being hostile--- while if someone said the identical thing of a Muslim, the overwhelming majority of people would recognize the bias.)

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What an awesome problem to have! We must remember that God is more concerned with a person's heart than he is with their feelings BUT in order to GET to their heart WE have to consider the best points. Now if I was the Christian, I would simply state my beliefs, if he/she so asked and then allowed them whatever they wanted. Jesus didn't shove it down people's throats, neither will I. BUT I would continue to purposefully show them God everyday in my actions, speech and mannerisms. Remember, sometimes you are the only Bible and part of God someone is going to see - make sure it is a blessing.

My two favorite people in the Bible are John the Baptist and Paul. But lets face it, if they were here today they wouldn't get very far with their in-your-face style. In our modern "you offended me" world, sneezing the wrong way could get you sued. So while we need to choose our actions carefully, we can still be very powerful because God didn't get any weaker. You don't have to get in an argument over your beliefs. I mean think of it, if you believe you are going to the best place imaginable and the person going to the worst place imaginable says you aren't and you are stupid for thinking you are - are you really showing your faith and intelligence in arguing with someone like that? That is like two kids saying bickering back and forth going "na-uh". I KNOW I am going to a better place when I die and nothing anyone else says is going to change that and they can say I am stupid until they are blue in the face - I am still going. So neener neener. lol

One thing not to forget is that even the most devout of Christians can make a lot of mistakes and get in a shouting match with an atheist, be unfair or unkind to him, and so on. And even a very hostile atheist who claims not to even believe in right or wrong can behave in a very Christian way.

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(I found this, oddly enough, looking for another thread, but I thought I would share my two cents.)

Just from the other side of things, I don't share the fact that I'm an atheist as a rule to my coworkers. If I'm in place where others are conducting a public prayer I usually bow my head like the rest of them and reflect on my inner thoughts (or plot my next plot bunny. Haha!) There's no need to be a jerk when people are doing their religious thing, ya know?

Anyway, it came to the point where I was working with a project with a couple of Christians that couldn't work on Sunday because of their commitments to their church. It came up that I didn't go to church and was in fact, an atheist and... well, they didn't preach at me. But one in particular gave me the saddest look -- like I just kicked her puppy right in front of her. Poor dear. After that, I got the impression that I was a little bit on the outside, looking in with those two. However the important thing is that they never questioned my lack of belief and I certainly didn't try to tear down theirs. We respected each other as coworkers too much to try to pull that kind of thing. It would have been unspeakably rude to do anything less. We got the project done just fine and went on to other projects.

This would make the most boring book imaginable, though. Haha! Your characters have every right to be more... flamboyant for sake of interesting writing.

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It depends on both the atheist and the Christ-follower.

If the atheist is someone one would otherwise presume, from their actions and behaviour, was a Christian. a Good Samaritan, as it were.

That said, I just saw a picture of a protester carrying a sign that read "God Hates You." /facepalm I was like dude...*you're not helping...*

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