{"id":35303,"date":"2016-06-13T00:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=35303"},"modified":"2016-11-24T21:27:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T00:27:39","slug":"atheists-rush-internet-poll-to-defeat-christian-grade-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/13\/atheists-rush-internet-poll-to-defeat-christian-grade-schoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Atheists Rush Internet Poll to Defeat Christian Grade Schoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Update<\/strong><\/span>: Mehta appears to have thought better of the post and appears to have pulled it down.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A group of atheist keyboard commandos is waging a campaign to mob an internet voting contest to help a specific public school win a new playground.<\/p>\n<p>The reason they want to help that school? The &#8220;competitor&#8221; school is <strong>Christian<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>From Hemant Mehta, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2016\/06\/12\/help-these-students-win-a-nice-new-playground-before-a-private-christian-school-overtakes-them\/\">the &#8220;friendly&#8221; atheist<\/a> [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Let\u2019s help them out! (<strong>I\u2019m sure the kids at the Christian school can just pray for a new playground<\/strong>&#8230;or get donations from parents who are already paying private school tuition.)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Your minimal effort can help these kids get a nice new playground <strong>while also making the Baby Jesus shed a single tear<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The two schools are Kettle <!--more-->Lake Elementary in Alto, MI and Legacy Christian School in Grand Rapids.\u00a0 You can see the current standings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terracycle.com\/en-US\/contests\/2016meijercolgateplayground\">here<\/a>, where those two school are far ahead of any other and were essentially tied before the atheists weighed in.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing wrong with voting for whatever school anyone wants. The sad statement here\u00a0is the explicitly stated motivation.<\/p>\n<p>Atheists are trying to sway a competition between grade schools to prevent a Christian school from winning &#8212; <em>just because its Christian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty cold-hearted, even by militant atheist standards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Mehta appears to have thought better of the post and appears to have pulled it down. A group of atheist keyboard commandos is waging a campaign to mob an internet voting contest to help a specific public school win a new playground. The reason they want to help that school? The &#8220;competitor&#8221; school is Christian. 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