Snarky Sermon on the Blog: God & Oklahoma Jury Side With Atheists

Think I'm kidding?

Here's the story (the text excerpts are cut and pasted out of sequence to enhance their dramatic nature):

SMALKOWSKI FOUND NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS

The jury believed the Atheists. Unanimously.

The night of the verdict, tornados of unusual violence descended on the panhandle of Oklahoma. The home of the Principal who had brought the false charges against Chuck Smalkowski was severely damaged. --snip--

In closing argument, Edwin told the jury that it really should not be necessary for an Atheist to tell them it is wrong to lie under oath, as he reminded them the Christian school officials and the police had done in their sworn trial testimony. "Thou shall not bare false witness against thy neighbor. Ninth Commandment. Eight if you are Roman Catholic," Kagin said. --snip--

The true significance of this trial is that this is the first case we know of in American jurisprudence where Atheism has been directly used in as a defense in a criminal trial. --snip--

When her father Chuck discovered conclusively that public school and law enforcement officials had lied to him about his 15 year old daughter (She was kicked off the basketball team for refusing to pray, and school officials and students lied about the reason), he and Nicole and her mother Nadia went to the home of principal Lloyd Buckley to attempt to discuss the matter with him. Outside of his front fence, the principal struck Chuck, who blocked the blow. Both men fell to the ground and Buckley sustained minor injuries, the provable origins of which were strikingly contrary to his under oath trial testimony. Buckley then took out misdemeanor criminal assault charges against Chuck. After Smalkowski rejected the offer to drop the charges if he and his Atheist family left the state, the charges were raised to a felony. Chuck called American Atheists for help.

Where in the Bible does it say "Strike thy neighbor, lie to authorities, and when you're caught lying, threaten to put him in prison unless he leaves the state?

Truly heavy sigh.

Thus Endeth Today's Sermon.

Go forth today and question those false Christians who claim they embrace all ten commandments. Chances are they're big fat liars.

By the way, I don't care what you believe in. I don't even care what you don't believe in. That's your business.

But you have a right to know when "screw thy neighbor" is more popular in your community than that other commandment about love.

I mean it, damn it!


Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.