Tue, May 26, 2009
Hate speech towards atheists has become so casual and commonplace that the studio audience and Tyra laugh.
Intolerance such as this should be exposed, and any links that help bring this information to a wider audience are much appreciated. It’d be great to see someone with some Photoshop skills mock up an image of this clown with a shoe on his head.
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June 5th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Well, I can tell you my morals are borrowed from Christianity, or at least, a lot of them are. But not having a religion allows me to pick my own morals to follow.
But let me state proudly that I am an Atheist with morals!
July 9th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
First of all, believe as you see fit. That is your Constitutional right. Secondly, are y’all serious? I thought there was something worse than this. He may have assumed that this young woman held a belief system, which he probably should not have done. However, he has point in saying that mates often share similar faiths. This is not always true. However, I heard nothing in that clip that spelled B-I-G-O-T.
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Well, in a way, he did sound a bit like a bigot, my friend. I’m not saying he is, but when he did question the morality of atheists, his stance did become a bit questionable.
December 30th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Dino says that s/he didn’t notice anything bigoted about that comment… is it reasonable to believe that the Deontological tradition is the only way to develop morality? It’s *funny* to suggest that people who don’t believe in a God have no morals? Dino may think s/he’s open-minded and liberal and all, but obviously that is not the case. Are there amoral/immoral atheists? Sure there are. Are there amoral/immoral Christians, Hindus, Muslims, etc.? Sure there are. Religious belief does not in any way predicate morality, or even predict its likelihood. What an idiot!
January 7th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
I am a “he” and am very open minded. I do not mean any disrespect but still see no bigotry in this clip. All the man said was that someone who is a Christian is probably not well suited for an atheist–who would not espouse such a faith. To be for certain there are couples where one partner believes in god and the other partner does not. Having said that, I could see why Steve Harvey would come to that conclusion. If Steve had said Atheists compose the mudsill of society or that harm should come to them, the Dino Bryant would be on your side. Do you have a video of something to that effect? Your name calling is cute but it does not add to the overall discourse. Try educating your brother rather than humiliating your brother. My ears are open dinobrya@yahoo.com. Truth be told, Steve should have used another example in demonstrating chemistry.
January 10th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Claiming that atheists have no morals is not bigoted?
May 13th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
“What’s his moral barometer? It’s NOWHERE”.
Now, THAT is what he said.
“Pack it up and go home” once you find out it’s an atheist you’re dealing with.
How about this example:
Whites and blacks shouldn’t try to communicate?
How could they relate? They’re so different, what common ground could they possibly have?
If Harvey thinks belief and nonbelief are incompatible and not worth the effort of communication, how about things like skin color, ethnicity, other cultural differences?
Seems some folks want to give Harvey a pass just because he’s talking about “atheists”. If the logic…if the stink test for saying a group of people are amoral or immoral, ex:people of color, jews or women, it shouldn’t hold when said about atheists.
To cast atheists as less than equal human beings who just believe in one less God than Harvey does, it’s bigoted, unless he’s truly that unable to wrap his mind around the fact atheists are just like everyone else, sans the belief in his god.
Xtianity borrowed morals from earlier cultures and this has been proven.
The “Golden Rule”?
Not only should Harvey practice it, he should look up the origin.
He comes off as a blowhard hypocrite.
He should practice some of that morality he thinks he has an exclusive on…and he should realize we’re all human beings. Some of us just don’t buy into religion or myth, but we know the origin of human morality. Anthropology is pretty clear on that…and often, xtian morality leaves a lot to be desired, as Mr. Harvey clearly shows.
February 21st, 2011 at 1:16 pm
the clip from the joy behar show is pretty clear he says ‘if you don’t believe in god your an idiot’ and on another show he sai he would shoot’em…..thats bigotry. just youtube ‘steve harvey bigot’ you’ll see.
August 16th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Are you sure they are Christian morals?
June 10th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
I live on the other side of the pond and I am glad I had never heard of Steve Harvey. Some of these bible belters are as extreme as Osama
June 13th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
You borrowed your morals from Christianity?!
Really?
Have you actually examined the morals of Christianity?
1) Everyone is a sinner. That includes kids. Why? Because Adam and Eve (allegedly) ate an apple. That god put there. And that means we’re condemned to an eternity of torture? Most morality includes a concept of intent…
2) In order to wipe out the debt incurred, god got a woman pregnant without her permission and then killed his son/self. For a sin of which I am guilty without action or intent, and without my permission. Most morality doesn’t allow for proxy punishment.
What else do you get from christianity? That the downtrodden should stay downtrodden? That you should go to war with your families?
Which bits of christian “morality” do you actually borrow?!
July 31st, 2009 at 7:14 am
David Waldock. You are so sick!!! People like would never understand christianity becoz of you seared conscious. But I still pray that God makes you understands His ways and that you repent and become a Christian
July 31st, 2009 at 7:17 am
And for sure, I also doubt the moral standing of atheists. Where do they think they came from? The “BIG BANG”? Give me a break!! Do they honestly think that the complexity of life and the human body just happened? Let’s get real. If Christianity is a hard thing for them to understand, then they are just shallow people. They need God to become sharper people.!!
August 16th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Tell me who has the bigger population in US prisons? If Atheists were immoral that answer should be obvoius. In reality Christians make up a much bigger proprtion of inmates.
September 28th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
The majority of those Christians in prison did not become Christians until after they got there. Once there, they realized that God’s laws were given to us for more than one reason; not only to keep us morally right with God, but to also keep us morally right with our fellow man. It’s just too bad so many of them didn’t learn that before they ended up in prison.
October 25th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
You honestly believe that they were atheists? Maybe not born again but, that doesn’t make them atheists either.
October 10th, 2011 at 5:26 am
I’ve made up my own little game on the internet. I try to guess a person’s religious beliefs in less than 2 sentences of their post. Usually, the worst spellers and the most untelligible are Christians and the intelligible-sounding ones are atheists. Thanks for giving me a laugh at your expense, you gibbering idiot.
August 19th, 2012 at 7:29 pm
So you dont know how we got here and just simply answer that it was a magic genie that poofed everything from nowhere? Yes Big bang is complex just like physics both concepts I doubt you could explain in depth bc of your lack of knowledge. Its understandable for the dumb, ignorance of the past to us an imaginary being to explain why the sun revolves around the earth (which was fcuking wrong if you didnt know) but now we know better (or most of us knowledgable ones know better). Your ‘god’ (out pf the thousands that were made up) is the same as answering ‘I dont know’ to things
June 13th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
What a self-serving sack of shirt!
Of course, brainless Tyra swallows it whole and agrees.
Excuse me, I have to go out and rape and pillage now. So much to do…
August 16th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I don’t know; she looked rather uncomfortable to me.
July 24th, 2011 at 7:38 am
Thumbs up !!! LOL Rich
October 10th, 2011 at 5:28 am
That’s probably because Tyra’s used to swallowing things whole.
June 14th, 2009 at 1:35 am
I applaud Steve Harvery for speaking the truth!
July 26th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
You do not know the truth for you have yet to die. Cripes. So, you’re really applauding nothing more than intolerance, which makes you a douche nozzle.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
We do not need to die because the Truth died for our sins… and for your sins as well. If you confess your sins and accept Christ (The Truth), you shall be saved from death and eternal damnation.
October 10th, 2011 at 5:31 am
I had to laugh at what you said. “the Truth died..” I couldn’t agree more. The truth of the world is as dead to you Christians as Christ or doorknobs.
June 14th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Anyone that gets their morality from christianity has plenty of room for improvement.
June 19th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
It’s really interesting that atheists detest the bible and biblical principles, but benefit from the Constitution (if you’re American), which is based in biblical principles. And since you hate dictatorships so much, why do you let the world dictate your lives?
Where does your “morality” come from?
David Waldock,
If there is no God, how do you figure you’ll be “condemned to an eternity of torture?” And if you don’t believe this personally, why do you care? By the way, God does at least offer a way to avoid this condemnation.
I have to admit, it’s a amusing to watch people get so upset about a non-God.
June 19th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
The Constitution is based on Enlightenment principles more than Christian principles.
July 26th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
It’s Enlightenment, not Christianity. I figured everyone knew that most of our forefathers were atheists. Silly Christians, make-believe friends are for kids.
August 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Actually, most were Deists.
August 9th, 2009 at 11:41 am
“By the way, God does at least offer a way to avoid this condemnation.”
^^^ I laughed at this. Okay, so you can either worship that so-called ‘God’ or go to hell for all eternity. I’m sorry, but I am my own person and I worship no one. I would rather go to ‘hell’.
And when people say that America is a Christain country, I laugh at that too. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that I learned that America’s ‘founding fathers’ were not Christain. And even if they were, they were also Caucasian. Does that mean that America is a Caucasian country? I think not.
August 16th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
What biblical principles are in the constitution?
July 25th, 2009 at 1:26 am
I used Twitter to alert people about S.H. & your article. I sent the info to atheist groups and friends around the USA.
We can’t let their Bible-based ignorance rule OUR lives ! I don’t force them to follow my non-belief ways. Imagine if someone said, “There’s a black man in the room, & I won’t talk to him. What’s the use?”
Here’s the address to write to Steve:
support@steveharvey.com
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Newbie here, just joined. I was once a born-again Christian, had an exorcism done to me to get the gay out. Am now queer atheist in San Francisco.
Sadly, San Francisco, the leftist & queerest of cities, has minimal atheist activity. We need a good, radical, strong group here!
September 16th, 2009 at 10:01 am
I understand the American constitution does not mention God. Am I wrong. And I’m not sure that they were deists.
September 20th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Read The Abolition of Man.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:35 am
Some were Deists some were Christians and some were atheists. You are correct, the constitution does not mention a deity. The Declaration of Independence does.
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I would like to start by saying i’m agnostic. For people who don’t know what it is and won’t pick up a dictionary it means while I don’t believe in a religious power/religion, i don’t deny the possibility of one. i’m more of a spiritual person. i believe everyone is entitled to believe in what they want. Here’s the thing: Christians (speaking specifically from my experience seeing as I went to a Christian day school from K4-8 & I became agnostic in high school) believe they’re always right and that every other religion is wrong. They shove it down your throat and you have to live through Jesus. You’re damned and there’s nothing you can do except believe in someone who may not exist. Personally, I believe religion is a way for people to have a moral blueprint for life and a way to cope with death.
Now onto Steve Harvey, I think he’s funny, but hypocritical. How are you preaching a ‘perfect’ religion when you’re not perfect? He is a bigot. If someone said ‘Black people have no morals and they’re dirty apes’ (I’m black, white & Native American so don’t think I’m hate inspired.), He would be up in arms. It’s the same concept except that this country believes that Christianity is the only way to go and everything else is wrong. So to me, it is a bigot comment. If you disagree, you’re just as stupid as he is.
September 28th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
I have to wonder how Steve Harvey’s comments are any worse than anything some of you have said here about him or Christians like him. After all, he didn’t put out a call to have someone do a Photoshop mock up of an image of you with a shoe on your head. He simply said that discussing morality with someone that has no moral foundation other than following the rules that are convenient to them, is a wasted effort. I happen to agree with him, and there’s nothing hateful about it. The morals depicted in the Bible have been tried and tested for thousands of years. Any nation or empire that was ever built upon those morals has thrived, and every nation or empire that has disregarded those morals has failed, bar none. You don’t have to agree, but your disagreeing doesn’t make it hate speech.
October 25th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Saying non Christians have no moral foundation doesn’t constitute hate speech?
December 13th, 2009 at 9:48 am
The morals maybe depicted in the Bible but, that doesn’t make them exclusive to the bible.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Jesus is the only way to God because Jesus Himself said that. End of discussion.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Circular logic is the only way to Logic because Circles are Circular. End of the world.
September 10th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
YES!!!! LOL
December 4th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
To end the discussion is what the religious want us to do. They live in fear of the fact that their faiths are falling apart due to science, logic, and truth. So we will continue to speak, and loudly.
Jesus is claimed to be the only way to “god” because a fictitious book says that Jesus himself said that. This is the only fact of that situation, and if you choose to believe that, then so be it. But quit forcing your beliefs on others.
And I am always open to discussion. there is no end to it.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:35 am
I understand people who would discriminate against atheists are just ignorant about the realities of life or choose to ignore them and live in a nice religious bubble.
So forgive them for they dont know what they r doing!!!!!
December 10th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
As a Christian, I’m sorry that some of you have had the bible waving, condemn you to hell, exorcism, type Christians chase you down and basically do the opposite of what we’re supposed to do. All of us aren’t like that. I share my beliefs, and you can share yours. We can agree to disagree, stand up for what we believe in and keep it moving. No need to yell, fight, fuss and act crazy for difference of beliefs…I have friends who are homosexual, Atheist, Agnostic, Muslim, Baptist, Buddhist…I can’t change them and they can’t change me. No need to shove a Bible, Koran, flag or incense down your throat or mine. But what we can and should do is enlighten each other on why we do what we do. It gives better understanding to all who are involved. It’s supposed to anyway…
December 12th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
You, my friend, are a perfect example of how I think that all Christians should act. I am an atheist. You are a Christian. We believe in different things. Quite frankly, I don’t care because you don’t care. You may or may not understand why us atheists don’t believe in God, but at least you understand that we have morals just like every other human being (minus psychopaths who are born without a good conscience). I thank you for having a respectable stance on everyone.
March 19th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Well, I can tell you my morals are borrowed from Christianity. No, Christianity borrowed them from common sense and logic. No need for a middle man.
April 6th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
It’s only normal to hate evil. If you are crazy enough to turn your back one the One Who made you, it’s your own fault if people don’t like you.
September 10th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Umm…. Neo from The Matrix?
October 10th, 2011 at 5:36 am
Our Father spoke to me in a vision. He said if you suck my balls, he’ll grant you everlasting salvation. Dare you defy Our Lord and Savior?
December 12th, 2012 at 6:36 pm
^^^^Best. Comment. Evah.