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Scoffing at all that's holy since
2004
HALL
OF SHAME
A.K.A.
"Look How Desperate I Am to Recruit a New
Member"
Enjoy the sad,
desperate rantings of those too afraid to stand alone in their
faith
and others who
tried to take on the Godless
Bastard.
Kieffe
and Sons Ford: Bible-Punching
Jackasses
It
appears that Kieffe and Sons
Ford doesn't particularly think
too highly of atheists, and they were actually DUMB enough to
promote that opinion in their radio broadcast ads.
The Execs on Madison Avenue might disagree with this
move, but the Kieffe boys have Jesus on their side -- and
Jesus sells! Okay, here we
go...
Transcript: "Did
you know that there are people in this country who want prayer
out of schools, 'Under God' out of the Pledge, and 'In God We
Trust' to be taken off our money? But did you know
that 86% of Americans say they believe in God? Since we all
know that 86 out of every 100 of us are Christians, who
believe in God, we at Kieffe & Sons Ford wonder why we
don't tell the other 14% to sit down and shut up. I guess I
just offended 14% of the people who are listening to this
message. Well, if that is the case then I say that's tough,
this is America folks, it's called free speech. None of us at
Kieffe & Sons Ford is afraid to speak out. Kieffe &
Sons Ford on Sierra Highway in Mojave and Rosamond, if we
don't see you today, by the grace of God, we'll be here
tomorrow."
Article: Kieffe & Sons Ford Want
Atheists to Sit Down and Shut Up
They did place a
non-explanation (which didn't address the actual offense) and
an insincere apology (but no retraction) on their
Contact Us page:
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This
statement is provided in response to reaction prompted
by a radio commercial that Kieffe & Sons Ford
recently ran referring to issues of God in our schools
and on our money.
"For
15 years, Kieffe and Sons Ford has run ad campaigns that
focus on current events. We have chosen to do this
rather than presenting typical car sales ads. We do this
through an agency that develops the material and sends
us a package of commercials to review. From this, we
select commercials that we distribute to area radio
stations. Frequently we emphasize humor and patriotic
themes, as we are located adjacent to two military
bases. Public response over these 15 years has been
hugely positive, often eliciting calls and visits from
appreciative individuals. Regrettably, the commercial
that has prompted the current objection to religious
sentiment ("Under God", "In God We Trust") was not
closely reviewed by our dealership before it went live.
The commercial has been replaced. We apologize to all
who were offended. It is Kieffe and Sons' intention to
support America and the freedoms that make this country
great." |
I sent them an email telling them in my own very special
way what I thought of them. Their response was one
sentence in the email subject line:
"You are going
to hell for sure."
Why don't you send the fellas a note yourself and see what
words of divine wisdom they have for you. They can be
reached at ksf@kieffeandsons.com
Fun!
I generally don't find myself in their
neighborhood (you'd understand why if you knew where Mojave
was), but they're only 70 miles from my home in Los
Angeles. But I'll stop by and say hello if my
travels ever take me there. Test drive
anyone?
Gail Force Windbag
Sit back and enjoy a brief
trip into the Twilight Zone of unsolicited reader
feedback. I present to you three very unintelligent
people who chose to provoke the wrong person. But first
an explanation about who these three muttonheads are and how
we came to meet...
While surfing the web one
night I stumbled upon another one of those lovely Christian
websites. Oh joy! But before leaving to shower off
the filth of my sin and damnation, I signed their
guestbook.
Now anyone with half a
brain knows that a guestbook is a SOLICITATION for feedback. You
don't want feedback? Don't put up a guestbook. Got
it? So I answered each and every one of their questions
completely and honestly. But apparently someone didn't care
much for what I had to say (of course I was less than
complimentary), so they sent me an email to give me a piece of
their mind.
Warning: What ensued was a childish
pissing contest, but the offenders needed moment of
pause. And you'll see from their change in tone that
that's exactly what they received. Maybe they'll think
twice next time, maybe they won't. Regardless, no
atheist should let anyone who spews religious rhetoric go
unchecked. Ever.
I received a letter from
someone using the email address of a woman named Judy
Convertino. Later she claimed to be someone else (Gail
Wilkins), which in all fairness later turned out to be
true. One way or another, I have the right to post
'em as I receive 'em. If you don't want to drag someone
else into a big mess then don't use their name or email
address -- with or without their consent.
Not knowing she was about to pick
a fight with the wrong guy, she wrote...
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From:
Judy Convertino [address withheld]
Sent: Saturday, September 01,
2007 10:20 AM
To: andy@godlessbastard.com
Subject:
GuestBook
I am
so sorry that you are so filled with so much hurt and
misery that you find it necessary to share your heart
with others. I am sorry that you are such a
weak person that you cannot even find true friends that
you can share your misfortunate blabbering with, You are
an emotionally challenged person. No wonder you do
not think there is a God, you are too tied up in
yourself and what a wonderful being you are that you
can't see beyond your own nose.
Who do you think gave you that nose to breath the
aromas of the flowers?
Who do you think gave you a
tongue to speak with? A body that is presumably
healthy?
I do
know there is a God. He is a living and loving God
but He can also be a fierce warring God. You need
to get your mental status in check quickly or He is
going to do it for you. He can obliterate you in a
second. You need to seek Him and acknowledge him
and I know if you do not you will be so
sorry.
Goodbye Bastard,,,Remember He loves you and so do
I.
The Word of Christ
http://www.geocities.com/judy29730 |
This email triggered a chain of
responses between me, Gail Wilkins, Wanda Lopez, and the real
Judy Convertino (who eventually spoke up via email). I
received nearly 30 emails from the three of them
collectively. Some were only a sentence or two, but
there are far too many to post here. I'll share with you
the scariest, the funniest, and the most vulgar. I admit
that I egged them on, but the fact that they were incapable of
walking away quietly is the compelling factor. Let their
words be a shining example of Christian piety, faith, and
strength.
After thrashing her about
in my usual Godless Bastard way, she replied...
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From:
Judy Convertino [address withheld]
Sent: Saturday, September 01,
2007 3:33 PM
To: andy@godlessbastard.com
Subject: Re: GuestBook
Just a
little note to let you know that you should put the name
Gail on the letter when you post it as I was I her
room-mate that wrote the response and not Judy. I
am not someone that goes around calling people
names.....check the original reference again. I
know that there is a God, and He lives forever more and
so shall I. I also know that unless you accept
this fact that you will stand before him and when you
admit He does exist then you will be thrown into the
lake of fire. You have to live your life for the
purpose for which it was intended....and that is to
serve God. He is a kind and loving God but He also
is a fierce and jealous God and you are putting others
before Him and He will not allow that to happen.
Please, Andy, take heed. He does love you, as I,
Gail, do. I care about you and your soul.....and I
pray you do wake up out of your pretend world and come
around into the spiritual realm before it is too
late.
God
bless you my dear lost brother.
Gail
If you wish to address me personally
please feel free to write me at gmw2466@usa.net. Check out my website also....
http://cambridgedove.com for more verifiable information on the
TRUTH. |
Dear lost
brother? Okay, now she's just asking for it.
Also remember that she's "not someone that goes around
calling people names." (Just wait until you read
the next email below.)
Before we continue, here's
a little 411 on Gail from Jesus is is Lord Prayer
Ministries:
"My only goal in this life
is to bring souls to Christ Jesus and spread the gospel to
all I can...I do not like secular TV, news--except World
News, and do not participate in any thing secular. Jesus is my
husband and we have a Beautiful relationship!!! My health
prevents a lot of getting things done on time, but I just pray
my way through it. I have three children--all girls that need
prayer--and four beautiful grandchildren. I am truly
blessed."
Jesus is her
husband? Hmmm. I wonder why...
Anyway, then
we swapped a few brief emails where I insulted her, she
insulted me, lather, rinse, repeat. Then I advised her
to seek some of that "male companionship" she's been missing
out on for all these years. You know, it might put a
smile on her face, maybe wash away some of that Christian
angst, quench her fire and brimstone demeanor. Look, I
was trying to get the poor gal laid. Then I told her I'd
think of her while I was doing likewise later that
evening. I must have struck a nerve as she
replied:
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From:
Judy Convertino [address withheld]
Sent: Saturday, September 01,
2007 6:10 PM
To: andy@godlessbastard.com
Subject: Re: GuestBook
From
Gail
I have
been "fucked" so many tunes it is unreal. But it
truly never gave me the pleasure that serving my living
God does, it is just a "human
feeling"...
Go out and fornicate
tonight....wonder why you don't marry the
bitch.
Is it because it is just one in a line of whores
that you plan to "fuck" all your life.
You are fucked
up in the head.
Gail
You are just
like every single man in the universe....all you do is
think about your sexual desires and use your penis to
think with instead of your brain.
Now...I
know why you don't serve God....He ain't down
there. | 
Okay, so the curtain's
been pulled way back and what we see behind it ain't
pretty. (Yes, that's Gail in the picture to the
left. And, no, that's not my Photoshop handywork you
behold. That picture came right off her public
photo-share account.)
Hands up. Any man
haters in the house? (Jesus is exempt,
apparently.) And that language! Tell me Gail, you
kiss your mother with that mouth? Everyone who knows me
knows I swear like a sailor, but at least I don't represent
otherwise.
So my girlfriend (who she
never even met and whose name she doesn't even know) is a
whore. And I'm "fucked in the head." (Isn't she a
little ray of sunshine?) But I find this declaration a
tad confusing as she just told me she's not the kind to go
around calling people names. But hey, Christians seem to
make up their own rules and I'm just not privy to the
guidelines of their hypocrisy. Perhaps there's some sort
of name-calling loophole in the bible that I'm not aware
of. You know, I'm pretty sure that Jesus referred to
Timothy as "that limp-dicked doubting douchebag."
But see, folks?
This is what my website is all about. Push, poke,
prod, offend. Offend them as they offend me. Then
sit back and watch how they respond. And the funny part
is, they're incapable of acknowledging that I'm completely
justified in giving them a taste of their own medicine.
They're justified in offending, I'm not. Simple as
that. They rationalize it all away because they think I
need to be saved.
Hypocrites. And here's your proof. She was the
first to click that Send button in a wholly
unsolicited manner and then has the temerity to
write...
From: Judy
Convertino [address withheld]
Sent: Monday, September 03,
2007 5:45 PM
To: andy@godlessbastard.com
Subject: Re: GuestBook
Hey,
idiot, you are the one who started all this....or is
your brain so small you can't remember
that? |
I gave Gail
a chance to get out of this mess with a simple apology, but
instead she opted to continue provoking me. And then she
went running to some woman named Wanda Lopez in the hopes that
maybe she could scare me into getting off her case.
Wanda thought she'd step in and put me in my
place...
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From:
Wanda Lopez [777wanda@bresnan.net]
Sent: Monday, September 03,
2007 5:52 PM
To: andy@godlessbastard.com
Subject: From Wanda - President of The
Cornerstone Connection - that house sites for
Judy
Convertino and Gail Wilkins!
Well,
Well, Well Mr. B. I have certainly come up against
some very skeptical people in my day, but sir: "YOU Take
The Cake!" May I introduce myself? I'm sure
it won't make much difference to you, but I have to do
what I feel is best, just like you do sir!
Why? Because we all care about
you!
To
start I began The Cornerstone Connection in 2002 as a
magazine. As you may know, it is now an online
magazine, because you must be somewhat intelligent to
have such a misleading web site! I say that in
love, but Andy it is the truth!
Judy
Convertino, Gail Wilkins and Bruce Prescott are the web
masters for my site. From this moment on I would
appreciate you directing all your delusional aspects to
me~ I absolutely will not pretend to go along with your
suicide mission. Everyone concernered with this
web site will be praying for you. You cannot run
from God- "He" will catch you! Judy, Gail, Bruce,
our prayer partners, and yes, myself- will be praying
for you. You shall see Mr. B- God has a way of
getting your attention. "He" also has a way of
getting the attention of Christians when they sway by
the way side. Mr. B- do you think we are perfect
because we are believers and Christians? We are
human also sir, and God will chastise his children when
they are doing something they shouldn't be doing.
I do pray as well as every member of this ministry that
you find Christ and salvation before it is too
late. I do not pretend to be perfect Mr. B- but I
know where and from whom my answer will come from.
What a lonely life you must lead by capturing the
attention of the ungodly to prove your point for your
own recognition. We do not hold animosity
toward anyone, however, if you come against the army of
God you shall be considered in our prayers and sir you
cannot stop us from praying for you!
All I
can do is pray that you are not left here during the
tribulation! If you are Mr. B only one thing I ask
of you? Once half the world has disappeared and
you are left here to face the existing tactics of the
antichrist and all the things the bible, yes, "The
Bible", tells you, you cannot say you have not been
warned.
You
see, I had an uncle that was an atheist! My cousin
was approximately the same age as me and was killed in a
car accident. My aunt was a believer in Christ,
but my uncle believed nothing! The most hurtful
thing I remember from my early twenties was when my
cousin had his funeral in a small church in the town we
lived in. My aunt was there but where was my
uncle? My uncle was at the bar getting drunk
because he did not believe in God and wouldn't even
attend his own son's funeral because it was in a
church.. I do pray you are not that shallow
sir.
"YOU" do not scare me or the
people involved with my ministry. We pray for you
and only you can make the decision to get out of the
hell - hole you are in and search for the truth.
However, I will conclude by telling you that Jesus loves
you and so do we, nonetheless, I have to protect those
that have hearts as big as Dallas! You are on a
very special and very particular warning! If you
contact anyone concerning this matter than me, then we
have no one else to turn to but God and the
authorities! I will not have you enforce your
doubt, sarcasms and your filthy mouth to anyone with
this ministry again. If you want fire you shall
have fire! Do Not Contact Judy Convertino or Gail
Wilkins Again. Understood?
Hope
you find the answers you are looking for, but that will
be impossible if God isn't in your life or your
heart. You are in our prayers.
Sincerely.
Wanda
P? S.
We are to fear the Lord God and in His word HE says that
you are not to touch "His" anointed children. So
please do your research, as I am sure you must have a
bible. You will see what I say is truth. If
you do not have a bible we will be more than happy to
send you one. Just provide an address.
We
sincerely care about you Mr. B, but you must give a
chance as you have chosen to give yourself a chance by
harassing my ministry. If you want me to call and
talk to you personally, all you need to do is provide a
phone number and I will be happy to call you and discuss
anything you have on your mind.
Rember- God rules- the devil is the one that call
out fools to serve him. You no longer have to be
one. Please hear us out. We are not about
the left or the right in, "politics"-we are about the
truth. Andy please explore the truth with us and
if you don't feel led, we can only continue to pray for
you as well as us. Just have an open mind,
please?
Sincerely in Christ,
Wanda |
Um, did I read that
right? I'm on a "very
special and very particular warning?" Are
you fucking kidding me? Big mistake, Wanda. Really
big mistake. But it was the schoolyard bravado of her
"Understood?" jab
that sent me over the edge. This miserable little troll
messed with the wrong person.
I let this miserable
little troll have it...
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From:
andy@godlessbastard.com
Sent:
Wednesday, September 05, 2007 12:21 AM
To: Wanda
Lopez [777wanda@bresnan.net]
CC:
Gail Wilkins [gmw2466@usa.net], Judy
Convertino [address withheld]
Subject: Okay, we'll do this
the hard way...
Wanda,
first enjoy (below) an email from the foul mouth of your
lovely webmaster. It's going on my site with all
her others as well as yours…and so are your email
addresses. Don't like it? Tough shit.
You shouldn't have emailed me. You waived all
rights to privacy when you clicked that Send
button. But now to the important stuff…
In your last email you wrote, "You are
on a very special and very particular
warning…"
[clearing throat]
I'm afraid that YOU are
on a "very special and very particular warning":
FUCK YOU.
I gave
you all a chance to apologize for provoking this
stranger, and you weren't smart enough to take it.
Now enjoy your moment of pause. Next time don't go
picking fights on the internet. If you don't want
solicited feedback about your site, then take your god
damn guestbook down. And if you choose to tell a
guestbook signer what you think about his [read: my]
feedback, then you will have just opened the door to a
well-deserved DEFENSIVE response. Don't like what
this has turned into? Go blame yourselves.
And blame yourselves twice. I gave you a (fairly)
graceful way out of it with a simple apology.
You
have no special authority to police ANYONE'S email
box. But since you started all the posturing, tell
Judy or Gail or whoever the hell she is, if she did in
fact use her roommate's email address to provoke a third
party, she may very well have committed a crime.
And if I'm so inspired I'll make a case of it.
Consider yourselves quite lucky…for the moment.
This atheist's grace far exceeds anything a Christian
might extend.
As for
your [making huge quote fingers] "warning" -- take heed
and don't threaten a stranger with such bravado.
He just might be neither impressed nor intimidated. (I'm
certainly not.) And I don't take kindly to
threats. Like I already told you, I'm a 3-time
cancer survivor. I'm also an atheist. [long
pause to give you a moment to think about that]
That is to say, you couldn't rattle me on your best day
with all your buddies backing you up.
Now
enjoy your foul-mouthed webmaster's public sin, and it
will be public shortly. Gail, it's my mission in
life to find all your Christian clients and share this
little tidbit with them. A simple apology will
spare you the shame. I'm fairly certain that Gail
didn't send this, but my response will be the same
either way. Do as you please. I don't care
one way or
another. |
I did send her a second
email acknowledging the tragic nature of her cousin's death
and offer my sympathy. (I'm a Godless Bastard -- but not
a cold-hearted one.) Regardless, my response changed
Wanda's and Gail's tone quickly. After crapping in her
pants (i.e. that Gail "...may very well have
committed a crime"), this woman with such big balls
suddenly shifted into a change-the-topic-quickly mode.
Also notice how she's now using her own email address, not
Judy's.
Frantically back-peddaling with
her tail between her legs and her fangs retracted back into
her big fat trap, she tried to bond with me through
her own personal medical sob story...
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From:
Gail Wilkins [gmw2466@usa.net]
Sent:
Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:09 AM
To: andy@godlessbastard.com
Subject: Re: Okay, we'll do this the
hard way...
I am
also a cancer survivor....and the last time I lost my
breast with it. I survived....I am also a heart
congestive failure class 4 survivor....I am surviving
Copd.....I am surviving a horrible car wreck where I
Literally was hit in the driver's door and run over by
the wheels of A 24 ton truck.....I have a lot of damage
done...but I am a survivor. I survived an enlarged
heart, heart disease, and am living and surviving
Shogren's Syndrone, and Lupus Sle---which is a
killer....but I am Surviving. I have lost my parents,
brother and sister...but I am a survivor...I am a
fighter and I know I will make it.....But the only
difference in you and me is I give God the glory for it
And you don't. And for that I am sorry. May God
look down on you and show you mercy, even though you are
an atheist. And I have prayed for you. Just
wanted you to
know. |
My response
was filled with skepticism as the 24 ton truck story seemed to
strain the limits of credulity. She claimed to have died
8 times (literally) on the helicopter flight to the trauma
center. She sent me 5 or 6 emails containing her medical
prescription list (40 drugs) and other sources of medical
documentation, including some rather disturbing
pictures. Okay, she was banged up pretty badly and she
survived. Mazel Tov. And I mean that
sincerely. (Really, I do.)
Anyway, after washing the
crap out of her pants she apologized. Take note that
there's not one single religious reference in this
response.
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From: Gail Wilkins [gmw2466@usa.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007
6:11 PM
To: andy@godlessbastard.com
Subject:
Re: Okay, we'll do this the hard
way...
I
wrote you and told you I apologized for the ugly
language. It is not of my character. I asked
the Lord to forgive me and I need to ask you also.
Please accept my apology for the filthy language I
used. The human in Me came out and I should not
have done it.
The
email below also came back as did the one asking your
forgiveness....Must be something wrong with my
email....I only got one from you personally in this
whole time....and I even checked my junk box and Spam
box....so perhaps you just did not write.
But I do mean what I asked of you.
Gail |
Okay, I
give her credit. Really, I do. So I sent heir an
email telling her "...to not lose any
sleep over it. It's over, now let's move
forward."
And then Wanda
replied. Talk about changing ones' tone. This
woman who threatened me with warnings if I did this or that
was suddenly asking for some grace.
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From:
Wanda Lopez [777wanda@bresnan.net]
Sent:
Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:51 PM
To: andy@godlessbastard.com
Subject:
RE: Okay, we'll do this the hard way...
Andy. I've meant to write you but I've had
a lot on my plate the last couple of days. My
brother had a heart transplant last month and has been
doing great. They put him back in the hospital two
days ago. I will write you when I can get my wits
about me. Will you please hold off placing the
emails on your site until I have a chance to write
you? It will be tonight or tomorrow.
Thanks
Wanda
Blessings to you
Andy. |
Wanda was obviously
nervous because before I had a chance to respond to her email
(above), she sent another panicky email just seven hours later
(below).
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From:
Wanda Lopez [777wanda@bresnan.net]
Sent:
Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:55 PM
To: andy@godlessbastard.com
Subject:
RE: Okay, we'll do this the hard way...
Hello
Andy. I'm writing to see if you received my
email. I truly want to talk to you before you post
those emails. I am not your enemy and I want to
know the story concerning this matter in its
entirety. I do believe you have some
kindness. If not- you would have never told me you
were sorry about my cousin. I can write you
tomorrow. I am very tired dealing with this
situation with my brother again. Please give me a
chance, and then you can do whatever you feel is
necessary. Thanks for calling off the dogs for
now. There are things we need to discuss, please
give me that chance.
Thank
you
Blessings to you and your loved ones,
Wanda
P/S -
There is no need to send this to Judy or Gail. I
prefer to talk one on one and resolve this
matter. |
Just as I
told Gail to not lose any sleep over it, I told Wanda the
essentially the same thing. And I gave her my word that
I wouldn't post the emails. But ones' word is only as
good as the future actions of those who provoke me. Of
course it should come as no surprise that Gail couldn't leave
well enough alone...
Click here to see the Christian propaganda
bullshit Gail sent me just 3 days later. [PDF]
Bear with me. We're almost
done. Here's my final email to her (and
Wanda):
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From: andy@godlessbastard.com
Sent:
Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:35:06 PM
To: Gail
Wilkins [gmw2466@usa.net]
Subject:
RE: In God We Trust?
First, you
shouldn't be impressed by that number (86%). It
*should* be higher. 95% of the world believes in a
supreme in one form or another. If anything, it
shows that the number is decreasing, which makes me
ecstatic. Thanks for passing the
confirmation. Second, the number is probably
inflated as most atheists keep their mouths shut for
fear of ridicule. Third, as money is the root of
all evil, printing that insipid and insecure phrase on
our currency is thoroughly illogical. And it's
pointless. I don't believe in silly sky gods, I'm
fairly affluent, and the phrase has zero influence or
impact. If anything, it only goes to show how
pointless and ineffective its placement is.
Fourth,
watch this: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MiJY5QiDwgs. It's way off-topic, but
entertaining as hell.
Fifth, are
you a complete idiot? I gave you a chance to walk
away gracefully and you weren't smart enough to take
it. Now you're sending me your mindless nonsense
to provoke me again? I'll assume for now that it
was sent to me in error. Wanda, I believe in
second and occasional third chances. I gave you my
word I'd let this go. I'd hate to break my
word.
You 100%
correct to think that sending me such bunk would have an
impact. Unfortunately for you it's not the impact
you like to see. There is no god and all who
believe otherwise are delusional. These lame
attempts to prove what you want so desperately to be
true reek of desperation and insecurity.
One more
email from you and everything gets everything published
on my site including names, email and home addresses,
and phone numbers.
Be smart and
walk away quietly. The Reply button is a
really bad idea right
now. |
Well, stupid is as stupid does. Gail
clicked that Reply button not once but twice. Judy
clicked it once as well. I'm sorry, was I not clear
enough? How dumb or stubborn must a person be?
Don't click Reply. Shut up and go away. That's all
they had to do. (Wanda is clearly the brains of the trio
as she's remained decidedly quiet since I called her
bluff.) Anyway, I won't bother posting their final 3
emails as it's just more of the same old Christian
tripe.
I admit that I was wrong about
Judy. I was able to verify that she and Gail are in fact
roommates, so I'll give consideration to the possibility that
Gail had Judy's consent to use her email
address. 
Gail and Judy (pictured on the
right) both live in York, South Carolina. If you Google
her email address you'll find this in her guestbook entries
all over the internet. She is publicly listed in the
White Pages of AnyWho.com and also provided her home
address and phone number for prayer assistance right on her
own website.
Since Gail voluntarily made herself so readily accessible feel
free to contact her for spiritual guidance and/or
feedback.
Is it cruel of me to post their
personal info and pictures on my site? Perhaps.
But that's what you get for calling my girlfriend a
whore. They should consider themselves quite
lucky. Having said that, Judy did stay out of this
imbroglio until its near end. But she did let someone
else use her name and email address, so she has only Gail to
hold accountable. The same applies to their pictures
that they voluntarily left all over internet. (They're
welcome to take mine from this site and do as they
please.)
Although I have the absolute
right to post any email received as it was received, I decided
to keep Judy's address off this site. Again I ask,
please leave her out of this should you choose to respond to
Gail or Wanda.
It's
a Small, Small World: Gail
Wilkins & Friends Revisited
I received an email from a woman
(let's call her "Lisa") who knows Judy Convertino
personally. Lisa stumbled upon my website while
searching for atheist-related information. We swapped
several emails but only the first is submitted here for your
consideration. She requested to remain anonymous for
obvious reasons.
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From: [name and
address withheld by request]
Sent:
Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:37 PM
To: Andy@GodlessBastard.com
Subject: "Gail force
windbag"
Dear
Andy,
I just
stumbled to your website today and I've been back
several times today reading different articles. I've
made several major changes in my life recently one
realizing that religion is bullshit and abandoning my
faith (or what was left of it) completely...thanks for
all the witty writings and hilarious content. Anyways,
about the 3 women that gave you so much trouble from
York, South Carolina. I am actually from there. I know
Judy, I used to go to church with her! She is a total
moron! Thanks for debunking that bitch and her buddies!
She called me a whore in church (I was 12) because I had
a crush on a Backstreet Boy and I was discussing how
attractive he was with several of the girls in youth
group. I'm such a slut, obviously. It's a small
world...
Thanks again
for making her life hell..if even for a few days. It
gave me a damn good
laugh. |
I'd wager a grand that Gail (and
the rest) would say that god brought Lisa to
me. Silly me. I thought it was Google.
Anyway, you know the routine.
Now excuse me while I go
puke.
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Wanda Lopez
Redux
You'd think
this nutcase zealot would have learned her lesson by
now, but I suppose some people are too wrapped up in delusion
to think clearly. Yes, to this day the woman continues
to send me her nonsense.
Enjoy Wanda's
most recent unsolicited offering of religious insanity.
Why she would send a prayer request to me defies
logic and all common sense.
From: 777wanda@bresnan.net
Sent:
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:57 PM
Subject:
URGENT!!!!!! PLEASE PRAY
ATTN All my family and prayer
partners
Dear Family and
Friends,
Hello everyone!
I need your attention please-A lot of you have been
praying and many of you have sent cards to my son.
I just got word that his parole hearing was today, the
23th . I am absolutely beside myself!!!!!
His hearing wasn’t supposed to be until tomorrow, but he
called tonight and they had his hearing without me
knowing anything about it. I am asking all
you to pray, pray, pray!!!!!!!!!!! I know in my
heart GOD is going to send my son home. Please
agree with me in prayer.
I will not faultier, I
will not fail. My God is in control of
everything. I know that he hears a mother’s
prayers and he will honor it. I believe he should
under the proof of the BIBLE that I stand for! MY
FAITH WILL NOT FAULTURE! MY SON WILL COME TO ME
and his family.!!!!!!! His sisters need him as well as
his parents. SATAN is a liar and I put him on notice- He
will never win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please pray with me
because I am truly running out of options. I need
my son home before I can die, before I can really learn
how to live! It has robbed me of so much since
2003; however, I will get it back!!!!
I love you all- I was
there when your children were in prison, please be there
for mine. It’s not just me that is hurting;
it’s his dad as well as our entire family. Also
consider his siblings, Traci (who has been so good to
this ministry through her writing) as well as my
youngest daughter Brandi. How can I express
the importance of a brother in their lives?????
I know my son is
coming home, period! Thanks for standing with
me!
Love you
all!!!
Wanda |
This
wackjob actually believes that Jesus (if properly motivated)
will nudge her son's parole board into cutting the poor
fellow some slack. But what I find
infinitely more disturbing is the company Wanda
keeps. I'm sorry, but exactly how many of your friends
have children in prison? Must be all those good
Christian values they're teaching in the home.
And
don't forget that Wanda will neither faultier nor
FAULTURE.
Anyway, just a few hours after
Wanda's previous email had been posted on the site the
emails came rolling in from those who decided to dig up a
little dirt of their own.
Here's just one of
many...
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Andy,
After reading
Wanda's letter rallying her fellow Christians to pray
for her lost lamb of a son, I just knew there were more
nuggets of shiny wackiness to be had. So I went
fishing on the internet. I found at least three
“prayer” sites with a similar letter posted.
Although all three of the posts were signed off as if
Wanda wrote them, two of the letters were under Gail's
email address.
I was able to
find Wanda's wayward offspring, Duane Lopez (Prisoner
135476), enjoying the hospitality of the
Delta Correctional Facility in Colorado.
It seems that
Duane's latest troubles stem from a burglary in March of
2007 were he was given a four year sentence. While
out on parole in October of 2007, he was sentenced to
two years for motor vehicle theft. According to
the prayer request letters, Duane was on parole yet
again when he was found consuming alcohol and sent back
to Colorado's Delta Correctional Center. It may be
that Mr. Lopez was given parole in lieu of prison time
for the two felonies on his record. I was unable
to find any more detailed information on his
incarcerations.
It appears
that poor Duane didn’t get his parole this time
around. He is up again next July, so standby for
another flurry of prayer requests. I don't think
Mr. Lopez is an innocent man living in a hell hole of a
prison so I won’t lose any sleep worrying about his
housing conditions.
Amidst all
the hyperbole of Wanda's email (I loved the literary
train wreck of “I need my son home before I can die,
before I can really learn how to live!”) she mentions,
“It has robbed me of so much since 2003...” I’m
not sure what “it” is, but it may refer to her son's
history of hooliganism. Keeping him behind bars
may be the best solution for society.
We would all
have been disappointed if Ms. Lopez had not invoked
SATAN as the cause of all her family’s woes. Duane
could not possibly be responsible for his own
misdeeds. It’s that evil Beelzebub that keeps
making her poor son steal and violate his
paroles.
Andy you
should be proud of your status with Wanda. The
threat she gave Satan (“Satan is a liar and I put him on
notice. He will never win!”) doesn’t compare to
the smack down she tried to threaten you with during the
great email dustup.
Toward the
last part of her email Wanda wrote something that made
me vow never to go near her church members or friends or
even to drive through her town.
She wrote, “I
was there when your children were in prison, please be
there for mine.”
Are the
majority of her friend's children felons?
[Anonymous] |
You might be thinking that it's
awfully unfair of me to keep posting this negative information
about Wanda or her son (who doesn't even know me). And
maybe on some level that's true.
But this is not about
Wanda or her son. This is about
principle. If she's going to
be so brazen and stubborn in her quest to proselytize to those
who have continually told her to stand down, then I say
she needs (and deserves) a moment of pause. As for
her son, nothing personal, but he has bigger fish to
fry.
This woman keeps shoving her god-crap in my
face in an UNSOLICITED manner. Offense and decency flows
both ways, but Christians seem to think it's a one-way
street. Wanda must not be allowed
to continually push her god agenda on people and expect
to not have it come back to haunt (and taunt) her.
She
arrogantly declares, "Satan is a liar and I put him on
notice. He will never win!" (She threw a similar threat at me, FYI.) If
her balls are big (and hairy) enough to threaten SATAN, then
neither proportion nor parity give her cause to accuse me
of unfairly tormenting her -- which she did. (I have
chosen for personal reasons not to publish that email
on this site.) At any rate, if she can so boldly bitch
slap Satan then she can certainly deal with anything that
I have to say.
Someone pee in your Post Toasties,
Wanda? Go blame your own careless, arrogant
actions.
Until next time...
Hawking
Mortgage & Salvation
I'll keep it
short and sweet and this warrior of god will tell the story
himself. Some unknown bible-punching mortgage broker
(with whom I had no prior correspondence) spammed me with his
message of Christ's love and the (admittedly subtle) offering
of sound mortgage guidance. Click here to read his email in PDF
format.
Take note of his footnote disclaimer: "You
received this email as a result of your ongoing business
relationship with Darren Meade." This is 100%
unadulterated Christian bullshit. You see, Christians
are allowed to LIE as long as
they're trying to win souls over to Christ.
Darren may
be reached for more unsolicited religious rhetoric at
dmeade@victorylenders.com or (866) 676-4325. Yes folks,
salvation is toll-free! (The email address and
phone number are both dead. Read on to learn
why.)
Update: Since this rant was first updated
to the site (sometime in 2006), I found the following
self-authored blurbs about Darren on two different
websites:
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My name is Darren Meade
with Victory Mortgage Lenders, and I look forward to
working with you. Together, we can work through
this and position ourselves to really succeed when this
[real estate] cloud lifts, ensuring great years
ahead.
www.victorylenders.net
[dead link]
darrenmeade.zaadz.com [dead
link]
Darren Meade is a national and local real
estate financing expert. He is available for speaking
engagements, personal coaching and consultations. He may
be reached at (949)
499-1785. |
| Over the course of several years I went from
being homeless to living in a condo on a golf course and
representing the United States in international
events culminating in winning the middleweight
title of the IFBB Mr. North America bodybuilding
competition. At the same time I co-founded a nutritional
which exploded in the nutrition market and by age 27 I
made my first million. Being young, I then squandered my
first 3 million to turn around and build it again and
again...slow learner at
times! |
First, I'm not too inclined to
believe much of this, but I can tell you that Victory
Lenders (which he owned) is now out of
business. His website is gone, no trace of the
company can be found anywhere, and his email address and all
of his phone numbers lead nowhere or to someone else.
And remember, he's available for speaking engagements,
personal coaching, and consultations. I mean, how can
you possibly go wrong?
Now read this glowing
endorsement of Darren's business savvy and
character:
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Much like Darren Meade
of Victory Lending (Yes, the homeless boy turned
bodybuilder turned nutritional supplement king turned
mortgage lender), one wonders exactly how much koolaid
they might have consumed, and if there will be any
long-term mental health impacts to the frequent
regurgitation of bull. However, at least with David
Lereah, there is at least some formal education to
qualify him as a somewhat credible source; if my
personal trainer began giving me financial advice, I
might have to ask him to stick to what he knows
best...it’s the ultimate expression of the shoeshine boy
offering stock tips.
However, the difference
between the 2 seems to me to be the voracity of their
arguments. In one case, Darren obviously believes the
crud he’s sharing. He speaks with all of the voracity of
a Koresh believer. He might rather endure great pain or
even death before admitting any wrong. His lending will
only end when those providing the money end it for him.
Consider that he might actually lack the mental
discernment ability to know that what he’s selling is
toxic waste of the lending
kind. |
Finally, enjoy a whiff
of Darren's delusion and mindless
rationalizations. Just Google his name.
You'll find endless nuggets of sage real estate and
soul-saving advice. He fancies himself a philosopher and
spews his wisdom prolifically on Gaia.com.
I wonder if he's still living on
that golf course. Doubtful, I think. Hey, perhaps
Jesus can assist.
High
Altitude Attitude
Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain
has turned off the Fasten Seat Belt sign and you may now move
about the cabin, but as a safety precaution please keep your
seatbelt securely fastened while seated. You may now
turn on your electronic devices such as calculators, CD
players, and laptop computers.
Yippie! The green
light. I dug my laptop out of my briefcase, fired it up,
and began to type...
It's Thursday, 7 September 2006,
5:46 PM (E.S.T.) to be exact, and I'm cruising at 30,000
somewhere just outside Las Vegas. (Just for the record,
I don't see god up here either.) Anyway, Southwest
flight 607 from Sin City to Burbank is rather uneventful --
except for the BIBLE-PUNCHING MORON sitting next to me.
Well, actually, we're one empty seat apart, which is good
because if he were any closer I'd vomit. So, I'm on the
aisle and Christ's buddy is sitting in the window seat, and he
just placed his bible between us -- face up, of course.
And it's upside down to him (right side up to me) so I can
read the title clearly:
Each time I glance to my
left the book has miraculously inched its way closer.
Hmmm. Could it be the omnipotent finger of god nudging
it toward me? Of course not. This guy was looking
for a conversation opener. I spent 12 years (on and off)
traveling for work and I've seen it a hundred times.
It's the mid-flight conversion tactic. A travel
classic!
I smell a desperate attack
about to commence where the prize is another soul won over for
Christ. Fine. I'm bored. I'm a captive
audience. I'll play along.
Hey, wait. I have an
idea. Cache files! Yes! Internet cache
files! I haven't cleared those bastards off my laptop in
ages, so there must be some trace of GodlessBastard.com
sitting in my temporary internet files folder. (For
those of you who don't know, even without an internet
connection you can navigate to previously viewed web pages if
you set your browser to work off-line.)
Don't go anywhere, I'll be
right back. This godless bastard is about to launch a
pre-emptive rhetoric attack.
[about 5 minutes pass]
God damn, that was
fun. Okay, you're confused now. Let me recap what
just happened. 
First, the bait. My
new evangelical friend was on the lookout for a reaction, so I
handed him one on a silver platter. I made a point of
glancing at his book of myths whenever he looked in my
direction. Cool. The moron smelled some
interest. (Christians are so easy to work, ain't
they?)
As if inspired by divine revelation, I
feverishly hammered at my laptop keyboard. What I was
actually doing was writing this rant, but he was probably
thinking, "Hmmm. What is this about? What
exactly is this bald ugly bastard typing on that
thing?"
After several minutes of
alternatively glancing at his bible and then typing
frantically, I started to s-l-o-w-l-y rotate my laptop screen
counter-clockwise so that he could see ... 5 degrees ... 10
degrees ... 15 degrees ...
Slowly he craned his neck to
snoop...
"More, you
bastard! Turn it just a little bit...uh...um...What the
fu...? Godless Bastard?"
His eyes were fixed on
that screen as I led him through the silent tour of my
site.
Out of the corner of my
eye I saw him reach out and pull his book of fairy tales back
to its starting position up against his leg. He pulled
it close and tapped it a few times as if to say, "Fear
not, my friend. We'll get the next one."
Happily, he retreated and kept his mouth shut.
As the plane started its
descent over Los Angeles, the saved one turned to watch the
city below through his window. No doubt he was still
stewing in the missed opportunity to save another
soul.
And then the coup de grace...
Thinking quickly, I
grabbed a pen and a piece of paper and scribbled down the
following cryptic URL: committed.to/lovejesus. (Oh,
come on. Click it. You know you want
to.) 
As my bible-punching
friend peered out his window to behold god's amazing
creation below, I stuck my note under the cover of his
bible. Seemed like a fitting place to put it. With
any luck he's reading this story right now.
Unlike your average
Christian, I provide at least some evidence to back up my claims.
Sorry about the crappy
quality of the image, but I managed to snag a quick shot
(left) with my cell phone camera while he was looking out the
window.
Enjoy your stay in delusion or
wherever your final destination may be.
Restituto: Preying, Not
Praying
Several years ago I
received a bone marrow transplant in a last ditch effort to
cure my lymphoma. While I was in protective isolation, I
received the following letter (via email) from a fellow
employee. Prior to receiving his message we never met or
spoke. We were total strangers. He found out
through the grapevine that I had some serious mednical
problems. Religious fanatics love to preach to those
they feel are most vulnerable, such as a person who has been
stricken by a life-threatening illness or someone who has just
lost a loved one. They believe this optimizes their
chances of being listened to. Religious fanatics are
cowards, so they prey on those who they perceive are
weak. The emotionally downtrodden are weak and are
therefore less likely to fight back. Basically, they're
an easy target.
Of course, he had no idea
I was an atheist...
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You
don't know me but I heard about your fight with cancer
and would just want to wish you the best.
I also
heard that you have been a two-time survivor of this
battle.
I also
wish you some food for thought that hopefully would not
only enable you to win battles but win the war
itself. After surviving this ordeal once, it is
natural to think that you are living on "borrowed
time". Surviving it the 2nd up to the nth time to
me means that The Great Creator of whom we shall all
give an account some day loves you enough to give you
time to make a difference not only in your life but
perhaps as you influence the life of others.
Here's
hoping therefore that you would have settled the issue
of eternity with The Author and Finisher of Life and
Faith - the Lord Jesus Christ. Once that's
settled, the issue of life and death just melts under
the wonderful experience of His Presence in your
life. That experience has been known time and
again to even result in true healing physically and
totally.
God
bless you, Andy!
Restituto |
I'm sure Restituto was a
really nice guy, but I had to put him in his place.
I thanked him sincerely
for his concern, but made it clear (in a respectful, benign,
and funny manner) that I was a devout atheist and that I
managed to survive two prior bouts with cancer without praying
to a god I knew didn't exist. Funny, but I never heard
from him again. I mean, he gave up awfully fast for a
guy with the almighty on his side.
What ever happened to this
concerned Christian who seemed to know what was in my best
interests? It couldn't possibly have been that I was a
lost cause. Christians don't give up that easily, do
they? And nothing was beyond the power of his lord,
right? So why did I never hear from him again? It
certainly wasn't because he respected my beliefs. It's
not like I yelled at him or told him to get lost.
I never received ANY
subsequent acknowledgement like, "Sorry, no offense
intended. I was just offering my prayers and best wishes
for a speedy recovery..." or something to that effect.
He disappeared without another single word because my atheism
was a threat to his faith. He ran in search of weaker
prey. He ran in search of someone who's in distress,
very afraid, very weak, and very desperate.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Hebrew
Fish
Here's another example
from a former client of mine. He gave me a copy of the
New Testament (in English and Hebrew on alternating pages)
while enduring the worst days of the transplant. There's
no doubt that the Hebrew aspect of this particular bible was
to establish some credibility as he thought I was
Jewish. (He didn't know I was actually an atheist)
At any rate, it was a pretty sad tactic for him to
employ.
This is what he wrote on
the inside cover: 1 and 2 [PDF]
You'd think a guy would
crack when facing his darkest days in a bout with
cancer. I mean, I can't blame the guy for taking a shot,
but the Godless Bastard ain't that weak.
Are there atheists in the
foxholes? You bet your ass there are!
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"There are no atheists in the
foxholes."
Carlos P.
Romulo
Sorry
there, Carlos, but there are many
atheists who remained steadfast in their disbelief
through life-threatening events. Through three
bouts with cancer, not only did I never turn to god, but
my atheism was actually strengthened. Ironically,
so many of my weaker fellow cancer patients turned to
god, prayed for healing, and subsequently dropped like
flies -- one after another. Seems to me they
needed a better battle
plan. |
Taking the Express Checkout
Lane
Check out this soldier
ofgod: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Trail/5697/suicide2.htm
First, you'd think anyone
with half a brain would be smart enough to know that suicidal
people aren't just going to stumble upon your homegrown
website, but I suppose no act of conversion is too desperate
for some. And imagine the nerve to actually state just
below the offer to help you not kill yourself:
"Please,
if God so leads you, make a donation to help with this
site. I will used [sic] the money for the internet and
to upgrade the site to banner free."
You're about to kill
yourself and this Christian humanitarian wants to get a free
upgrade so the pop-up banners won't distress other suicidal
people? Okie dokie.
And don't you just love
his "we are not doctors"
disclaimer? Yeah, no shit.
But the most bizarre
aspect, by far, of this very strange person's website are the
ads for internet dating and low interest rates (and others)
that appear before the suicide help. Nice touch, don't
you think? In case you decide check it out yourself,
take note that the ads change each time you click "Welcome
and Please Enter."
Christian Defense Mechanism:
Censorship 
This soldier of
god spewed so many faulty textbook reasons to
believe that I lost count. Let's start off with the
subject line: The Lord is OUR
Savior [her emphasis]. Just like every other
bible-punching Christian on the planet, she speaks for
everyone else. Her god is your god.
But I think the last
sentence of her email says it all. This is a classic
Christian knee-jerk defense mechanism: censor anything that
challenges your belief system.
Now close your eyes and
imagine a censorship-happy idiot like this serving on a
jury. (Yes, that's Amelia shown on the
left.)
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