Scoffing at all that's holy since 2004 LOVE AND HATE Below is a small random sampling of mail received over the past month.  If you send me mail I reserve the right to post it.  However, I will honor your request to withhold your name and address.  Anonymous correspondents are identified by a 4-digit ID number.  I will forward your comments to them by request. Note: As an anti-spam measure, @ has been replaced with <at> in all email addresses. From:  #0258 [withheld by request] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 3:36 PM Subject: Thank God I'm a compulsive editor Hi Andy: I have enjoyed your site, but haven't yet read it all.  Today I was concentrating on this part: [Editor's Note: I omitted a list of typos for me to correct.] In my case, your arguments are like preaching to the choir, although very entertainingly so, and I have told many of my fellow atheists of your site.  The only disagreement I would offer is your refusal to patronize In-N-Out burgers because of their messages.  Although I do very little fast-food eating, at least two people (independently) have told me that In-N-Out makes VERY good hamburgers.  If the messages are as well concealed as those on the coffee cups, then I would think refusing to patronize them is likely to fall into the nose-spite-face category.  I have done strangers favors, they have said something like "God bless you", and I haven't taken offense.  Different strokes .... Keep up the good work.  (Please keep me anonymous.) Harry From: sarah.neeley<at>yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:08 PM Subject: love your site greetings fellow atheist comrade! :D love your site! A lot of info indeed. I could use some of that for my church debates. *thumbs up* anyway, just would like to say keep up the good work. Hopefully your site will give me some good debate techniques. (or maybe you already did :p) and thanks for those ppl's emails. Ameila chick looks hot! (even though she believes in a totalitarian government lol) well, hope to hear from you. But i understand if you're too busy. Love, Sarah. Kisses! :-* From: bluestarchic<at>gmail.com Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:27 AM Subject: Thank you! Andy- Thank you for keeping your wonderful site up and running. It's great to see someone who refuses to give in to "political correctness" to avoid offending someone's beliefs. Irrationality and stupidity should always be pointed out and dissected, but especially in the case of people who try and impose their imaginary friend and his punishments on society as a whole. Keep up the great work! -Cherie Moy From: fprimus<at>gmail.com Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 12:24 PM Subject: site feedback... Hi Andy, I haven't read all of it yet and the parts that I have read were very interesting.  I didn't bother to copy and paste the email that you suggested to inform you that as a 'true believer'  that you are misinformed as I am an atheist as well. Good work!  And do keep it up! ciao, furlan From: sdsarver<at>gmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:58 PM Subject: Hello Andy You my friend are a genius. I'm an atheist so no hate mail from me to you. Just a big thank you. Seth Sarver From: scott<at>norris-cleaning.com.au Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 7:10 PM Subject: HEY MATE G'day Andy   While perusing some sites recommended by my 15 year old son, somewhere between "Fundies say the Darndest Things" and "catsthatlooklikehitler.com" I somehow ended up on your top quality site.   Ah so refreshing was it to see that from the Land of the Free comes a creature so similar to those that surround me here in sunny Canberra! It was like coming home after a long holiday!!   I made the mistake of entering into an internet relationship with some fellow Harley riders in Kansas many years ago, and we kind of became friends and even discussed them visiting Australia and staying with us....Then after 911 it all turned to shit when they started on with all this jeebers stuff!   I ended our relationship with an email that said something like - "and do you not realise that your blind babbling about your crappy religion, jeebers and god is almost identical to the ramblings of the extreme muslims that you hate so much?"   I never heard from them again!!   Maybe you should start your own organisation, similar to the catholic church, only with making money as your prime purpose while actually admitting it?   Religion is a crock, most bible bashers are not what they purport to be, and the best people I know wouldn't go to church if you paid them.   What's gone on at the catholic schools and orphanages in Canada, the US and here says it all, and the best one I saw was the catholic church telling our then Prime Minister last year that he should apologise to the Aboriginal people for taking their children from them, when it was the fucking church that did it in the first place!!! (and molested and mistreated them while they were doing it!!).   We don't have many fundies down here, and most people conduct their lives openly and honestly and don't need some wanker in a robe to tell them what to do and take their money!!   Have fun, treat people how you like to be treated, help people in need (if they deserve it), work hard, look after your family and protect them at all costs, drink beer, watch a little porn, follow your favourite team, ride motorbikes and have lots of barbeques with your friends and you can't go wrong!!   I'll have a better look at your site when I get time, but from what I've seen you have it spot on!   Take it easy mate!   Cheers   Scott From: michel_bangkok<at>lavabit.com Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:16 PM Subject: Greetings from Thailand Greetings from Bangkok Mr. Andy Stumbled upon your site during one of my trips to the undefined searches allowed by this great tool (http://www.stumbleupon.com), as Atheism is one of my preferred "random" subject.  It is not in my habit to comment on blogs, articles or...web sites, but here is the exception that confirms the rules (my rules). In a nutshell, CONGRATULATIONS, for having the guts, the patience and the wits to assemble and keep online your "beliefs" or lack of it, as, to make a long story short, the intent of this communication is only to send you positives vibes from Thailand, where I reside for the last 20 years. In case you would have any doubts, while you are using "slightly" more assertive statements than Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens or even Sam Harris, the no-nonsense conclusions are the same and I do endorse 100% of the content and positions that you have well described, so we could not start an argument here... Noted that you really focus on Christians, but leave mostly alone (with few exceptions on some pages) Hindus, Jews, Buddhists and especially Muslims (almost completely), the later where the greatest threats, in my humble opinion, remain for mayhem and confrontations (not with the worldwide Christian fanatics) based on "religious" positions in our 21st century world, take only the Danish cartoons as one token example of intolerance in addition to the "Alahu Akbar" summary execution you have inserted.  You may have treated this focus, but do not recall having perused through such elements either in your FAQ or elsewhere as to why such "discrimination" ?  Fear of a fatwa - the Salman Rushdie syndrome >:-} ? More seriously I was born close to Montreal (Quebec) in a French Catholic very strict environment during the baby boomers period, became agnostic at around 14-15 years old and atheist about 6-8 years ago.  Today, at 56 years young, my trip (the spiritual one) is not yet completed but some of the questions have been answered, and atheism is one key part of it, thank's to the gods (pun intended). Wishing you luck with your future activities and endeavours, and please, by all means keep your unique sense of humour - what a great asset ! All the best, Michel PS: And yes, no hesitation to add me on your mailing list, if so such thing still exists; what a pleasure it will be to read your "kind and lovely" poetry on a regular basis - thank's in advance. All letters from January through August have been moved to the 2008 archive below. You can download previous Love and Hate Mail in PDF format:  2008  2007  2006  2005 Copyright © 2004 The Godless Bastard. All Rights Reserved.