Not to be disrespectful, but I also don't understand why the Christians are embracing this as a symbol. It would be as if their god said "sorry I didn't do anything to prevent this tragedy that killed thousands of people, but here's a cross. Hope it makes you feel better".  It kind of makes me shudder a little bit.

Heaven, hell, purgatory it's all the same to me.... nonexistent. However even as a self described militant atheist I too tell people to go to hell. It's no big deal.

Fact is that the museum is meant to be a collection of important artifacts from 9/11, and regardless of your religious beliefs the men and women who were working the site in the days after 9/11 found this cross and attached their own significance to it. It was featured prominently during the recovery of bodies and removal of wreckage, gave comfort to many of the workers, and is an iconic part of the history of 9/11 and the days after. It belongs in the the museum for that reason alone. 

Work your religious magic on your home turf, not ours...and keep out of little children's bums.

The issue is that it has been dified. If they just said ... "here is a remanant of the original WTC after the attacks and it is a T-joint ... some people think it looks like a cross ... some just a symbol of perseverance" then it would be cool. But they got a priest to turn it into an actual religious symbol. It is not a t-joint anymore. People who want to keep it there are essentially saying there is no difference between regular food and Kosher or Halal food. Technically there isn't. But people still buy Kosher and Halal foods because they have been made a certain way to ideologically no longer be the same as their non-Kosher or Halal counter parts. The t-joint is the same thing. It is no longer ideologically a symbol of the original WTC or NYC. It is now a religious symbol. If the WTC had been a church ... fine. But it wasn't. The "cross" needs to go.

I say god bless you when someone sneezes and god damnit sometimes and I'm an anti-theist/atheist.  I think if anything that just shows the power of indoctrination and brainwashing in our society. 

I stopped saying God bless you. I don't say thank you when someone says it to me. Maybe they'll realize that I don't do that.

Why say God bless you if you don't believe in God?

Yeah, I'm not sure why that's such a big deal. It's not as if Christians who say "god damn it" are actually being religious in that moment. It's just something people say. It has literally no religious meaning at all.

Oh no!

Atheists destroy their own fascade of logic and reason by raging against the symbols of the same "invisible man in the sky" they claim doesn't exist.

It's like taking out your hatred of the worship of
Popeye on spinach :o)

Do you think we should build a mosque on ground zero? If you don't believe Allah is the prophet of god, why rally against him?

Nonsense. We rail against the believers, not their fake daddy god. 

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Or we don't want the US of A turning into an xtain theocracy.

Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your
Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in
secret, will reward you.

TESTIFY!

Andrea Peyser is Jewish?  Jews don't believe in hell. So lets all enjoy the stupidity of a person that does not believe in hell telling another person that doesn't believe in hell to go to hell.
The stupid...it hurts.

You mean to tell me that there isn't a Jewish Star of David somewhere in the rubble of the World Trade Center's debris?!?   Can this be possible?!?!  
 
I mean- is the 'I-Beam Crucifix' the only sign that the Jesus Christ was out to lunch on 9/11. . . .and couldn't get back in time to protect all of the people who died in that incident!
 
OK- OK- So let the Pope issue an official apology on behalf of Jesus, and maybe even his 'virgin' mother Mary. . .  and even the former Saint. . . now known as Mr. Christopher!  ( Hey- how about looking for a Muslim Star & Crescent in the rubble of 9/11. . . after all, shouldn't we Americans be giving credit where credit is due!! ) What a universal joke America is becoming!!

Atheists are the last group of minorities that people find acceptable to publicly hate or in this case, to call for their eternal suffering. Imagine the public calls for her resignation if she'd written "Jews can go to hell" or the outrage if she'd written "Muslims can go to hell" or "Christians can go to hell" or "Scientologists can go to hell".....but "Atheists can go to hell", people are fine with. WELL, F#CK THAT AND F#CK YOU, Andrea.

atheists are not the minority here.

Mr. Silverman, you go against all God intended you to be.  You receive your very name and heritage from God.  God chose the Jews to reveal Himself to the world.  He gave you the Patriarchs, the divine glory, the covenants, the law, the temple worship, the promises, and through the Jews is the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all.
God told Abraham that through him and his descendants He would bless the world.  You are one of his descendants, yet you use the gifts, talents, and abilities God has given you to war against God and to lead people away from their Maker. 
 
Can a person with abilities given to him by his Creator, go to war against His Maker with those abilities and prevail?
 
God is gracious, Mr. Silverman.  He is in the business of forgiving.  It's not too late for you to be the blessing God intended you to be.  http://atheistlegitimacy.blogs...