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05 Feb 2008
Radical Christian hackers have been waging an online war against atheism.
The hackers repeatedly attacked MySpace's Atheist and Agnostics Group page, deleting groups and members and renaming the site 'Jesus is Love'.
MySpace shut down the group last month despite having promised to keep it up after earlier hack attacks.
The site was put back up in February, but some members are still being barred and some discussions are lost. MySpace has yet to comment on the issue.
"MySpace is running foul of existing laws on religious tolerance," said Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society.
"It is disgraceful that this site was taken down. It is religious discrimination because these actions will protect religious hackers to the detriment of others.
"There is a growing concern from radical Christians about these kinds of atheist websites and they are becoming much more aggressive."
Bryan Pesta, the Atheist and Agnostics Group moderator, started the group in 2004 and claims that it is the largest online gathering of atheists and agnostics.
"We are rebuilding from a recent hacking that banned most regulars and deleted many of the threads that gave us our character," the page states.
"I owe someone at MySpace a thanks for restoring the group, but at the risk of pushing my luck, 'unbanning' the regulars would be really cool too."
MySpace was acquired last year by News International, which is owned by born again Christian Rupert Murdoch.
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it just proves again
it just proves again that religious people are f**king morons
Posted by: Geert 05 Sep 2009
but seriousely!
a christian would not have any reason to hack your site ! they would simply pray for intervention on your behalf and god would take care of the rest ,thats what im gonna do !! God bless you !!
Posted by: prayer warrior 06 May 2008
JESUS always prayed and got results!
I'm a CHRISTion, I believe in prayer because it's not useing our bronze that wakes someone up to the truth, it's faith! If we live our lives that reflect the love of CHRIST, then others will see that we live what we believe. Iv'e experienced (litterly) GOD'and his miracles and thedarkone! I'm happy to say that I chose everlasting life instead of everlasting death. I question the real motives of the hacker or hackers. JESUS never forced people to come to him. I'm having a hard time right now with our daughter not wanting to go to church but we told her that we have to answer to GOD and that she can hang out with all her friends, go to the mall, play her ipod, go to her school dances,get on her myspace be on the phone and tons of other things, then all I ask, (we, my husband and I) is to go to church every other Sunday. Not much to ask seeing how she can do and have all these things. Im off the track a bit but you know what I mean. Thanx 4 letting me comment. ps what if it wasn't them? pss CHRISTions aren't perfect we don't claim to be.
Posted by: Gospellover3 13 Feb 2008
So much for freedom of speech
It is very sad that some people feel the need to quash other's perfectly legitimate opinions - as lets face it, there are very few established "facts"; so it must be a case of personal interpretation and opinion. Why did people feel the need to do this? Is it a case of intolerance towards others with differing views? Is it because the attacked pages were perceived as a threat - if so why? If religions are to survive the 21st century, they are going to have come up with realistic answers to peoples questions - not try to silence them.
Posted by: Mr Seely 08 Feb 2008
Very Interesting
It is just as likely that it was just some people that wanted to make it look like Christians that had done it. It is kind of like the people that hold signs like "Gays are going to hell" at a completely loving gathering that make everyone look like hate mongering bigots.
Posted by: Phillip Eaton 07 Feb 2008
If only....
the delusions and superstitions that plague the world could be as easily removed from public consciousness as the deletion of a MySpace profile. "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man?s enemies will be the members of his household." Matthew 10:34
Posted by: mark darmo 06 Feb 2008
A hacker is no radical Christian
There is no such a thing as a "Radical Christian hacker". Being a hacker is not something that Jesus teaches us in the Bible, and if someone is called a radical Christian, it is simply because he/she strictly follows the teaching of the Bible. Hacking is a criminal act and you cannot blame radical Christianity for it. It is not in our hearts to do this type of thing. Whoever did this, Christian or not was mistaken.
Posted by: Patrick 05 Feb 2008