God Haters

20 years ago, Herbert W. Armstrong wrote, “Most humans are passively hostile against God. They simply do not normally think about God. If God is mentioned they become embarrassed and often try to change the subject.”

Today, it appears that people are no longer passive in their hatred for God - but they have become active, intentional, maliciously hostile against God. There appears to be a systematic elimination of God from public life.

In Kentucky

In December of 2008, the American Atheists, Inc filed suit against the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security for hanging a plaque that quotes Psalm 127: “Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” AAI’s president, Ed Buckner, declared, “I’m not aware of any other state or commonwealth that is attempting to dump their clear responsibility for protecting their citizens onto God or any other mythological creature.”

In D.C.

Washington D.C.’s new $600 million Capitol Visitor’s Center (built with your tax money) has been sanitized of all Christian heritage to appease the God-haters. The historical fact that church services were once held in the Capitol building as an official congressional function for most of America’s history has been replaced with a lie, that worship services were only “permitted”. Article VII omits the phrase, “In the year of our Lord”. And from Article III of the Northwest Ordinance, the words, “Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind” have been omitted. The words, “In God we trust” which are etched above the Speaker’s head in the House Chamber are missing in the model displayed in the Visitor’s Center.

The American Humanist Association is funding a campaign in our nation’s capital to put signs on public buses which read, “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness sake.”

Books & Documentaries

Perhaps the most vocal God-Hater today is Richard Dawkins, a professor at the University of Oxford. He has recently published The God Delusion belligerently attacking people of faith. Dawkins writes, “...if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I would rather not consider that).” Elsewhere, he writes, “I don’t think it is too melodramatic to say that civilization is at war. It is at war against religious bigotry.” Unfortunately, Dawkins is not alone in his attacks against those who believe in God. Christopher Hitchens authored a book entitled, God Is Not Great. He writes, “Imagine how peaceful the world would be if only people would give up religion.” Comedian Bill Maher released his documentary, Religulous, (the highest grossing documentary in America in 2008) where he continuously makes fun of people of faith. He calls the Bible “A fairy tale”.

The Freedom of Religion Foundation boasts, ”The secular revolution that hit Europe several decades ago is finally making inroads in the United States, with surveys showing that 14% to 16% of the adult population now registers as nonreligious. It's a 'sign of the times' that those of us who are nonreligious, freethinkers, atheists, and agnostics, are coming into our own," said Dan Barker, Foundation co-president and author of Losing Faith in Faith.

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2 Timothy 3 says, “There will be terrible times in the last days...” because “people will be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.” Could it be that the terrible times we are facing right now are a direct result of this scripture being fulfilled? Will America become a better place, as the atheists suggest, for abandoning our faith in God? Or will it become worse?

Don’t be a God-Hater.

Go Bless,

Pete Baumgartle, Lanesville, Indiana


...since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done... They are... God-haters... - Romans 1:28-32

…in the last days scoffers will come, following their own evil desires, deliberately forgetting all that God has done - 2 Peter 3:3

...the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. - Romans 8:7


If 92% of Americans believe in God (2008 Pew Poll), then why is the remaining 8% controlling America