Kevin Sorbo: Atheists Are Angry Because They Secretly Know God Exists And Is Judging Them

[big_dog]

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God Is Not Dead actor Kevin Sorbo provided one answer to the question he has been asking repeatedly on the film’s DVD promotional tour — “Why are atheists so angry at something they don’t believe in?” — on Christian radio host Rick Wiles’ show Tuesday. Atheists, he claimed, secretly believe that God exists, and are upset with him because they know he is going to judge them. They are a “small group of people, and they get on Fox or CNN and they rant and they rave,” Sorbo said, “and I pretty much based my character [in God Is Not Dead] off of these guys that I see who are just angry — they’re just filled with anger and hatred.”

“On the one hand,” he continued, “I feel sorry for them, but then I kind of laugh at them. Why would anybody spend so much time ranting and raving about something they don’t believe in?” After a brief digression about how “the chipping away of religion” has “brought the country down,” Sorbo claimed that “85 or 90 percent of the people in this country” believe in God, and that they’re offended when atheists use the courts to compel Christians to respect the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.

At this point, host Rick Wiles chimed in, saying “I don’t believe in the Tooth Fairy, but I don’t spend all my time stopping people from believing in the Tooth Fairy. If they don’t believe God exists, why are they spending all this time and money if God doesn’t exist. The truth is, [atheists] know he exists and they hate him. That’s what it’s all about.” “I know these guys must believe in something,” Sorbo replied, “otherwise they wouldn’t get so angry about it and they don’t like the fact that there is a higher power out there that is judging how they live their life.”

Last week, Sorbo was forced to apologize for a Facebook post in which he characterized African-American protesters in Ferguson, Missouri as “losers” and “animals” who blame “The Man” and “everybody else” for their own failure. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/27/kevin-sorbo-atheists-are-angry-because-they-secretly-know-god-exists-and-is-judging-them/

[hobbit709]

1. Then why is he so angry?

[Ron Obvious]

2. Wow, he's got us pegged, doesn't he?

I mean, other than not at all.

[trumad]

3. Well Kevin prove that he exists.

Good luck with that.

[unblock]

4. belivers are angry because god's a prankster and sends the faithful to hell. heaven is for atheists

prove me wrong, sorbo!

[Dawgs]

5. I had no idea that I spend ALL OF MY TIME stopping people from believing in god.

Who knew?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

6. As an atheist

I don't think I ever bring up 'God' or 'atheism' unless somebody else already has. I don't spend my time 'ranting and raving', and I'm certainly not 'angry' with a non-existent supernatural being of any sort. I'm annoyed at times at what actual humans do that they claim is done 'in His Name', but I'd be just as annoyed if they did it in the name of 'the flying pineapple god'.

[arcane1]

7. Yes, I'm furious. Always.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. “Why are atheists so angry at something they don’t believe in?”

Atheists aren't angry at God, because it's pretty hard to be angry at something you don't believe in. If atheists are angry at anybody it's at nincompoops like Sorbo. Nobody is trying to stop people from believing in God, but some people are trying to stop others from trying to make them believe in God.

[underpants]

11. “I know these guys must believe in something,”

I wouldn't consider myself an atheist but I do know that "belief" is not part if their wiring.

[hifiguy]

9. We atheists are "angry" about the

STUPIDITIES committed in the name of religion.

Whatta maroon.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Who Cares What This Hasbeen Thinks?

He was never all that, and now he's just a guy. He thinks this? Big deal.

[MohRokTah]

12. MohRokTah: Kevin Sorbo is a moron. eom

[frogmarch]

13. Yep, Kevin is right.

I’m sick of being judged, so I told God he’s dead to me. Same with Santa Claus. They can shove that “naughty or nice” crap where the sun doesn’t shine.

[Scootaloo]

14. How's that action star career, Kevin?

You get a lot of Call-backs after "Kull?" No? Oh well, you'll always have Hercules... but Xena was the better series, sorry dude.

[big_dog]

19. ha! Xena was far superior...

much more entertaining

[RockaFowler]

24. And Lucy Lawless is still working

Has a new stint on Agents of SHIELD this Fall - can't wait

[Rex]

15. Kevin Whobo?

You mean the former 'too clean to be Hercules' guy!?

[L0oniX]

16. Says one of the worst actors. He's only in movies because of his looks.

[rock]

17. Doesn't he know what atheist means?

Or does he just not understand how to parse English?

[TheKentuckian]

18. P list actor says stupid shit. Newz at 11

[BlueStater]

20. Agnostic here.

Why does it seem the only "celebrities" that are ever Republicans are D-list has-beens?

[Owl]

21. Sorbo's both a lousy actor and a turd.

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. How dumb are these two? And who besides kids believes in the existence of the Tooth Fairy?

Admitting that god doesn't really exist, is he?

[Quantess]

23. I doubt most atheists are "angry".

Most are indifferent. Religious extremists on the other hand... they seem angry.

[irisblue]

25. ^^^This^^^

[jollyreaper2112]

26. A proposal for Kevin

If I spent a bunch of time pestering him about the Flying Spaghetti Monster, if others joined me, would he start getting cranky about some goddamn stupid spaghetti monster? Why u mad, bro?

Same difference. Your delusion has become my problem.

[tanyev]

27. OK, Kev. Then 'splain to me why so many Christians are so very, very angry?

Hmmm?

[Tikki]

28. Totally mellow Atheist....

Tikki

[Arcanetrance]

29. Kevin must be confused just cause he played the son of a god on TV doesn't mean there's a god

[edhopper]

30. Which one is smarter?

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[Yavin4]

31. God doesn't know that Kevin Sorbo exists

If he did, he would have gotten more work since Hercules.

[Sissyk]

32. Locking.

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