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...Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair's son William [May 26] is a living symbol of what God can do for a person, no matter how far he may stray. God still loves his mother, if only she would turn...
...Madalyn Murray O'Hair became the nation's best-known atheist in 1963 when, partly as a result of her suit, the U.S. Supreme Court forbade mandatory prayers in public schools. A fellow plaintiff in protesting Bible reading and/or recitation of the Lord's Prayer in Baltimore schools was her teen-age son William J. Murray III. He went on to become a publisher, but later joined his mother in Austin, Texas. In 1975 he reorganized the headquarters of her American Atheists and revived its monthly magazine. In 1977 he broke with his mother and tried...
...Madalyn O'Hair refuses to discuss William's apostasy directly. She issued a joint statement, however, with her other son Jon, and William's 14-year-old daughter Robin, who lives with her. The statement notes sarcastically that the three are pleased William "is going to retire early and live off religious money. We are happy when any atheist gets some of that Christian scam money." Puzzled, William responds that there is no money...
...words were recorded and made available as public service and propaganda by Troy Soos, 22, who heads a group of aggressive unbelievers affiliated with Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Like so many missionaries, Soos is not into soft sell or subtlety. He informs callers that the Bible is the "Christians' fictitious novel." But many of the people who accept his offer to reply, on a recording device, are equally blunt. Several have expressed regrets that atheists are no longer burned at the stake. One shouted: "Kill! Kill! Kill...
While the number of languid non-believers in America is legion, the number of aggressive atheists is small, probably no larger than the 65,000 claimed for Archatheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair's mailing list. The number of atheists willing to go to court about religion is smaller still. One of these is a South Dakota laborer named Roger Florey...