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  • Anyone who claimed to be both a god-botherer and a scientist was either a fool or a liar.

    David Horton: Game over 2009

  • Christmas day is pretty important to me, even though I'm not a god-botherer.

    Are You Doing Anything Special This Valentines Day? Kerron Cross 2007

  • What about "sadly deluded" or "a crazy man who hears voices inside his head" or "a troublesome god-botherer"?

    Archive 2005-06-01 Garry 2005

  • Horus knows that I am as good a priest-hater as the best of them, but only a fool or very brave man would call down the wrath of every god-botherer in Egypt upon his own head, for their power is infinite and their hatred implacable.

    River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993

  • At least by coming out as a delusional faithhead pretend or otherwise, he might have curtailed the one reason the nutters have to vote X rated god-botherer Palin if she runs for office.

    The Guardian World News Jonathan Chaplin 2011

  • I'm a god-botherer myself, and while I've had the usual thing of some nutjob with a placard on Sheffield highstreet demanding that i join some evangelical group or i'll burn in the firey pits of hell (Upon telling them I'm already a christian, they claim i'll burn even more for some odd reason ..).

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • The USA's leading wacko god-botherer has pronounced that Haiti had an earthquake because it was cursed

    stroppyblog 2010

  • Is he an insufferable god-botherer who should take that Jesus schtick somewhere where men don't spend their work hours trying to destroy each other and the off-hours trying to destroy themselves?

    Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back 2009

  • I freely admit to being anti-religious myself, and I would agree that an organization trying to represent all of science and promoting science education does not have to be on the same page with me (and maybe even ought not to be), but the NCSE, NAS, and AAAS have all been erring in the opposite direction, jumping merrily into bed with every evangelical god-botherer who blows them a kiss.

    Examiner California Headlines 2009

  • I freely admit to being anti-religious myself, and I would agree that an organization trying to represent all of science and promoting science education does not have to be on the same page with me (and maybe even ought not to be), but the NCSE, NAS, and AAAS have all been erring in the opposite direction, jumping merrily into bed with every evangelical god-botherer who blows them a kiss.

    Examiner California Headlines 2009

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  • A religious person.

    July 11, 2008

  • I have always loved this term!

    July 11, 2008