Blitzer tells atheist tornado survivor:"You gotta thank the Lord"

Atheists Raise Massive Amounts of Money to Help Rebecca Vitsmun Rebuild Her Life


May 25, 2013 By Hemant Mehta

Rebecca Vitsmun struck a chord with people. Maybe it’s because she was so forthright, yet so harmless, when she told Wolf Blitzer she was an atheist. Maybe it’s because she was a breath of fresh air after seeing victim after victim of the Oklahoma tornado thanking God for anything and everything (except, of course, the tornado). Maybe it’s because we hope that we, too, can be as comfortable in our atheistic shoes as she was in the face of a famous newscaster asking her about her faith on national television.