Bad taste pictures again this week.
I don't remember who sent me this one so I can't give him or her credit. I think it was Nancy.
This shit is really getting old! I'm fed up that we have Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell badmouthing gay people and saying shit like God was pissed at us for our degenerating morality and that's why we had 9/11. Yeh, like God cares about some guy taking the chocolate highway. Or we have the towelheads shouting "Death to America!" and "God is Great". I am really sick of religous fundamentalism.
One of the founding principles of this country was freedom of religion. We did not want to have a state religion like England had. Look at the countries that are theocracies. Howza 'bout Iran? Are the people better off with the mullahs than they were under the Shah? The women sure aren't. Saudi Arabia is the same way. If Iran and Saudi Arabia didn't have all their oil, they would be pissant countries that we wouldn't care about. They sure as hell couldn't sponsor terrorism. They would be living in their 7th century shit holes.
Christianity doesn't have a real great history when it was a state religion either. A prime example was Spain when they started the Spanish Inquisition.
Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again. (Exit and exeunt)
Chapman: I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
(JARRING CHORD)
(The cardinals burst in)
Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn! (To Cardinal Biggles) I can't say it - you'll have to say it.
Biggles: What?
Ximinez: You'll have to say the bit about 'Our chief weapons are ...'
Biggles: (rather horrified): I couldn't do that... (Ximinez bundles the cardinals outside again)
How can you have the Spanish Inquisition without Monte Python?
So I'm really fed up with the history of religious fundamentalism. But we now have another type of fundamentalism that is really pissing me off. My friend Cindy calls it secular fundamentalism and she has threatened to do a guest post on it. In the meantime, I'm giving it a shot.
I'm an atheist. It's my belief. That's it. I don't run around telling the rest of the world they should be atheists. What I believe is my business and what someone else believes is his or her business. I don't try to ram my beliefs down anyone else's throat and I don't want anyone trying to ram his or her beliefs down my throat. So I'll roast in hell. That's my problem. Don't try to save me.
I am not offended by Christmas nativity scenes. Likewise, I am not offended by menorahs. And I'm not offended by the Ten Commandments. But I am offended by the asshole secular fundamentalists who are trying to erase all traces of religion from our society.
The First Amendment states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
That means that we will not have a state religion or have any religion forced on us. It doesn't mean that we will totally erase God from this country.
This country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. Just because I do not believe in God doesn't mean I cannot respect the religious princples that this country was founded upon.
We recently had an asshole raise a big stink about the words under God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Here we had a dickhead with entirely too much time on his hands. I love what Maddox had to say about him. Once again, as an atheist, I have no problem with the Pledge of Allegiance.
I think children should be exposed to religion. It provides a good basis of morality. I was raised a Roman Catholic. My father was an atheist and we had religious discussions, but at no time did he try to force his beliefs on me. After I grew up, I decided that there was no God. If you believe in God that's fine with me.
So now we have the ACLU trying to get the Ten Commandments monument out of a courthouse in Alabama. Why does having the Ten Commandments in a courthouse piss people off? Other than some God stuff, we have these commandments:
Seems like pretty good rules to me.
I know the ACLU doesn't want to believe this, but we are still a Christian nation. What next? Take "In God We Trust" off our currency? Well, yeah. Mark my words, it's gonna happen.
Will we no longer have to "swear the truth, so help me God" when we testify in court? Yep! That's gonna go away also.
Howza 'bout Congress and the president when they're sworn in using a bible? Are we gonna stop that? We may as well, since their vow to "protect and defend the Constitution" is broken as soon as they assume office. Most of the laws they pass are unconstitutional. Campaign finance laws violate the First Amendment and most gun control laws violate the Second Amendment.
These guys are secular fundamentalists and they will not be happy until they stamp out every reference to God in this country.
They're assholes.
Posted by denny at August 24, 2003 08:04 PM