Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Religious Nuts
What is it about Christmas that brings out the worst in religious people? Do you think your god really gives a crap about what is being displayed in a yard or store window or airport? Is the Jewish god going to end the world because a tree is displayed in an airport and not a menorah? Is Odin going to deny you entry to Valhalla because there's a baby Jesus in a crib at the city hall? Is Allah going to reward you with three less virgins because there's a cross instead or along side a crescent on some poster? And I won't even begin to try to figure out what kind of religious icon is or isn't correct for Kwanza.
Religion just seems to be getting worse and worse. We have a president who has a Crusade going on in Iraq and Afghanistan. There's a bunch of whatevers, Imans, Prime Ministers, presidents, and more, who have Jihads going on everywhere. We've got a major museum in Ohio that thinks the correct historical diorama of dinosaurs has more in common with the Flintstones that what 100 years of fossil evidence and common sense show. There's other people who say you are at fault for being raped because the Koran says so, and that slavery is cool because the bible says so.
You have priest who use naive altar boys for their own playthings and other religious leaders who think girls should be locked in the home and twelve-year olds should carry bombs into coffee shops full of women and kids - and not carry them out.
I gotta tell you, if your gods are really this infantile, judgmental and just plain screwed up, they really, really don't deserve your respect, let alone your devotion. Get a life and learn to live on your own. You don't need some god to tell you what is right and wrong, because they obviously don't know or care to know. Use some common sense. Rape is wrong. Using twelve-year olds for sex toys is wrong. Setting off bombs in coffee shops and markets is wrong. Seeing a woman's elbow is not wrong. Eating a slice of bacon is not wrong. Wearing your hat in a church is not wrong. Get some priorities in your life already.
