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forsythWell, let me start out by surprising a number of you. I think there need to be more religious voices in politics.
Specifically, we need more not-batshit-insane religious voices in politics.
Yes, I know, there's quite a few religious folks involved with politics who aren't batshit insane. But look at the high profile religious folks involved in politics. Jerry Falwell? Pat Robertson? Batshit insane. The Left Behind Guys? Rich, but still batshit. The neocons who think they need to support Israel so they can set things up so Jesus will come back and save them and throw all the Bad People into a pit of fire?
And, y'see, the batshit insane ones get all the publicity, which tars others with their insanity, especially when they claim to speak for all Christians, except, of course, they don't.
And, apparently, some of them are making a big deal lately out of... People saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". This is, evidently, more proof that there's a giant conspiracy to oppress Christians everywhere. Especially conservative evangelical ones.
Well, HELL. I wish I could be "oppressed" like them! Their tribe controls the entire government, has the press scared into docility, is pushing their religion into schools and state parks across the country. What's money say? "In Buddah we trust"? "In the general decency of fellow human beings we trust"? "In Krishna we trust"? "In Cthulhu we trust"? No. And yet, we get the "poor persecuted Christians by the big Evil Liberal Media And Such" meme trotted out again and again. FFS, most liberals are Christians of some sort too, the US is what, like 80%+ Chrisitian? Sheesh. I'm sick of the whole persecution complex.
And the other thing that's annoying me, currently? The people who preach "personal responsibility" and then use religion to avoid taking responsibility for what they do. Okay, great, you're saved. So, what, Jesus is going to be cool with you acting however you want, now? And it's all okay if you just apologize to Jesus? (Forget the people who you might've harmed, or doing anything to make it better, of course). "By their deeds you shall know them," IIRC. Being a decent human being isn't just a matter of trying to suck up to Jesus or whoever else, it requires, y'know, being a decent human being. And do they really think anybody would be able to take them seriously when they constantly come and apologize for doing something bad, then go do it again? Apologies don't mean anything unless they're backed up by actions. Religious or otherwise.
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Specifically, we need more not-batshit-insane religious voices in politics.
Yes, I know, there's quite a few religious folks involved with politics who aren't batshit insane. But look at the high profile religious folks involved in politics. Jerry Falwell? Pat Robertson? Batshit insane. The Left Behind Guys? Rich, but still batshit. The neocons who think they need to support Israel so they can set things up so Jesus will come back and save them and throw all the Bad People into a pit of fire?
And, y'see, the batshit insane ones get all the publicity, which tars others with their insanity, especially when they claim to speak for all Christians, except, of course, they don't.
And, apparently, some of them are making a big deal lately out of... People saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". This is, evidently, more proof that there's a giant conspiracy to oppress Christians everywhere. Especially conservative evangelical ones.
Well, HELL. I wish I could be "oppressed" like them! Their tribe controls the entire government, has the press scared into docility, is pushing their religion into schools and state parks across the country. What's money say? "In Buddah we trust"? "In the general decency of fellow human beings we trust"? "In Krishna we trust"? "In Cthulhu we trust"? No. And yet, we get the "poor persecuted Christians by the big Evil Liberal Media And Such" meme trotted out again and again. FFS, most liberals are Christians of some sort too, the US is what, like 80%+ Chrisitian? Sheesh. I'm sick of the whole persecution complex.
And the other thing that's annoying me, currently? The people who preach "personal responsibility" and then use religion to avoid taking responsibility for what they do. Okay, great, you're saved. So, what, Jesus is going to be cool with you acting however you want, now? And it's all okay if you just apologize to Jesus? (Forget the people who you might've harmed, or doing anything to make it better, of course). "By their deeds you shall know them," IIRC. Being a decent human being isn't just a matter of trying to suck up to Jesus or whoever else, it requires, y'know, being a decent human being. And do they really think anybody would be able to take them seriously when they constantly come and apologize for doing something bad, then go do it again? Apologies don't mean anything unless they're backed up by actions. Religious or otherwise.
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