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Christian Taliban
Feb 1st
Okay, so you’re a Christian and every time I post or comment something negative about Christians you tell me you’re not like that. That REAL Christians aren’t like that.
I’m sorry, but I think you’re deluding yourself.
You are part of the Christian Taliban if you:
- Vote for any of the current Republican candidates.
- Support any legislation regarding life beginning at conception.
- Support any legislation regarding tighter restrictions on abortions.
- Support any legislation regarding same-sex marriage or parenting/adoption rights.
- Support any legislation regarding supporting creationism in schools.
- Support any legislation regarding an adults’ ability to live their life as they chose as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else – and that includes fetuses that are not developed enough to live outside the womb.
Here’s the thing, you can believe anything you want, but when you pass legislation to force people who don’t believe as you do – you are the Christian Taliban. I don’t care if you think gays are icky or people shouldn’t kill the babies. That’s your right! If you want to be close-minded and bigoted at home, go for it. But when you people gang up on everyone else, you’re wrong. You’re not making anything better. You’re not saving anyone from themselves. You are dangerous.
Five minutes on Google outside of Christian websites will teach you that this is NOT a Christian nation. Our founding fathers specifically wanted it to be an everyone nation. The 1st Amendment doesn’t say freedom to be a Christian, it says freedom of religion – no matter what religion it is. And my religion is NONE, just like 15 million other Americans.
Either stop being in denial or stop supporting legislation curbing the rights of others. Stop pretending you’re not one of those Christians. Either own it, admit it, stand by it – or get out. Because yes, you’re all painted with the same Christian Taliban paintbrush.
Oh, and clean up your own religions before you think you can make everyone else believe like you. When your every marriage is successful and life-long, when your every child is happy and well cared for, when your women are equal with your men, and when your ministry stops being con men, child molesters or bat-shit crazy, then you can look outward.
Like I said, believe what you want but leave the rest of us alone. We’re getting along much better than you guys. At least we get along.
*Edited because it’s the 1st Amendment debbiedumbass, not the 2nd. Duh-me! Numbers are hard!
Gay Sushi
Jan 12th
You’d think as much as I talk about dick I wouldn’t get asked the question. No, I’m not gay. I like dick. I like men. I like men with dicks. I even like some men who act like dicks because sometimes they’re really funny. I haven’t seen a real dick in quite some time but I Still. Want. Dick.
Oh right… the title. I hate sushi. I don’t want to try sushi. Even the thought of trying this one or that type is repugnant and makes me gag. In my mind, sushi is nasty. Yuck.
Exactly how I feel about having any sort of sexual intimacy with another woman. I’ve tried sushi once and I’ve tried another woman once and let me tell you both were gross to me.
But here’s the thing. Millions of people like sushi. Some of my friends love sushi. I’ve even hung around sushi places and I didn’t have to eat it. It doesn’t bother me a bit that other people eat sushi and it doesn’t change my beef-eating life in the slightest. Sushi had no effect on my marriage or my divorce.
Do I think sushi should be outlawed or sushi lovers shunned? That’s stupid. As long as I don’t have to eat it, why should I impose my sushi-hater feelings onto others?
Again, exactly how I feel about teh gayz. I don’t have to join in in what they do, I don’t have to click that link in my porn selections, and I don’t have to deny others what they want. If my girlfriend R likes women, far be it for me to deny her feelings. If C and T want to go home with other men, go for it. I think gay men are a perfectly good waste of dick but really, there’s a lot of wasted dick out there. At least somebody is getting satisfied. Go guys.
You either like sushi or you don’t. You either feel attraction to the same sex or you don’t. You can’t wish it different.
So you think gays and lesbians shouldn’t be able to marry or have/adopt children. Why? How exactly would either of those things change your life in any way? Really, I’d like to know. So you, like me, might find the idea of same-sex action repugnant. I can say it and still believe that those who DO like same-sex have just as much right to a life as sushi lovers. Why shouldn’t sushi lovers be able to marry? Why shouldn’t they be able to adopt a child nobody else wants and provide it with a sushi-loving home. I’d even bet gay parents wouldn’t force their kids to eat sushi if they didn’t want it.
If you tell me it’s because God didn’t like the gays I say bullshit. God didn’t say anything about gays, some bigot who made up the bible said it. Hey, as long as you’re writing a book to control the masses, let’s put your personal bigotries in there. As far as I know your God hasn’t actually said anything about anything. The bible is full of second-hand stores written hundreds of years later by some guy who may have talked to the barber of the second cousin of the neighbor who was there at the time. And then more men translated it over time. Like a good folk tale where the basic story remains but the details change for different audiences… but enough of that tangent.
Ask yourself this: (READ IT ALOUD) If my brother/sister comes out and wants to marry the love of their life – and it happens to be the same sex as they are – how exactly does that impact my life? Does it make me gay? Do they want me to watch or join in as they do gay things? Can I live the rest of my life without any difference based on their gayness? Does my relationship with them change at all based on what they do in their bedroom?
I’m betting you already know the answer.
So ask yourself this: (READ IT ALOUD) Am I a decent human being if I deny another decent human being the same rights that I have?
Let those who love sushi eat sushi and you can still eat all the steak you want. I do.
Think for yourself.
Happy Holidays
Dec 25th
My cousin’s wife sent me this email:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May Christ’s birth bless you with love and forgiveness in 2012.
(What’s with the love of exclamation points?)
First of all, I prefer Happy Holidays as it’s more inclusive of everyone who celebrates this season. I’m not sure I know any Jewish people or anyone who does Kwanzaa but everyone celebrates something, right? Even our Atheist family we have Christmas trees and gifts, traditional Eve pizza and then drive around looking at lights.
Last night we gathered at Max’s and had our family Christmas. Everyone was happy with my well-thought-out gifts and I was happy with the earrings and fireplace tools I received. And especially the Zynga game card! We even had my Dad on Skype while we opened presents so it was like he was actually there.
Secondly, why do I need forgiveness? One thing I dislike about religion is the assumption that everyone is bad unless they ask forgiveness from some god constantly. What a way to go through life. I’ve read the book and nobody can live up to the standards set there, even if one religion or another could actually finalize them. I feel people are basically good, but some make more bad decisions than others. If I’ve done something I need forgiveness for be sure to let me know.
So… I hope you’ve had a happy holiday whatever it is, and here’s hoping 2012 actually finishes even better than this year.
Why I continue to battle religion
Nov 2nd
People ask why I hate religious people. Why I’m constantly poking fun or posting links about their illegal activities or just plain stupidity.
I try not to pick on ALL religious people, just the bad ones. But if you agree with the bad people, then you’re one of them. Them’s the facts.
Today’s story is about the Catholics’ battle against women. Go read this article and then come back.
Republicans voted twice to slash federal family planning funds for low-income women, moved to prevent women from using their own money to buy insurance plans that cover abortion, introduced legislation that would force women to have ultrasounds before receiving an abortion and, most recently, passed a bill that will allow hospitals to refuse to perform emergency abortions for women with life-threatening pregnancy complications.
… because of the influence of The Conference of Catholic Bishops. So why is a woman’s body so damned important to a group of mostly white men? Do they want to keep us in our place. Keep women pregnant and powerless? Do they not realize there are billions of people on the planet already? Do they not realize forcing women to be incubators makes unwanted children? How many of those unwanted children grow up to live in our prison system?
Now please check out this article on the Ohio pro-life ads coming out. I love this line:
With an entire new school bus full of children per day “saved” by the heartbeat bill, who is going to take care of them?
Exactly! Women generally don’t run to their nearest abortionist the minute they find out they’re experiencing an unwanted pregnancy. They weigh options, they think about the future, they try to imagine a life being responsible for another life. Then some women decide it’s better for everyone if this process stops before it’s gone too far. Maybe it’s because there are too many poor or unloved children in the world already. Maybe it’s because they were raped or are trapped in an abusive relationship and don’t want the extra connection. Maybe they already have kids they struggle to raise and having another will be detrimental to the entire family. Or maybe they’re just selfish bitches who don’t want to ruin their figures or just plain dislike kids. Do we really want these women forced to have children?
We all know kids being raised by uncaring or unprepared parents. Most of those kids don’t stand a chance of growing up to be contributing members of society. They fail in school because nobody at home gives a damn whether they do homework or slip in their grades. They get into trouble as teens because nobody at home gives a damn what’s going on their lives. They in turn raise even more dysfunctional children.
When religion wants to effect policy and/or laws for everyone, that’s when the Atheists need to step up. If they don’t want their religious women getting abortions…
Women identifying themselves as Protestants obtain 37.4% of all abortions in the U.S.; Catholic women account for 31.3%, Jewish women account for 1.3%, and women with no religious affiliation obtain 23.7% of all abortions. 18% of all abortions are performed on women who identify themselves as “Born-again/Evangelical”.
…then maybe they should just preach about it in their own damned church. We can’t have anything good and decent for everyone in this country because religion keeps butting it’s various and sundry ideals in tearing it apart. Why can’t they just stay in their little fantasy world and leave the rest of us alone?
FFRF Valley of the Sun meeting
Oct 30th
I’m the first to admit I’m a cynical bitch but this morning was a… a… complete waste of my time. I’m kind of looking for new groups to check out. Looking for new opportunities to meet like-minded people.
So today I show up at the location of the local Freedom From Religion Foundation group. The majority of the attendees – 90%? – were retirees. Nobody spoke to me. There was some eye contact, but no greeting or anything.
I’m used to welcoming and being welcomed into groups like at our evfn and PodcampAZ events. Not even a hello.
The actual meeting started out fine. Sort of introductions of the #1 and #2 people. We were told about the upcoming placement of the FFRF billboards (and she promised to send out exact locations) a couple of which I jotted down. They talked about a couple of books we should check out. Then the special guest started…
Bob McWhirter, “Baby Don’t Be Cruel: Origins of Punishment, The Eighth Amendment, and Religion”
Oh. My. Gawd. This had to have been the most boring and painful 1:45 minutes of my life. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.
- this guy needs serious help in putting together a power point presentation.
- we don’t need 100+ slides of quotes from old greeks and bible stories tied in with Elvis and The Princess Bride references.
- his points could have been made with 1/3 of the slides and in 30 minutes or less
I’m pretty sure he was shooting for why the death penalty is wrong. And though I disagree with him I might have been swayed had his presentation been better.
The thing is, almost everyone in the audience was all for him and his presentation. Forgive the expression, but he was preaching to the choir. There was no discussion, no Q&A or any chance to ask for citations – and believe me he pulled some of his information out of his ass.
This is so not the group for me. I’m for conversation. Discussion. Points and checks. Questions and answers. Oh well, I tried something new and it failed. Moving on.
So what’s the theory?
Jul 3rd
One reason I don’t believe in the bible is that whole Adam and Eve thing. Not that Adam and Eve matters, since nobody is a descendant of either of them. Wouldn’t we all actually be descendants of Noah? Everyone else died in the flood. Not that it matters because it’s all bullshit anyway.
But there’s something I’d really like to understand about evolution but that I’m too damned lazy to research.
If the theory is we evolved along with monkeys/apes from a common AGENT-X did it all happen in one area and then humans wandered the earth and set up communities or did it supposedly happen all over the planet within a certain time frame?
Eskimos look the way they do because they’ve physically adapted to the constant cold. American Indians or Aborigines or all indigenous people all have physical characteristics for the most part because of where they are on the planet.
So that means all over the planet humans spontaneously (well, as spontaneously as in within maybe a few thousand years) evolved from the muck with the physical characteristics they needed to survive in their region or humans evolved in one place and then wandered for a while and set up shop and those that survived did so because they – over time – physically adapted to their environment?
Really, how did that all work? They didn’t really go deep into evolution in my schools.
I know it’s crazy but my theory of aliens planting us here sounds much more plausible. Look, they could have genetically altered people’s DNA to ensure their survival in different climates and dumped a few here and there. Maybe their planet was dead and they wanted to start over on our beautiful planet. Makes much more sense to me.
Heaven?
Jun 25th
Someone asked me last night – during a conversation about my Atheism – about having meaning to my life. I wish I were more eloquent, such as this guy:
“Life is finite. The things we do here on earth, with the people we love and care for, do not last forever. We don’t yearn for eternity, we miss those people and things that have come and gone over the years. It is what makes our lives special, important, and unique to us. If life just kept GOING after our deaths, then what meaning would our lives have here and now? It would just cycle endlessly, never gaining substance or appreciation for how fragile the world is.”
That’s exactly what I should have said. What’s the point of your life if all you’re doing is following someone else’s rules in order to eventually go somewhere and live forever? And from what I’ve been told in Heaven nothing bad ever happens and you get everything you’ve ever wanted. So…
Is Heaven where gays can finally be themselves without fear? Is Heaven where people can have sex where and how they want without worrying about how it looks to others? Can you eat or drink whatever you want including *gasp* fish on Fridays? Where women can walk (or float) in front of men wearing comfortable clothes instead of being covered head-to-toe. Is Heaven where your soul mate finds you, unless they found another soul mate after you died? Then what happens? Nothing bad is supposed to happen in Heaven so maybe you lovingly become a threesome. What if your husband was someone you were glad to get rid of and then in Heaven you’re joined forever because you were once married? If you follow all the rules yet deny yourself friendships and adventures, what happens when you die and you’re just plain dead. What’s the meaning of your life then?
How do you know joy if you don’t know pain? Life is here and now. Good and bad, better and worse, worth living the best you can while you have the chance to do it the way that’s best for you and the people you care about.
My idea of Heaven is freedom now. Freedom to make my own decisions, freedom to behave the way that’s good for me and my community, freedom to love or lust after whomever I want. Freedom to take personal responsibility (and credit) for my choices. I don’t blame or credit some invisible friend; what I choose to do or not do is my own fault. It’s all up to me to make this life as good as I can and help those around me to do the same.
Are you living your life for you or for the promise of something after you’re dead?
Tell me why
Jun 17th
People have mentioned that my Atheist posts are getting too aggressive. Gee, I thought pointing out the hypocrisy of many supposed people of faith might be enlightening to a few.
So in this post I’m asking. Why are you religious?
Is it because you were raised that way? Family tradition? Because it’s easier to go along than to reason for yourself?
Do you really believe in the Bible? In the whole thing or only the parts that are comfortable for you? All religions are based on some documentation – what if that document were fictional? Why base your entire life on the words in a single book? What if that book were written as a joke or to control the ignorant 2000 years ago and nobody thought it would stick?
Are church activities your social activity? Do you go just to hang with friends?
Do you honestly believe praying for Uncle Dave to get better really works? What if 200 people at your church mouthed the words (because I can’t believe everybody puts their all into those group prayers) and Uncle Dave still dies, it’s actually God’s will? If everything revolves around God’s will then why bother? It’s God’s will that children get sick and die painfully of cancer when someone supposedly so benevolent would find a less destructive way to kill them. If he’s so wonderful, why make innocent children suffer? It makes no sense to me.
Do you belong to one of those religions that absolves you of your “sins” upon confession? I had family like that. Do whatever all week then go to confession, spend a few minutes chanting some words and BOOM – forgiven. How is that right?
Please, tell me why? Honestly I don’t understand how anyone ever goes along with that thing called religion. I’m confounded. What does it do for you? Why?
About May 21st
May 17th
If you don’t know what the deal is by now, come out from under your rock and pay attention to the world for five minutes.
So for me, I haven’t yet pinned down my feelings completely. There’s a part of me that of course laughs at the gullibility (stupidity?) of some people, following along and especially ridding themselves of their worldly goods and campaigning on the word of one person. They sort of deserve what they get when nothing happens, and yet they don’t. People that gullible should be protected?
Another part of me wishes I had the charisma to start some false religion and get people to give me money and goods and treat me like I was something special. In turn I’d slowly and carefully turn them from anything biblical and eventually leave them high and dry and yet… smarter.
And yes, there is a teeny tiny part of me that thinks that if ANYTHING happens, at least that would answer the damned question already. Not that I would or could or even want to go to heaven. I cannot imagine anything more boring or eternally annoying to be stuck with religious zealots who’ve been proven right. I’d rather stay here or go to hell with the interesting people.
Different Atheist boards I read are coming up with all kinds of ideas. From staging a rapture to freak out a fundie friend (mean) to sincere volunteering to care for pets of those who are sure they are going to be raptured rapturized taken (humane). I’ll just probably sit back and chuckle.
Either way, I’m fairly confident I and everyone else who plan to attend Girls Night Out Saturday night will be there and ready to get their fun on.
And y’all will still be around as well. In fact, I can’t think of one person I know who’s acceptable by their rules anyway.
Want your own billboard?
Apr 26th
You can go here and make one like these, and if they really like it it could become a real billboard somewhere out there.
Let me know if you see my mug out there in the world.
