2009/01/30

Pat Condell: Shame on the Netherlands



What really chaps my hide is something that Pat points out: if a person spoke critically of izlame to the same extent that its own text does of other people and religions, by sharia law, that person would be imprisoned or even executed. That is a head-scratcher. Not only that, but izlamic states have tried to elicit an international accord or some-such through the UN to make criticizing a religion a crime.

How is this even possible for rational people to consider? You cannot criticize my beliefs? Our beliefs make us who we are so really this is about not criticizing people. Why is this such a big deal? Are they concerned that people will easily find something about which to be critical? Hmm, let's see. Maybe it the intolerance, the inhumanity, and the abuse of their own on a basic human rights-level. It is contemptible, anachronistic behavior that does not belong in the modern world.


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2009/01/22

Pat Condell: Merry Christmas

Poop! I watched it but forgot to add it. Sorry, kids.



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2009/01/20

Cut the cord already!

Everyone looks forward to the day that they move out of their parents house and strike out on their own. The sense of independence! The freedom to do what you want, how and when you want, and for as long as you want. You have the power and responsibility for your life and your actions. The feeling is exhilarating!

There are some who never want to leave their parents house. They want the power but none of the responsibility. For them, there is religion. Sure they have real responsibility but they know that they have their sky daddy to run to and hide behind its skirt when they can't cut the mustard.

i listen to my father now and then but it is only for advise or maybe a suggestion...never for a command to action. Even if I do react that way, it was my decision to do so. Others, with the crutch of religion, have that x factor to fill in the blank, to shoulder the burden and the blame for poor decisions, including the lack of a decision.

Leaving home and the influence of your parents is a right of passage to adulthood. So...what is their problem?


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Simply ponderous

Newton, NJ stops having a sectarian invocation and members whine. Now they will have secular invocation to open sessions. Why?

I do not normally think about how often a prayer opens up a official government session of whatever. Congress does it. I would expect the Supreme Court does. It has no impact on the proceedings yet they feel compelled to do it, as if without it, the session will be somewhat less. They do not do it for the hell of it, it has a purpose. Functionally, it has no impact.

There may be some members of the session who have to have a prayer before they knuckle down to work. These people are weak and ineffective. Anyone who cannot work for themselves without offering some kind of pagan ritual beforehand should be chastised. For them, it is a prayer to their deity but it really is a pagan ritual. Historic texts that predate the blight of xianity describe a prayer ritual before government works, festivals, and the like. Much like everything else in xianity, they also ripped off the groveling need to beg their sky daddy for guidance because they are too stupid to do it themselves, or, most likely, in an attempt to channel the divine wisdom of a plate of spaghetti into their own dealings.

When these people in New Jersey were told that what they are doing is really not a good idea from a legal perspective, they wisely decided to stop doing it. If only they could have kept their mouths shut. They vomit out the same old shit of If you don't like it, close your ears! The same advice they ignore for the likes of Howard Stern or intelligent, adult material on the radio or tv. Then, that is filth that must be stopped. I am sure that the individual, who brought to their attention this problem, couldn't care less if someone wants to beg the invisible man for common sense to do their job. The objection is foisting it on everyone present. Not everyone is a dolt who needs to be told what to do. Some people can think and make intelligent decisions for themselves.

They have pissed and moaned and changed their ways...or not. Now they are going to try and devise a secular invocation before they start their business. Again, why? It is still a waste of time. The secular wording will only annoy the brain-dead babies who miss their brain-daddy. Every recitation will grate on them and hopefully drive them into apoplexy. With any luck, their heads will explode and then decent, intelligent people can be chosen to work on the council. Unless...that is all that their city has. If they have to perform a pagan ritual to decide when the county faire is, nothing help them if they have to make a real decision.

It is simply ponderous.

Link: Americans United blog


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2009/01/16

Religious Freedom Day

Today, January 16, is Religious Freedom Day. Americans United has a delightful page full of links to historical documents that espouse this concept in an intelligent and tolerant manner. They are as important today as they were when written a few hundred years ago.

Link: Words Of Liberty: Readings For Religious Freedom Day


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