(September 23, 2015 at 7:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote: That went downhill fast...
That's what happens when you don't keep the religious fucktards locked up in their churches.
Actually, it's exactly what was predicted by De la démocratie en Amérique (aka Democracy in America ) by Alexis de Tocqueville, in 1831. (Ironically, he was actually sent here to look at our early system of penitentiaries, which were heavily religion-based, back then, but used the money to study our whole society, instead.) He noted that we gave our religions absolute protection and free rein, without government entanglement, and that our society was heavily Puritanical in nature. He mused that the combination would result in a heavily religious country while the European powers, with heavy entanglement, would instead move toward secularism. He has proved somewhat prophetic in this regard.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
