I may use "adragonistic" as an internet handle, or a password, or something, in the future. I wonder if I'm more of an atheist or an adragonist. Tough call.
I'm picturing being surrounded by a culture full of people who assured me that (various kinds of, since they can't seem to agree on anything about the nature of God except that he's really, really interested in how and when and why I screw) dragons were everywhere, yet invisible and undetectable, unless you first believe in dragons, in which case you will feel them and have a personal relationship with them. Statues of dragons everywhere, Temples of the Great Wyrm on every fourth street corner, "In Smaug We Trust" on my money and government buildings. Disparaging comments about the pesky scientists who try to claim there really aren't any dragons...
I'm picturing being surrounded by a culture full of people who assured me that (various kinds of, since they can't seem to agree on anything about the nature of God except that he's really, really interested in how and when and why I screw) dragons were everywhere, yet invisible and undetectable, unless you first believe in dragons, in which case you will feel them and have a personal relationship with them. Statues of dragons everywhere, Temples of the Great Wyrm on every fourth street corner, "In Smaug We Trust" on my money and government buildings. Disparaging comments about the pesky scientists who try to claim there really aren't any dragons...
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.
