Atlas,
I talk to current Muslims and Ex Muslims from that part of the world all the time. What pisses me off about the assholes in the west, and yes we still are far better off, is that while there are plenty of theocratic sickos still living in the dark ages and a big enough minority controlling much of the Middle east, we also have far too many warmongering politicians and our right wing bigoted assholes, and even a few atheists, not most, but a few, that think bombing the fuck out of the Middle East will solve everything.
Then I think of you, and the Iranian atheists I talk to and even and those who have escaped to the west, knowing all of you still have families there, and I want to not only beat the shit(in my mind) out of your nuts, but also our nuts. THOR DAMN IT, ALL 7 BILLION OF US ARE HUMANS.
I fucking hate religion, not religious people, I simply fucking hate how it divides my fellow humans. I hate that you have to hide what you believe. I hate that my own sister when she told our family she was no longer a Christian, they gave her shit for months, that's finally calmed down.
I hate that Christians and Muslims and Jews all stupidly think they are chosen, when I know that our species is much older than any written religion and that DNA proves we are the same species.
I LOVE the compassion in my species, but every time I read a story like yours it makes me want to scream!
I talk to current Muslims and Ex Muslims from that part of the world all the time. What pisses me off about the assholes in the west, and yes we still are far better off, is that while there are plenty of theocratic sickos still living in the dark ages and a big enough minority controlling much of the Middle east, we also have far too many warmongering politicians and our right wing bigoted assholes, and even a few atheists, not most, but a few, that think bombing the fuck out of the Middle East will solve everything.
Then I think of you, and the Iranian atheists I talk to and even and those who have escaped to the west, knowing all of you still have families there, and I want to not only beat the shit(in my mind) out of your nuts, but also our nuts. THOR DAMN IT, ALL 7 BILLION OF US ARE HUMANS.
I fucking hate religion, not religious people, I simply fucking hate how it divides my fellow humans. I hate that you have to hide what you believe. I hate that my own sister when she told our family she was no longer a Christian, they gave her shit for months, that's finally calmed down.
I hate that Christians and Muslims and Jews all stupidly think they are chosen, when I know that our species is much older than any written religion and that DNA proves we are the same species.
I LOVE the compassion in my species, but every time I read a story like yours it makes me want to scream!
