RE: Religious bumper stickers and other annoying religious actions. (rant, sorta)
May 7, 2015 at 2:21 pm
I can share your frustration on certain days where I've been flooded with religious nonsense, but I certainly don't want our freedom of speech taken away. If you don't want to hear a stupid song, change the channel or bring your own music with you. That Wal-Mart thing would piss me off though. Listening to people's opinions on my previous thread, I agree that there isn't much we can do, unless they break our laws and want to overstep by putting bibles on the desks of children in our public schools.
It annoys me when I see people holding signs that say, "god hates fags" and "accept jesus or burn." One thing that really pissed me off is the muslim who refused to touch pork, and filed a lawsuit against Costco. Employers should not discriminate against anyones religion, but to cater to just him is insane. You don't go apply at a casino, get hired, then say you don't believe in gambling. If you're a muslim, don't apply at a supermarket. If you're a mormon, don't apply at a strip club. You don't get to dictate how your employer runs his/her business with your superstitious garbage.
We must speak out and encourage people that we meet to research their religion, and not just have faith in whatever belief system they were raised in. Without taking freedom of speech away, the best we can do is say you must follow our laws.
It annoys me when I see people holding signs that say, "god hates fags" and "accept jesus or burn." One thing that really pissed me off is the muslim who refused to touch pork, and filed a lawsuit against Costco. Employers should not discriminate against anyones religion, but to cater to just him is insane. You don't go apply at a casino, get hired, then say you don't believe in gambling. If you're a muslim, don't apply at a supermarket. If you're a mormon, don't apply at a strip club. You don't get to dictate how your employer runs his/her business with your superstitious garbage.
We must speak out and encourage people that we meet to research their religion, and not just have faith in whatever belief system they were raised in. Without taking freedom of speech away, the best we can do is say you must follow our laws.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
