|
Stinger
|
 |
« Reply #65 on: December 21, 2008, 05:59:04 pm » |
|
Well you simply can't get elected in this country unless you're God-fearing, and while I do find this particular preacher to be an awful idiot of epic proportions, I'm not more offended by the idea of him helping to swear in the president than I am by any other minister doing it. And my mom's a minister. And I like my mom.
For world peace to be achieved, religion needs to die. Now, that's my personal belief based on rational thoughts, and I do believe it with all my heart, but I still respect the right of anyone to believe whatever they want to believe. I'm not going to go around protesting churches, because that's retarded, and oddly enough, usually only done by other churches. Yay Westboro baptist church! They're an endless source of entertainment for me, you should all look up the Louie Theroux documentary he did on them, it's truly powerful stuff.
Anywho. Yeah, you're all completely welcome to worship whomever you want, however you want, as long as you keep it out of the government. But you don't keep it out of the government, you firmly require it of the government, and religion has been so powerful in the past that the government has had to bend and concede to superstitious beliefs. And every single concession is a slap in the face to the separation of church and state.
But a change is coming, maybe (I hope) in our lifetime. There will be a day when "In God We Trust" is no longer across the top of our money. There will be a day when churches have to pay taxes like every other business in America, because churches are the biggest business in this country. Religion really reminds me a lot of professional wrestling.
Just like the WWE, they deliver weekly installments of a long-running fictitious story line filled with graphic violence and moral mixed messages in a brilliantly designed package that keeps their faithful congregations happily paying them for the ride. If Vince McMahon has to pay his taxes, so should the church. The business plans are almost identical, if you're willing to overlook the fact that when you pay Vince to see some Gods, he has the professional courtesy to invent some that you can actually see. Say what you will about the folks who idolize "The Undertaker," but when's the last time your God followed up some flashy lightening bolts with him actually appearing on that spot?
If you ask me, the Pope either needs to get some better production quality, or it's time to cancel the show.
|
