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And Another Thing

by John Cole|  March 20, 20056:56 pm| 9 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

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If I get one more damned email claiming I am ‘hostile to God’s word’ or anti-Christian, or some such other bit, I am going to explode.

I am not anti-God, I am not anti-religion, and I don’t hate the baby Jesus. I think people who want to ban nativity scenes are idiots. I think banning Christmas carols is idiotic. I have no problem with a moment of silence in school for prayer- you don’t have to pray if you don’t want to. I don;t care if our money has “In God We Trust” written on it, and I don’t care if the Ten Commandments are carved in stone in an Alabama courthouse or on the ceiling of the Supreme Court.

I think Barry Lynn is an idiot extremist, and I think one of the most misunderstood principles in the Constitution is the separation of Church and state. I think you could do a lot worse than hanging out with religious fundamentalists and extremely religious people- most of the truly religious people I have met were exceptionally decent people.

In short, I am not the enemy, although some of you seem really intent on making me one.

I am, however, overtly hostile to people who think their religious beliefs should be the end-all be-all on all things. Your religious beliefs are just that- yours. Please keep them that way.

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  1. 1.

    Scott Chaffin

    March 20, 2005 at 10:09 pm

    So shut about God, then. Or blow up. Or turn off your damn email.

    Whichever, but quit being such a thin-skinned wimp.

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    Mob_Triggerman

    March 20, 2005 at 11:15 pm

    It’s either Jehovah’s Witnesses hitting your e-mail, or it’s part of some spontanious collective reaction to the de-Christianizing of America. God is alright, but some of his followers… DAMN.

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    Kimmitt

    March 20, 2005 at 11:45 pm

    This is why I care about things like “under God” in the Pledge — because nothing will satsify the fundies except explicit state sponsorship of and adherence to their religion. There’s no point in compromise on “ceremonial Deism;” they want what they want, and when they ask for something, it’s part of them getting what they want.

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    Russell

    March 21, 2005 at 10:53 am

    People vote and act on their values. Those values have to have some extrinsic source from which they have been influenced or developed. Mine happen to be developed from my religious faith. Why don’t those values that emanate from my religious faith have as much a right to be expressed, voted upon and lobbied for than the values that others derive from philosphy, popular culture or any other source? Values to not ceremoniously sprout from a vacum

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    Shana Barrow

    March 21, 2005 at 1:07 pm

    Whichever, but quit being such a thin-skinned wimp.

    Stop acting like a goddamn troll and someone might actually take you seriously around here, Chaffin.

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    Shana Barrow

    March 21, 2005 at 1:10 pm

    Why don’t those values that emanate from my religious faith have as much a right to be expressed, voted upon and lobbied for than the values that others derive from philosphy, popular culture or any other source?

    They can be expressed, but when you’re using them to lambast someone else who doesn’t share those values, then what’s the point of expressing your values in the first place?

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    Blue Spider

    March 21, 2005 at 3:47 pm

    First of all, Kimmit’s being an idiot.

    Second, I think people imposing the source of the values on others goes past evangelism and into fascism of sorts. Stalin-ism might be more accurate a description.

    Thirdly, an imposition of values is the essence of making a decision, voting, and eventually law enforcement.

    I agree with an imposition of moral values if they’re mine. If someone isn’t willing to fight for what he believes in than he’s not much of a man and obviously if his values can’t apply to others than they don’t apply very strongly at all.

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    tom scott

    March 21, 2005 at 8:55 pm

    John, I don’t think you’re anti-god–just pro Peter Singer.

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    Kimmitt

    March 22, 2005 at 1:36 am

    I agree with an imposition of moral values if they’re mine.

    And I agree with something other than mob rule.

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