a glimpse into the darkness
Aug. 13th, 2006 03:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miriam_eI made the mistake of emailing a fundamentalist christian recently, to point out some errors in his thinking. He seemed like a basically nice person, but his lack of connection with reality was startling and appalling. He views everything through the broken glass of the bible. He would say one thing, then in the same breath say the opposite without any notion of how irreconcilable the two statements were.
It was so strange and sad, like watching an enormous, lumbering, blinded animal struggling to find its way. You want to help. But there is nothing you can do. You just hope it can heal and doesn't hurt itself or anyone else.
And then he posted this scary piece of lunacy:
It is time that religion got pushed back into the closet like smoking. If people want religion, then fine, they can do it to themselves, but polluting other people, especially children with it should be viewed with disgust. It is the 21st Century, for goodness' sake! We should have left superstition behind centuries ago. We don't need savages destroying what remains of this jewel of a planet.
Cenk Uygur said it well. Strongly worded, but it needs to be said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/if-youre-a-christian-mu_b_9349.html
It was so strange and sad, like watching an enormous, lumbering, blinded animal struggling to find its way. You want to help. But there is nothing you can do. You just hope it can heal and doesn't hurt itself or anyone else.
And then he posted this scary piece of lunacy:
...it's amazing that everything in the Bible is in fact fulfilling itself before your very eyes and the eyes of the world and people don't belive what the Scriptures say. These things MUST happen before the return of Jesus to establish his kingdom on the Earth. The only time world peace will be accomplished is when teh Antichrist comes and he will make war with peace. He will establish a covenant with many Daniel 9:27 and then break it and show favor to those who broke it and persecute the Jews and Christians. Isn't it funny that Jews and Christians are always the most presecuted religiously throughout the world? Radical Muslims want to kill Christians and Jews and as long as God is in heaven Israel will never be wiped off of the map. THey shall never retreat a piece of land to the Palestinians because they have no claim to the land, may sound narrow minded but that is the truthPit this against some of the hateful things I've heard from some of the nuttier Muslims. The lunatic fringe on both sides want to destroy much of the planet. They just don't care about anybody else. Many even welcome armageddon with open arms!
It is time that religion got pushed back into the closet like smoking. If people want religion, then fine, they can do it to themselves, but polluting other people, especially children with it should be viewed with disgust. It is the 21st Century, for goodness' sake! We should have left superstition behind centuries ago. We don't need savages destroying what remains of this jewel of a planet.
Cenk Uygur said it well. Strongly worded, but it needs to be said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/if-youre-a-christian-mu_b_9349.html