IMO our species is headed for extinction soon if we don’t begin to man up and take on the religious nutcases that are promoting the calamity. Most people appear to be stunningly oblivious to the slow moving train wreck that is playing out right before their eyes.
Playing nice by “respecting the faith” of others won’t cut it. Faith is bullshit and we all know it. Strong faith is what brought down the Twin Towers and adjoining buildings. We are desperately in need of knowledge. When we have knowledge we don’t need faith.
We should all be outraged that only one person in Congress has the cajones to admit he does not believe in the supernatural. Religion forces politicians to become hypocrites. It should make everyone here really, really angry that we are unable to elect good people to office who admit they do not believe in supernatural beings. THINK about that! In order to win an election in this country a candidate is forced to claim some sort of supernatural belief.
Here is a sobering thought. We have 6 Supreme Court Justices (along with a VP) that really, really believe that little cracker and sip of wine are literally; not figuratively….literally… the flesh and blood of a long dead religious zealot. Supreme Court Justices! We have 25 members of the Senate and 237 members of the House of Representatives that believe…really believe…the same... that they eat Jesus and that a priest can forgive their sins.
There are 16 Mormons in Congress (5 Senators and 11 Representatives) who believe that a barely literate con man, Joseph Smith, following the instructions of an angel named "Moroni" actually dug up a golden book along with some magic reading stones (conveniently buried with the book) from which he was able to translate the Book of Mormon. Contrasted to other belief systems, the Mormon religion is so new it can be demonstatively proven wrong, yet its adherents still believe it! They also believe they have a living prophet in SLC that receives revelations directly from God and then hands them down to the church membership. These men and women make and interpret our laws.
I’m reminded of the hilarious "Everybody Loves Raymond" segment where Robert, the perpetual loser, who can never keep a girlfriend, has finally found this stunningly beautiful girl. Then, his brother Ray, quite by accident, discovers that she eats flies. When he informs his brother, Robert will have none of it. He thinks Ray is just jealous and is trying to torpedo the relationship. After literally pleading with Robert, Ray finally grabs him by the collar and says, LISTEN TO ME! LISTEN TO ME! SHE EATS FLIES!!
That was funny but this is serious stuff! We need to get the word out. THESE PEOPLE EAT FLIES, DAMMIT!
There are a lot of intelligent people following my blog now. Help me out here. How can we begin to convince the population that religion is a beautiful escort.... but she eats flies?
O.K. I’m safely in my bomb shelter with my tinfoil hat in place. Comment section is now open. Have at me.
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Charlie, the short answer to, "How can we begin to convince the population that religion is a beautiful escort.... but she eats flies?" is YOU CAN'T! As Festus Hagen on the old Gunsmoke T.V. western would say, "Mr.Dillion, it can't be did." Since the first caveman stumbled out of his dark cave and saw the sun, man/woman has seen the need for a supreme power in the form of gods. The Egyptians created the model for our Trinity (father-mother-son) god. Religion just changes over a period of time. The better educated often reject the religion, but most still can't break from the indoctrination of their parents and community. As you have pointed out,only education will allow the individual himself/herself to do the changing. Computers have advanced knowledge in an exponentially. Who knows what the future holds.
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Jim said, "YOU CAN'T!"
ReplyDeleteI actually believe we could, given enough time.
The problem is ignorance is growing faster than we can stamp it out. The most fundamentalist countries also have the highest population increase with Islam leading the world. And to make matters worse, we are heading into a depression. During hard times people get more religious, not less.
So yes we can, but do we have enough time? I'm amazed at the masses sleepwalking their way to their own extinction while at the same time possessing the largest brain/body weight of any other mammal. Its like we have a Lexus parked at our front door and we are pulling it around with a donkey.
I am convinced this rear-guard action against logic, reason and progress that religion is engaged in (stem cell research, gay bashing etc) will slow us down just enough to pull us over the abyss that intellient people dread and pious people cheer on.
Charlie said, "IMO our species is headed for extinction soon if we don’t begin to man up and take on the religious nutcases that are promoting the calamity." I think you may be a little too pessimistic, but maybe not. The crocodile has been around some 200 million years and we humans only about 2.4 million (unless you are one of those nut cases who believes only 6,000 years). I just hope they never listen to the fundamentalist preachers and go looking for that "red button" to destroy the universe. I spent forty years attempting to educate people (actually nearly the 75 years I have been alive) and can tell you that there is no evidence to support the belief the masses are getting smarter. A small percent are, but not the masses.
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"I spent forty years attempting to educate people and can tell you that there is no evidence to support the belief the masses are getting smarter."
ReplyDeleteDepressingly true. The uneducated are churning out offspring at an alarming rate while the educated have the least amount of children.
"I spent forty years attempting to educate people and can tell you that there is no evidence to support the belief the masses are getting smarter."
ReplyDeleteI may need to reconsider this remark. Dave, my son who has owned restaurants since he was twenty years old visited us yesterday. He presently owns two, but has owned six different restaurants. He began telling funny stories of the young people who can't do even the simple task of counting change. He has a great memory and when a friend recently asked him if he remembered a young lady He said, "Sure, she is a nice kid, but certainly no brain surgeon." His friend replied, "Well, actually she is." Dave asked, "What do you mean?" He said, "She managed to get clean of her drug problem and attended college. She became a doctor and today she really is a brain surgeon." So, maybe there is hope.
Jim
ref: Jim 8/17/6:52 AM
ReplyDeleteOh Jim, how I want to believe you. My recent trips back to MO and IL make me fear the loonies are winning. OMG (pardon the reference) I wish I did not think the loonies are winning, but they just keep "marching" on.
cal gal
"She became a doctor and today she really is a brain surgeon." So, maybe there is hope."
ReplyDeleteGreat story but I'm afraid it's the exception, not the rule.
Jim said: "The crocodile has been around some 200 million years."
ReplyDeleteTrue, but since they never evolved beyond their "lizard brains" they never quite got the hang of how to put a nuclear weapon together.
California Gal sad: "Oh Jim, how I want to believe you. My recent trips back to MO and IL make me fear the loonies are winning."
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling. When I left Sikeston I was beginning to feel like the only sane person in an insane asylum.