Originally Posted by BrotherBrian
.... You don't believe in God, and you especially don't want to believe in the God of the bible who seems to be more than just benevolent to all people at all times and in all places.I understand.
So why are you so emphatically pissed all the time that so many of us believe differently than do you about all this?
My answer:
I'm pissed because I can't understand how one can put their sensibilities on hold to make themselves feel better. I'm pissed that those of us who do approach the topic in a rational manner couldn't get ourselves elected to a public office if people knew our approach. I'm pissed that so many smart people have absolutely wasted precious time, energy, and resources groveling at the feet of a deity that has no more evidence for its existence than Loki or Neptune. I'm pissed that so many of our supposedly democratic governments still pay such huge amounts of lip service to highly superstitious people to the point of actually arguing over the value of a few cells the size of a fly's brain compared to someone's dad. I'm pissed that governments are so fearful of superstitious lobbyists who, with a straight face, try to get their fairytales taught as fact in a science class, even though they have no more supporting evidence for their beliefs than if they were trying to get a flat earth system taught in a geography class. I'm pissed because so many people, as my bro suggests here, cry foul when someone dares to take a closer look at their highly public superstitions. I'm pissed because your superstitions can make so many otherwise smart people become addle-minded to the point of bashing the very democracy that allows them to voice their opinion while our soldiers are busy fighting people that do the same thing, only with guns. I'm pissed because the hands-off approach to religion that results from the ingrained social rule that gives your superstitions a free pass in public means that we as a society don't take the fringe nutjobs seriously enough to prevent social strife and personal suffering that results from their spiritually insane activities. I'm pissed because people can use their religion as a trump card if they want to carry a dagger into a highschool, if they don't want to wear a motorcycle helmet, or if they don't want to provide the basic necessities of life to their children. I'm pissed that my elected public officials still waste my tax money while they argue over who's superstitious chant will open the next House of Parliament session (and I'm the bad guy when I point out the bleeding obvious). I'm pissed because so many superstitious people are not honest about their beliefs, and they'll do anything to make their holy writings say things they actually don't. I'm pissed because it's so easy for dishonest people to attain tax exempt status for an organization that is irrelevant at best. I'm pissed because so many superstitious peoples can't keep their noses out of the personal lives of others, and so many highly superstitious guys bash gays at every chance they get in the attempt to hide the fact that deep down, they really want to suck off their accountant or mechanic. I'm pissed because psychics now have to display a "for entertainment purposes only" disclaimer and Benny Hinn doesn't. I'm pissed that you don't see why it's insulting to both God and starving people when you say grace (which actively condemns God as one who plays favorites, and starving people as not being as valuable as yourself). Likewise, I'm pissed that people are dumb enough, and arrogant enough, to publicly insult several others by thanking Jesus when they win an award or survive a plane crash. I'm pissed that I'm not allowed to bitchslap people who talk in tongues.
Oh, I'm pissed, and I'm just getting warmed up.
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