One thing I loathe more than a
narrow-minded religious zealot is an
open-minded religious zealot.
Homosexual Baptists,
pro-choice Catholics, and
feminist Muslims are oxymoronic with a heavy dose of the moronic. They profess their faith in the tenets and leaders who expressly forbid their behavior and beliefs. Although they may possess the strength of will to follow their own moral code and common sense where it
contradicts sacred doctrine and
Papal dictate, but are incapable of wholly rejecting their loyalty to their oppressors. They would rather reinterpret the ideology of their religion than to admit its failure. Still others make no allowances and opt for an existence of contradiction.
Take my fundamentalist Christian lesbian friend. Please. She is up in the air over the “nature vs. nurture” argument, most likely possessing an aversion to debate, but asserts that she has been gay for as long as she can remember. She is also aware that she is condemned to Hell. Her most disconcerting declaration is that at the age of seventeen the Lord spoke to her, telling her to come out to her parents. What sort of person follows the advice of the one who has damned you to eternal torment?
While I’m daring to be so impoliticly correct let me ask this question; what’s the deal with the
African-American/
Jesus Christ relationship? Down to the most impious and criminal, every
misogynistic rapper and murderous gang-banger claims a bond with the Christian God. How does one embrace so fully the religion foisted on their ancestors by their slave-masters? Perhaps it’s one of those ancient black secrets like the menthol cigarette preference and use of the “N-word”, meant to keep their oppressors off balance as a form of subversive retaliation. They’ve activated my liberal white guilt for asking a simple question, very clever.
I think I’ve pissed off enough of the populace. Let me say in my defense that I am not one of those atheists who oppose religious belief, an ‘
anti-theist’. My stance on Christianity is much the same as homosexuality and any other practice I do not myself indulge.
Do no harm;
Stay out of government;
Do not spread lies and illogical arguments for personal or political gain;
Sometimes I like to watch.
