hell’s handmaiden

A teacher in North Dakota ran a video in health class about “some kid who dies and writes a letter to his friend before he is sent to Hell bitching about how his friend didn’t expose him to Jesus before he died. The teacher’s reason? It was to show the dangers of drunk driving.”

CapoKT picked up the story and ran with it, focusing mostly on religiously blinded comments of some of the people responding to that article. It is a good read. I won’t steal the thunder.

Clarity. Clarity is good. It is good to find some peace, some contentment. I found a story of one man’s path to just that.

I have finally arrived at a place where both my heart and head can agree. I see life through new lenses. I see people with a new respect, I see the beauty of nature, this world, this creation with awe. I am happy. I went through many avenues, many road blocks, and many up’s and down’s. Finally I sit where I can be at peace within this world I belong.

You know its just not right

I found this article, “Afghan boy dancers sexually abused by former warlords“, about the bacha bereesh in Afghanistan by following a link from the quite obviously anti-Islam site, TheReligionofPeace– Islam: The Religion of Peace (and a big stack of dead bodies). One would think then that the link would direct to a condemnation of Islam– “Islam supports raping young boys”, that kind of thing. After all, the bacha bereesh are young boys dressed up as girls, fake breasts and all, who dance for rich men, then have sex with them. In fact the link at TheReligionofPeace is dressed up with “An article on the truly disgusting practice of exploiting young boys for sex. This happens to be in Afghanistan, where journaists are focused these days, but it is also common in other parts of the Islamic world where the sexes are segregated.” Oh… common in parts of the Islamic world. Oh, ok. Clearly Islam is too blame. Except…

A piece over at GodisaJoke…

“You stupid feminist secular humanist I bet you had an abortion I bet you got an education and sold your soul to the devil you probably let your children watch Harry Potter you’re going to hell because you’re stupid you’re old you’re ugly I don’t want you in my heaven because you’re stupid you’re stupid you’re stupid you devil-worshipping secular humanist you’ve been ruined by your feminism you’re going to hell you liberal God-hating Jesus -denying freak.”

Too Much Fun on A Street Corner

… excited fond memories of my own encounters with fundie word salad.

I’ll eventually get back to writing posts of my own, but for now Things I’m Getting Tired Of Hearing from Spanish Inquisitor.

First: Atheism Is A Religion.

No it’s not.

Things I’m Getting Tired Of Hearing

The Inquisitor needn’t go further than that quip as a minimum effort at actually thinking pretty much closes the case. But the Inquisitor does continue, perhaps realizing as I have that ‘a minimum effort at actually thinking’ is asking quite a lot. The rabidly faithful need things spelled out.

Second: Righteous