Currently I'm reading a book and watching a movie that both have strong religious overtones. I should say that each of them have a couple characters who are strongly religious and it's just pathetic. They're both really ridiculous and the lengths they go to to perform their little religious ceremonies is fucking stupid. This one girl floats around the prison being as nasty and hateful as she wants and at the same time spends the rest of her time performing healing rituals and preaching about how much Jesus loves them and how forgiving he is, etc. It's fucking ridiculous. The girl in the other story hears the gods talking to her constantly and they tell her to do stupid shit like tracing the lines on the woodgrain floor. She does it for hours and hours. And she also feels unclean constantly because she's unworthy so she spends tons of time washing her hands till they bleed. She's been doing it for years. This is the kind of shit that religion talks you into doing and that the rest of us have to put up with. I'm getting really really sick of seeing this shit everywhere. Just grow the fuck up already and start taking responsibility for your own crap.
Monday, July 22, 2013
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Feeling the Pressure
Wow, I’m really starting to feel the pressure of being in the bible belt. We decided to put a bid in on a house and it’s on the corner lot of 2 major streets. And the other THREE corners have fucking churches on them. So I’ll be completely surrounded by the enemy if I take this house.
As well, I just took a job that turns out to be for a southern baptist org. Now, it’s a huge company so perhaps it won’t be that bad, but just being surrounded by all of that makes me sick to my stomach.
I’m just getting really sick of having to justify things to people who don’t want to do take certain actions because of an invisible man in the sky.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The God Virus
My favorite podcast for a while now has been Dogma-free America, and they just had a mini episode where he talks to the author of the book The God Virus.
It certainly sounds like an interesting book where he compares religion to a virus outbreak and he makes some pretty damn good points.
I'm not going to spend too much time talking about what he said because it's available online, but definitely go have a listen. It's not as long as the usual podcasts so it's not too long.
So the episode is #83... I think this is the direct link, but if not then just find that episode on the site and you'll be good.