Morality is not determined by the church you attend nor the faith you embrace. It is determined by the quality of your character and the positive impact you have on those you meet along your journey
Had to attend a Baptist memorial service for a dead old family friend, former Catholic turned Baptist. Anyway, I'm sure the congreganys thought my husband and I were possessed by the devil. The sermon was fucking ridiculous, cherry picked bible verses, non sense illogical drivel. We really tried to be on our best behavior, but the sighing and smiling was hard to contain. We tried to distract ourselves by writing on the offering envelopes "This is an hour of your life you will never get back." People who listen to this shit and beleive they are gonna rise from the dead are stupid. This dead man's ashes who we were celebrating was scattered over three states. How is that rising thing gonna work. Is that what walking dead is really about? Heads in one state, torso in another, appendages in another??
Just a metaphor for the way the TX fundies & their ilk are dead-set on tearing down the educational system by insisting on replacing the science-based curriculum with their religulous creationist tales instead. Noah's ark ®, Jonah & the whale ®, and of course, Adam & Eve® and that damned tree of knowledge®.
"Cutting it down" would mean that the fundamentalists have no need for knowledge and believe instead that eating from the tree of knowledge started everything that's wrong with the world and humankind. Who needs learning (knowledge) when they've got all they need in the Bible, which is killing the tree of knowledge by sawing it down to make paper on which to write it.
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ReplyDeleteHad to attend a Baptist memorial service for a dead old family friend, former Catholic turned Baptist. Anyway, I'm sure the congreganys thought my husband and I were possessed by the devil. The sermon was fucking ridiculous, cherry picked bible verses, non sense illogical drivel. We really tried to be on our best behavior, but the sighing and smiling was hard to contain. We tried to distract ourselves by writing on the offering envelopes "This is an hour of your life you will never get back."
ReplyDeletePeople who listen to this shit and beleive they are gonna rise from the dead are stupid. This dead man's ashes who we were celebrating was scattered over three states. How is that rising thing gonna work. Is that what walking dead is really about? Heads in one state, torso in another, appendages in another??
Personally, I would have said "killing it" instead of "cutting it down". There are LOTS of ways of killing besides cutting down.
ReplyDeleteAnd they are trying to use all of them!
That doesn't even make sense. What is "cutting it down" supposed to mean?
ReplyDeleteJust a metaphor for the way the TX fundies & their ilk are dead-set on tearing down the educational system by insisting on replacing the science-based curriculum with their religulous creationist tales instead. Noah's ark ®, Jonah & the whale ®, and of course, Adam & Eve® and that damned tree of knowledge®.
Delete"Cutting it down" would mean that the fundamentalists have no need for knowledge and believe instead that eating from the tree of knowledge started everything that's wrong with the world and humankind. Who needs learning (knowledge) when they've got all they need in the Bible, which is killing the tree of knowledge by sawing it down to make paper on which to write it.
DeletePerfectly said!
ReplyDeleteI would argue that atheists would not so much "believe" the problem is cutting it down as they know that's the problem. Big difference!
ReplyDeleteSo eloquently said, what a beautiful metaphor. Reminds me of Rush's song "The trees"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_D0wkLyCXE