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I have come to apologize. Not to anyone specifically, nor even to those who are here on DU, but a general apology to almost all Christians. I want to spare myself some grief later down the line when the passion inside of me explodes and I say something completely and totally nasty and malicious.
I won't mean it when it happens....well, I will mean it, but really only to a small group of Christians for whom I have nothing but contempt. And unfortunately, it might be worded such that many Christians will feel it's aimed at them as well, and I really don't want people to hate me or think that I am normally saying such horrid things about all Christians.
The trouble is, we really need to have more nicknames for the bad Christians. I call them the RRR most of the time, while qualifying it when I can to fundies, evangelicals or creationists. But as some are aware, not all evangelicals are nutcases, and some fundies and even some creationists (not a whole helluva lot, tho) are completely harmless. And so because of different meanings and different connotations, something gets lost in the translation and someone gets offended who shouldn't be.
I hate the RRR. There--I said it. No, you're right. I shouldn't "hate" anyone. I should be a good secular humanist and treat all people the same, regardless if they're good or bad. I mean, I would, but there is always this little voice in the back of my mind that says, "They would just as soon stick a shiv in your ribs if you gave them half a chance." Well, granted, that is a possibility, and yes, their tendentiousness does make me want to run them over with a tank, but they're people, just like you and me. And while they might not give a fuck about everyone else if their orgasmic dream of the rapture should ever take place, they do constitute human beings, I suppose. And while they do have a very nasty habit of being complete and utter hypocrites, with narrow-minded thinking, intolerance and complete and utter disregard for the feelings of others, they aren't aliens from some other planet who are here to eat our brains and turn us into their slaves.
I doubt if there are very many of such Christians here at DU. But they might be here, somewhere, afraid to come out and admit that they are part and parcel of the RRR. But there ARE lots of other Christians here, from moderates to very religious, from Unitarians to Catholics and every other denomination in between. And it is to them that I apologize, right now, right here, for anything you might construe as a possible flame or snarky comment. Because it isn't aimed at you. Really.
The true liberal (of which I believe I am one) doesn't expect anyone to change their religion to please anyone, and that is the solid truth. I don't care if someone worships Satan, God, Buddha, Kali, Zeus, Diane, Loki, Merlin or someone else. I don't care if someone finds great delight in incantations, potions, howling at the moon on a well lit night, or even if they drink blood and only come out at night. That's their prerogative. That's their freedom of religion at work, and it's nothing to me ultimately--people have to live with their own beliefs, and as long as they're not harming me, I don't care. As long as I don't have someone shoving a book into my face and telling me that they will be praying for my soul. When someone starts that shit, I want to grab something big, heavy and most likely metal and ram it into their heads. I am not, however, that violent a person, so I tend to stifle my anger and wreak havoc on the board after such an instance instead.
It's funny in a way: many fled Europe centuries ago to find religious freedom in the United States, just a colony at the time. And now, centuries later, much of Europe is secular and comfortable with it, and the U.S. is faced with scum sucking pigs who are trying to force THEIR religions down the throats of the rest of us! If I were just a smidgen more action oriented, a fist might suffice in any future incidents I have with the RRR, but I'm not. The Type A personality forces me to suppress the anger and disgust and try to use the energy for something less physical. Of course, that scenario doesn't work. :shrug:
Anyhow, here's my apology. And please forgive me when I rant about the soulless assholes in the RRR who just don't get it. We don't WANT to hear about your goddamned fucking asshole of a god. We don't want to hear about your "love of God" which works out fine for some things, and not so well for other things. We don't want to hear you climaxing with "his" name on your lips. We don't want to here you trying to make the universe look like a crib for a wicked child god who is as temperamental as his benighted followers. We don't want to hear you whine or protest when the rest of us are fed up with your immature baiting, and we don't want to hear from you--period. Go fuck yourselves. You might enjoy the orgasm more that way when you actually know what you're doing.
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