so where's my tax exemption

LMAO!!

I've never heard it put that way before, but when you use all the rhetoric they use against us, to describe them, it so absolutely fits.

Thanks for the laugh.  

Close the GayTM. Only give to candidates who have actually done something other than make promises - most are just pandering for our cash.

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by: JohnVisser @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 00:01:30 AM CST

Can I link to this?

It's so perfect I want to cry.

God save ornery old queens! - kevinchi

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by: Keori @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 00:33:37 AM CST

link away

but expect as we wage this fight, the militant self described christians will attack us, call us intolerant, delusionophobic, try to silence our voices in the marketplace of ideas. for all their claims of "love your neighbor" , these forces of "tolerance" will stop at nothing to advance their delusionist agenda.  Make no mistake, their real goal is to normalize their  so-called "faith", and to suppress those who would dare speak the truth.  and beware - they have been granted special rights in the guise of "hate crimes" legislation.   But stay strong in the fight for traditional mental health, after all someone has to think of the children.

folk the war

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by: suejeffers @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 02:24:58 AM CST

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Christian Nationalism

Thats the goal. Beware.

Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving."
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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by: T2inDC @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 12:15:20 PM CST

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Consider it signal-boosted...

...with appropriate credits, natch...

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by: RadarGrrl @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 20:23:00 PM CST

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WOW...

What a great piece...well done!

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by: Abbygirl @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 09:25:09 AM CST

This was great and spot-on

Of course, the real problem are the religious moderates who would take offense at you painting them all with the same broad brush.  

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by: Kringas @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 12:11:33 PM CST

Perfect!

Nothing more to say :[)

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by: mowomo @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 12:16:57 PM CST

I love you.

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by: ggw59 @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 12:26:11 PM CST

Bwahahahahhaaaa!

Love it.  I have often thought to myself that I should start treating religion as if it's a mental disease.  If people insist on talking to me about their beliefs, I'll give them a big puppy dog look as if I am wallowing deep in a pity session for them.  Then I'll ask them what their treatment options are.  

Never stand between an overcaffeinated biker and her motorcycle.

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by: Overcaffeinated @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 12:43:51 PM CST

Actually, I think the Church of Reality is tax exempt

Check them out here:http://www.churchofreality.org/wisdom/

This is great, thanks for sharing.

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by: hubcap750 @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 13:44:08 PM CST

"The Church of Reality is a non-prophet organization"

Love it! Thanks for the link.

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by: exfundie @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 16:52:32 PM CST

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"have you ever seen a "christian" cat or dog?"

I think that's best line right there.  

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by: Kringas @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 13:57:42 PM CST

Awesome!

Thanks for this!

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by: rx7ward @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 15:16:42 PM CST

That's hilarious!

And also so effective.  I think I'm going to save that for people who need to hear it.  Thanks!

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by: JosephineTx @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 17:40:45 PM CST

I think they could be healed.....

Is there some organization I can join, so that we can go against this rampant growth on our society that is illuminating this illness of hate and disfunction?

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by: jonesmunoz @ Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 23:53:20 PM CST

If this were a Livejournal entry,

I'd have added it to my "memories".

Three times, because it is just that fabulous!

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by: Funky Gnoll @ Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 02:40:53 AM CST

Thanks to a bit of cut and paste...

...and appropriate credits, (see my entry above), it is!

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by: RadarGrrl @ Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 06:44:03 AM CST

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From the Other Side Of The Fence

OK, at the risk of sounding like a wing-nut, I have to disagree with this as an absolute. I have actually met a few Christians that do accept that about 90% of what's out there under the title of Christianity is insanity. In their own way, a lot of Christianity has become much like an hour glass, as the heart fills, the head empties. Here are some of my observations:

1. To deny science. Especially when one uses what's convenient and denounces what makes them uncomfortable is hypocrisy at best, outright denial of reality at worse.

2. To claim we have freedom of religion (remember the first amendment?) while attempting to mandate their own morality is one hell of a transgression on the idea of separation of Church and State. In other words, you are free to practice your religious beliefs as long as we approve of them. Well...Duh... That sounds a bit mandatory to me.

3. To claim that it is an absolute that God made the earth and heavens in just six days, and was so pooped from his efforts that he took the seventh and sacked out. This kind of bothers me a bit. If there was no light, no sun, no earth (speaking of which...Where did the water come from for the darkness to be upon? No earth - no oceans! For all that's holy! WTF?)

4. The Bible is all inclusive and the literal word of God...
OK... Why did Jesus teach in parables? Why is so much of the book of Genesis allusion? For that matter, why is so much of the New Testament allusion for that matter? OK...If something is not in the Bible (the all-inclusiveness aspect here folks!) The why in the heck do Christians use things like cell phones, PC's, automobiles (Although the Honda Accord may be permissible - but that is a stretch as the word is not capitalized!!! Re.: Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.)

5. When one uses scripture to confirm or condemn something, shouldn't the person doing the referencing also pay attention to the parts that apply to themselves as well... Lessee..."It is an abomination for a man to wear women's clothing..." - Leviticus something or other. Hey wingnuts!!! What about eating shrimp and other shell fish or (shudder) wearing cotton polyester fer chrissakes?!!!

6.They do not want us foisting our "morality off onto them..." Hiccup!!! WTF!!! Who has been doing exactly that for the last 233 years - and getting increasingly ridiculous about their expectations since the Civil War? For this reason only, I'm beginning to think that we lost this war in reality - not because of States Rights, slavery, and other principles, but simply because the term "In God We Trust" was first minted into our coinage an d started mainstream fun-duh-mental-ism into thinking that there was was always the way. I also object to the phrase "One Nation Under God" in the pledge. Am I expected to say this if I am an atheist of Buddhist? Sometimes this makes me want to puke...

OK...I can go on and on - and these are the problems with any fundamentalist religious belief. It will always supplant intellectualism and love with fanaticism and hatred.

Let's face it, those who seek to dominate the world through religious means are at best intolerant, and at worse total freaking nut jobs!

I know a lot of people who live according to scripture, but are definitely not insane. They do not reject the things inconvenient to their faith, but are willing to "let go, let God" and not lean on their own understanding, sticking to love and an open mind. They do not reject science and technology, rather embrace it as a way to better the world and make things better for a lot more people.

What we are seeing, especially here in the U.S. of many A-holes, is a situation where religion has become completely black and white for way too many people and that is indeed insane - even according to the scripture that they endorse. Having been made afraid by Islamic Terrorists (which were most likely created by international subjugation to the same pseudo-christian insanity) they are becoming Christian Extremists Terrorists, and Christo-Nazis. They are in fact becoming exactly like the worse in what they oppose, yet even more so (if possible). I think many of them want to see the Apocalypse - even if it is Christ-less and a self-fulfilled prophecy! These people absolutely hate themselves - and despise anyone who can be complete within themselves - with or without God-d...

No, not all Christians are insane. There are some denominations that do not tell their followers what to believe and how to act toward others. The sad thing here? The wing-nut denominations are calling them deceived and synagogues of Satan. I am of course speaking of denominations like the UCC, Metropolitan and Unitarian churches. I fear any evangelical religion, but feel pretty comfortable with most that are congregational, for the simple reason that the latter is usually a bit short on impractical/improbable dogmas and theologies.

Let's face it. Anything that becomes too big and too powerful will always corrupt us poor deluded little fuzz-balls known as human beings.

Just my silly little opinion here. I don't want to see the baby tossed out with the bathwater.

Perception is not always reality but self deception, through rationalization, is sine qua non.

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by: JoanieH @ Tue Nov 24, 2009 at 17:24:57 PM CST

That baby was still born and should be thrown out.

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.-- Thomas Jefferson

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by: Mykelb @ Wed Nov 25, 2009 at 12:17:16 PM CST

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