religion is unhealthy for your religious life
2007-Dec-23, Sunday 09:24 amReuters has an article describing the defection of two journalists who report on matters of religion.
BBC News talks about how even bible-thumping fundamentalists are getting tired of the "same ol', same ol'". You probably haven't heard of Rev. Terry Fox, but he's similar to Rev. Phelps of "God Hates Fags" fame. (edit:![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sfbootdog found this scary video from them.) Says Rev. Fox, "I am proud to be called the religious right," he blasts. "I am religious and I am right!" The BBC article goes on to say:
I hope these changes mean that people are finally realizing how life is much too short and precious to spend so much of it in hatred and deceit. It seems to me that monotheists of whatever variety might be better off concentrating their attention on creative endeavors, then leaving the destructive ones to their infallible deity who's probably better qualified than mere humans at figuring out when it's appropriate. I've noticed the tendency of fundamentalists to grow annoyed at their deity's slow distribution of wrathful vengeance, and to start taking matters into their own hands instead to hurry matters along. Do you suppose we'll ever outgrow this impatience?
May you be touched by his noodly appendage.
"Two leading religion journalists — one in Britain, one in the United States — have quit the beat in recent months, saying they had acquired such a close look at such scandalous behaviour by Christians that they lost their faith and had to leave."
BBC News talks about how even bible-thumping fundamentalists are getting tired of the "same ol', same ol'". You probably haven't heard of Rev. Terry Fox, but he's similar to Rev. Phelps of "God Hates Fags" fame. (edit:
sfbootdog found this scary video from them.) Says Rev. Fox, "I am proud to be called the religious right," he blasts. "I am religious and I am right!" The BBC article goes on to say:"But the Rev Fox's cross is all that is left of his ministry at the old place. He tells me it was time to move on but most locals think he was thrown out for being too dogmatic, too extreme, even in Wichita."
I hope these changes mean that people are finally realizing how life is much too short and precious to spend so much of it in hatred and deceit. It seems to me that monotheists of whatever variety might be better off concentrating their attention on creative endeavors, then leaving the destructive ones to their infallible deity who's probably better qualified than mere humans at figuring out when it's appropriate. I've noticed the tendency of fundamentalists to grow annoyed at their deity's slow distribution of wrathful vengeance, and to start taking matters into their own hands instead to hurry matters along. Do you suppose we'll ever outgrow this impatience?
May you be touched by his noodly appendage.