This is not my own writing, but I think it does a good job of making a point:
quote:I have nothing against religious people. Hey, some of my best friends are religious. It's nobody's business what sort of ignorant, superstitious rituals they perform in their own homes and churches. No one should care what sort of bizarre mythical creatures they worship, or what kind of "holy" objects (statues, icons, and / or books) they revere.
Of course these religious people do need to show some restraint in public. I'll give you an example: I was at a nice restaurant with my wife the other night. There were these two guys at a table next to us. They looked fairly normal, but I thought by the way they dressed, and the way they styled their hair that they were "that way". So I kept my eye on them. Sure enough, as soon as their meals came they started praying right there at a table not ten feet away from us. How were we supposed to eat with that going on? Don't those people have special clubs or something where they can go?
What I really hate is the way they influence the media. I'm not talking about the ones with their own shows. I can spot those a mile away, and avoid them. I'm talking about the ones who sneak their insane agenda into supposedly factual news stories.
But I digress. My point is that we shouldn't hate these people, but pity them. We should try to help them see past their delusions when we can. When we can't help them, we should just leave them alone...unless they run for public office, or want to teach in a public school or...
By James Huber
Thoughts?
Posted by Rico (Member # 7533) on :
Pardon my bluntness but it looks to me like an ignorant way of seeing religion. It's one thing to disagree with the beliefs, it's another to mock them in the way that the writer does.
What are your views on it HRE?
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
quote:Originally posted by HRE: Thoughts?
It's either satire or cruel and ignorant. I don't know the context, so I can't say which.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
It's a satirical look on how many religious people view homosexuals. The writer is looking at religious people in the same way that many religious people look at homosexuals. I've seen it before, but this one's not terribly badly written.