What Is The Backlash About Anyways

My chubby east Coast  sister that blogs for USA Today (and I'm so proud of her).

Many say that because of 9/11 The New Atheists had emerged and since has become a verbal force to be reckoned with. Personally I think it was the Bush era that. That doesn't matter. What matters is that because of the New Atheists religion is no longer exempt from criticism. The free ride is over and if religion is a gonna (try) influence the history and science classrooms, politics in general, as well as women's bodies and the rights of GLBT, then in all fairness you will be scrutinized and criticized. After all that is fair, is it not. Well, not if you are a religious blogger or commentor.  Recently the New York Times Op-Ed article correctly ask's that political candidates be "grilled" on their beliefs. The backlash among the religious is tremendous...and stupid.

Religion is the most important umbrella topic that concerns the world today. There are religious wars where innocent civilian lives are being lost, people are being displaced and every important topic you can think of (stem cell research, environment, Israel etc...) has a religious element somewhere inside of it. Just look at one paper, USA Today, and see how many times the topic of religion comes up on any single day, everyday.

Muslim Americans in American after 9/11. Islamophobia is on the verge of going all Japanese xenophobia alla' WWII. All Muslims are not terrorists (as some on the right want you to believe), in fact, most are moderate.

Convicted young girl fucker Warren Jeffs is in a coma (and no one cares).

Then, aides for Michele "Crazy Eyes" Bachmann said that Crazy Eyes was making a joke when she recently said that the East Coast hurricane was a result of, guess...Gawd. Yes, it is pretty funny that Gawd killed many people and destroyed hella stuff. I'll vote for ya, not.

Guns, Gawd and babes. Two outta three is not bad, err, or good.

The backlash against the NYT Op-Ed article is dookie pants. You betcha politicians need to be "grilled" on there beliefs. The new buzz word is 'dominionism' (evangelical Christians and their duty to rule the world), if that is not important, then I do not know what is. Isn't it important for voters to know if a candidate holds the bible in higher regard than, let's say, that constitution thingy that people keep talking about. I think it is.

The "backlashers" against the mere idea of questioning presidential candidates on their beliefs tells me that some are still stuck in pre 9/11 thinking. The New Atheist (that's us folks) demand a place at the political table and dagnabit, you betcha we can question religion.

Keep your awesome atheist noses to the secular grindstone peeps. There is lot's o' work to be done.

* New Yorker Op-Ed article

* The always great Religion Dispatches. The Pundits and Dominionists.