The other day I mentioned that religion is the most important topic in the up coming election (and any election for that matter). I pointed out that one just has to scan the newspaper, any newspaper, to see that we are inundated with religion every single day, whether believer or not. What did I come up with, like, a million gazillion examples from USA Today. Well, let's look at the Mighty SF Chron today.
The Golden State Warriors, Mark Jackson, is a preacher...and he has an epic three page article in SF Gate. So it doesn't matter that dude is a believer, but we always get called out for shoving our atheism down peoples throats, but do we get to complain when that happens to us (and I feel that generally, we are innocent of that charge). So little 'ol me innocently reads the paper in the morning and I have to hear about Pastor Jackson. WTF. I'll also mention that evangelical Christianity has infiltrated the armed forces and all of pro sports. It has to do with that dominionism thingy that everyone has been talking about lately.
Here's a neutral-ish article. A new movie has come out called "Higher Ground." It is based on a book called "This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost." In both the book and the movie the main character goes on that journey we all have to go thru and she enters and then ultimately leaves evangelical Christianity. The movie has been praised for it's fair and balanced look at religion (and I admit that at times movies about religion can be ugly pants). So that is pretty coolio.
Super weirdo and awesome film maker David "Frackin' awesome" Lynch is...opening a niteclub. OK that is not religious, but he does practice Transcendental Meditation (TM). He credits his bizarre films and the organic-ness of their flow to TM. I used to follow him on Twitter, but his tweets reek of self help crap...great film maker tho.
Prez "The One" Obama correctly asks the court to throw out the super stupid "Don't Ask"suit. Bible based homophobia is so gay. First of all, who the hell wants to join the armed forces to kill other people. They should be welcoming anyone that wants to join their exclusive and violent club. Bible based homophobia is the source of tremendous amounts of manpower and resources. A total waste and all because some people think that their bronze age book told them to think so. Sheez.
And finally...all the religious wars. What is that? Anytime it is us v. them. Anytime there is one group, err, let's say Islam, and they are intolerant of, I'll just randomly guess, American Christians that want to kill them also. This one is the elephant in the room, but how can we forget this one when so many people are dying.
I would say the big three are sexism, homophobia and war. Pretty much everyday those are topics in the news. Why. Because the bible told peeps that they are better than others, that they must spread their faith and that they don't have to tolerate different views.
Have a nice weekend everyone (and read and support your local newspaper).
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