Comments on: Jesus, Protect Me from Your Followers http://www.irrelevantimportance.com/2008/12/jesus-protect-me-from-your-followers/ Life, art, politics, technology and the meaninglessness that matters to me. Mon, 09 May 2011 22:06:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Z. http://www.irrelevantimportance.com/2008/12/jesus-protect-me-from-your-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Z. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:57:34 +0000 http://blog.irrelevantimportance.com/?p=24#comment-15 @Jeff: I agree, and I have beef with lots of organized religion(s). But since I live in an 80% "Christian" country, where 90% of our elected leaders self-identify as Christian, they in particular chafe me. @Rebecca: That article was excellent, and brings up so many good points. Thanks! As for taxes, it isn't even things like that that irk me, not really. Don't pay for social programs, fine. But could they stop claiming to cherish life and then acting indignant at the thought of having to stop using cluster bombs on civilian areas? And I wish I was making that up, but I watched an internet forum of right wingers get pissed off at the insinuation that we should sign on to the cluster munitions treaty. What would Jesus do? Be A-OK with "collateral damage" apparently. *sigh*. @Jeff: I agree, and I have beef with lots of organized religion(s). But since I live in an 80% “Christian” country, where 90% of our elected leaders self-identify as Christian, they in particular chafe me.

@Rebecca: That article was excellent, and brings up so many good points. Thanks! As for taxes, it isn’t even things like that that irk me, not really. Don’t pay for social programs, fine. But could they stop claiming to cherish life and then acting indignant at the thought of having to stop using cluster bombs on civilian areas? And I wish I was making that up, but I watched an internet forum of right wingers get pissed off at the insinuation that we should sign on to the cluster munitions treaty. What would Jesus do? Be A-OK with “collateral damage” apparently. *sigh*.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.irrelevantimportance.com/2008/12/jesus-protect-me-from-your-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Rebecca Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:38:36 +0000 http://blog.irrelevantimportance.com/?p=24#comment-14 I was just having this discussion the other day with someone at work- they claim to be so Christian, but they don't want their taxes to go up to pay for social programs that help the down trodden. They're in it only for themselves. On gay marriage, here’s a good article you should read: http://www.newsweek.com/id/172653 I was just having this discussion the other day with someone at work- they claim to be so Christian, but they don’t want their taxes to go up to pay for social programs that help the down trodden. They’re in it only for themselves. On gay marriage, here’s a good article you should read: http://www.newsweek.com/id/172653

]]> By: Jeff http://www.irrelevantimportance.com/2008/12/jesus-protect-me-from-your-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Jeff Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:24:00 +0000 http://blog.irrelevantimportance.com/?p=24#comment-13 The same thing goes for almost any religion. In the U.S. the Christians are the loudest, but I'm sure there's more than a few million Muslims that are at least as pissed off about the shit that their radicals do in the name of Muhammad and Allah. It's the biggest scourge of humanity, this kind of ignorance and blind faith. If only we had some sort of publicly accessible educational institutions in which we could teach people to think for themselves. The same thing goes for almost any religion. In the U.S. the Christians are the loudest, but I’m sure there’s more than a few million Muslims that are at least as pissed off about the shit that their radicals do in the name of Muhammad and Allah. It’s the biggest scourge of humanity, this kind of ignorance and blind faith. If only we had some sort of publicly accessible educational institutions in which we could teach people to think for themselves.

]]> By: Rachael Hipsky http://www.irrelevantimportance.com/2008/12/jesus-protect-me-from-your-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Rachael Hipsky Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:01:11 +0000 http://blog.irrelevantimportance.com/?p=24#comment-12 Couldn't agree more... In fact I was driving with my Dad the other day and saw a car yielding this bumper sticker... http://www.stickergiant.com/I-Like-Your-Christ_b7026.html I'm ordering one. Miss You old friend, Rachael Couldn’t agree more… In fact I was driving with my Dad the other day and saw a car yielding this bumper sticker… http://www.stickergiant.com/I-Like-Your-Christ_b7026.html
I’m ordering one.

Miss You old friend,
Rachael

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