Long time no post; Less religious America yet still a strong observant demographic

What can I say? I always feel as if Facebook conveys a good enough idea of what most of us atheist bloggers are getting at - there is no god or supernatural forces in the universe. Only boring old physics and the INFINITE UNIVERSE. Man, we're unbearable.

That's actually why I felt like writing. Although some of the posts I make, or memes I re-post (I think that constitutes a fair portion of the majority of any timeline) still make it abundantly clear, I'm not as emphatic about going headfirst into arguments with people who are fixed in their beliefs. I notice this when I comment in public media outlets, especially dealing with individuals I'd roughly estimate to be between 45-67 There is a consistent thread among that particular demographic - they are seemingly as idealistic as ever.

Which should come as no surprise. Evangelicals are flocking to Donald Trump despite the fact that he is the opposite of Christ without all the dark, mischievous flair of Satan. I'm someone somewhere in the grey areas that is the "left" of center of the duopoly on Capitol Hill. The drivel of evangelicals is of the most fervent, absent minded supernatural tribalism we've seen. Well, forgive me, excluding Scientology.

"I'm an ENFJ, thanks for asking!

Of course my beloved Pew Polls back me up on this, Polling and Analysis November 3, 2015 U.S. Public Becoming Less Religious Modest Drop in Overall Rates of Belief and Practice, but Religiously Affiliated Americans Are as Observant as Before but you get glimpses of hope from analysis such as " The Landscape Study shows, for example, that nearly all major religious groups have become significantly more accepting of homosexuality in recent years – even groups, such as evangelicals and Mormons, that traditionally have expressed strong opposition to same-sex relationships."

I can only hope this acceptance is based out of the same loving God they worship, rather than being terrified of being left behind in history as so many religions have before our civilization began. A relic of an already archaic pass, long overdue to expire.

Gay Marriage Legal - So What's YOUR problem?

First and foremost, congratulations to the LGBTQ community in this landmark victory. It is not the final battle, but it is an important win in a tumultuous era of bigotry and intense political lobbying.

Let me start off with the ever-so-awful Mike Huckabee. Here are his pre-SCOTUS decision remarks on the matter of same-sex marriage (the law of the land now you uppity bitch!):

"For a lot of believers, the question comes, do we have civil disobedience, or do we have Biblical disobedience? For many of us, civil disobedience—when we believe that the civil government has acted outside of nature, and nature's god, outside of the bounds of the law, outside of the bounds of the Constitution—we believe that it's the right and the moral thing to do. Now I understand that's a very controversial thing to say. But Todd, what if no one had acted in disobedience to the Dred Scott decision of 1857? What if the entire country had capitulated to judicial tyranny and we just said that because the Supreme Court said in 1857 said that a black person wasn’t fully human—suppose we had accepted that, suppose Abraham Lincoln, our president, had accepted that, would that have been the right course of action? And I don't know of anyone, I mean seriously, I don't know of anyone who believes that the Supreme Court made the right decision in Dred Scott." - Mike Huckabee, June 2016

Yes, he went there. To slavery. To Dred Scott, which has part of it's opinion on the decision reading as such: 

"It would give to persons of the negro race, ...the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased, ...to sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased ...the full liberty of speech in public and in private upon all subjects upon which its own citizens might speak; to hold public meetings upon political affairs, and to keep and carry arms wherever they went."

I actually am familiar with the case, and this was one in a slew where even the phrase "Separate but Equal" (Plessy v. Ferguson) were common.



Shuddering yet? Now, this is one of the main contentions I have with the average Christian. And no, I don't find Huckabee to be an exceptional one, he's rather awful and pious in his devotion.  The propensity to resort to other awful periods of American history to try to draw a parallel where one clearly does not exist. It's a common practice, deflection.

Now, onto the dissent of the average Christian. I know, you've all heard it by now but let's just have it in print here. This is crazy-ass Leviticus (the Book of) and his bat shit rationalization condemning same sex "relations".

"Leviticus 18:21 -22"- "And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination."



Molech (Moloch) worship was actually a relatively insane, child sacrifice by fire practice in African tribal practices,  as well as used by the Caananites, and Phoeinicians. So ok, no burning kids. How thoughtful of you there, Levi. Now the other half of this verse is the basis, whether they know it or not for the Christian outrage and counter-argument. Jesus Christ himself never mentions anything regarding homosexuality. This is the old Testament where presumably God is just yelling shit from the sky and hoping the one literate guy is taking dictation and take it well. God's secretaries were not allowed room for error. Oh wait, that free will thing would allow for it. Aww, fuck it.


Now, what the hell is the specific need for concern here? The logical fallacies, the simplistic and obvious to ones are likely related to procreation, piety and purity.

At the end of the day, same-sex marriage is now the law of the land. The whines, cries, and wails of the evangelical community, the average dissenter and the vehemently venomous will all wain into history no different than those who opposed de-segregation in schools in the South.


I want to thank all of my friends, readers and family who are on the right side of history. And I want to an extend an olive branch of diplomacy, tolerance and agreement to those who are, or were on the wrong side of it. There is no line in the sand to stand across any longer. We're now all on the same beach, and if you still have quarrel with that then your faith, as I always say, is a toxic one and no one has any good reason other than to justify hate to cling to this principle of it. Let the tide take you then. Progress does not look backward to see whom was left behind. But it travels at a pace that allows you to join it at your will, should you rescind your former biased and cherry-picked from the Bible feelings on this LAW you had.

Ancient Confession Found - "We Invented Christ"

Just a little food for thought, and what I've been thinking all along. 

Ancient Confession found: "We Invented Christ"
More to come soon, I am accumulating some thoughts.

Rationalizing the irrational

These were some of my replies to a Facebook conversation (obviously where the greatest minds meet for discourse) this morning, I had to share my replies to the claims of finding God a self-made journey as well as the validity of the Holy Bible (lulz) and other amazingly self-deceiving rebuttals. Below are my replies to the stronger of the believers replying:

 I don't understand how you find truth in something (Islam is a bigger offender) in a religion that subjugates women and condones slavery. Ignore the Old Testament all you want, it's there and if you don't follow the Bible you're simply a diet-Christian looking to cut and paste the parts of the Bible you find unsettling. 

And what 'truth' and 'way' were the half million people who died in the storm in the Philippines missing out on? I see only a planet Earth with two major plagues : humans, and their concocted beliefs to rationalize their fear of death. 

Then you believers say that you'll "pray for the victims" as if that is of ANY benefit. It's just a lazy way of showing little compassion. I'm sorry but the only real Christians in this world do good without expectations for eternal reward and go get their fucking hands dirty instead of preaching to their own choirs of the even less intelligent who rely on more formulated opinions of this perpetuated 2000 year old myth.

 It's a tax exempt, woman hating and oppressing male dominated scam. The answer to the creation of the universe is in a book written by sheep herders from 2000 years ago when only 2 percent of the population could read or write? There are currently over 5,700 religions or gods but Yea, the one Americans believe is the truth. Bullshit.

 I won't accept any of this spiritual journey self redemption nonsense on behalf of my dear friend Hannah who died from stage IV soft cell sarcoma within 3 months of diagnosis, the millions of children who starve daily and the Joel Osteen evangelical scum avoiding taxes and stealing from the poor under the guise of prosperity through prayer. Human action, not telepathy is the only way to take care of one another.


When implied that I am not "enlightened" -


 I have quite easily the most formulated and well-thought responses so to imply that I am less enlightened than someone who is again, using a book written by sheep-herding peasants who knew nothing of the world outside their tiny village as the reason for existing is utterly, utterly absurd and I doubt you'd listen to a sheep-herder nowadays give you very much advice on anything beyond sheep-herding. We all grew up in a DOMINANTLY Catholic neighorhood, dissent of the church is really something some of you have read for the frst time from me, and I know that for a fact. You were born into it no different than I was. Indoctrination in itself is evil and abusive. By the time I was reading at a 10th grade level in 4th grade I already knew there was no coherency and an abundance of similarity to the previous civilizations gods and goddesses. 

So tell me this, south side oppressed Catholics..what makes your religion different from the Mythology of the Greeks and Romans early on? As one of my favorite quotes says, 

"The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next". To imply that Christianity, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, God are all one and that every other religion is wrong and will have to answer to your god is 100% completely a SUPREMACIST attitude.