Poor, poor Gooch. Imagine spending a large chunk of your life constantly worrying, studying words written by flawed humans thousands of years ago, and obeying nonsensical rules, performing arcane rituals, and forcing yourself into accepting -- perhaps even genuinely *believing* things that are clearly, obviously, provably false, just in case death isn't as final as science demonstrates it is, and there's one particular supernatural judge planning to go over your entire existence with a fine-tooth comb to make sure you pass muster.
You can't blame him for being mad at us. Look at us unbelievers -- we just live our lives. For the most part, we behave like perfectly civilized human beings, even though we claim no one is forcing us to do that -- why on earth aren't we just constantly lying, stealing, killing, lusting after people and stuff we can't have, and dishonoring our parents and spouses? Why on earth do we bother taking a day off once a week? It doesn't make any sense! What the hell is wrong with us, actually thinking that non-white people are genuinely people like white people? Why don't we care about what happens sexually behind consenting adults' closed doors, whether whatever acts are being performed are done solely for procreation or for -- gasp -- pleasure?! Don't we know how harmful that is to... to... wait a minute - remind me how that harms anyone enthusiastically consenting to it?
And you know what the worst part is? We're not actively trying to stop them from wasting their lives on religion. We just happily go along with our own lives, agreeing to disagree.
Anyone who grew up gen x in Christian Nationalist or adjacent faith and deconstructed through abuse a observation of hypocrisy knows that they did have luxury of a layperson's understanding of Christianity. It was beaten into you, and church related (including scripture study) activities took up almost as much of your week as school did. So, gooch, you have a mass of individuals who have read and understand the Bible a whole hell of a lot more than you do holding up a mirror when you play the grab bag Christianity shit, to show you that you're really an ugly asshole. By that measure you will be judged, bubbabufford. If you're going to try to rule the world by the measure of a book, be prepared to have people who didn't ask you to step in to hold you accountable by that very text.
That man named after the taint, trying to lecture you about…What now?
Poor, poor Gooch. Imagine spending a large chunk of your life constantly worrying, studying words written by flawed humans thousands of years ago, and obeying nonsensical rules, performing arcane rituals, and forcing yourself into accepting -- perhaps even genuinely *believing* things that are clearly, obviously, provably false, just in case death isn't as final as science demonstrates it is, and there's one particular supernatural judge planning to go over your entire existence with a fine-tooth comb to make sure you pass muster.
You can't blame him for being mad at us. Look at us unbelievers -- we just live our lives. For the most part, we behave like perfectly civilized human beings, even though we claim no one is forcing us to do that -- why on earth aren't we just constantly lying, stealing, killing, lusting after people and stuff we can't have, and dishonoring our parents and spouses? Why on earth do we bother taking a day off once a week? It doesn't make any sense! What the hell is wrong with us, actually thinking that non-white people are genuinely people like white people? Why don't we care about what happens sexually behind consenting adults' closed doors, whether whatever acts are being performed are done solely for procreation or for -- gasp -- pleasure?! Don't we know how harmful that is to... to... wait a minute - remind me how that harms anyone enthusiastically consenting to it?
And you know what the worst part is? We're not actively trying to stop them from wasting their lives on religion. We just happily go along with our own lives, agreeing to disagree.
Anyone who grew up gen x in Christian Nationalist or adjacent faith and deconstructed through abuse a observation of hypocrisy knows that they did have luxury of a layperson's understanding of Christianity. It was beaten into you, and church related (including scripture study) activities took up almost as much of your week as school did. So, gooch, you have a mass of individuals who have read and understand the Bible a whole hell of a lot more than you do holding up a mirror when you play the grab bag Christianity shit, to show you that you're really an ugly asshole. By that measure you will be judged, bubbabufford. If you're going to try to rule the world by the measure of a book, be prepared to have people who didn't ask you to step in to hold you accountable by that very text.