For countless centuries, human inhabitants of this planet called Earth had a geocentric state of mind. They believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and everything, including the sun, orbited around this small spherical body. There were a few observers through the years that started to truly study the sky and began to lay the pieces of the puzzle out to construct. Copernicus was the first to put the puzzle together by coming out and saying that the Earth orbited the Sun. Later, Galileo invented the telescope to observe far off celestial bodies, and with this was able to examine the paths of orbiting planets and moons and confirmed what Copernicus had stated.
This concept went against everything that the church believed. As a matter of fact, Galileo was excommunicated from the Catholic Church, but kept his strong faith in God. Over time, with insurmountable evidence, the church finally adopted the heliocentric construction to our solar system. Now, almost five centuries after Galileo left this planet, science is in an ever heated battle with religion yet again. This time it is dealing with how life came to be on this planet. Science shows steady changes to species over time so those species can adapt to their environment and ensure their thriving through time (barring any major catastrophe). These small, steady mutations are the basis of evolution, or the survival of the fittest. There are countless species of birds on this planet all with different designs beaks, wings and feet. Some have webbed feet to allow them to tread through water easier, others have talons to grasp their prey while they fly. Pelicans have an expandable pouch to scoop up water with fish so they don't have to land to eat where as the seagull does not. These are variable traits over time to allow these different species to survive and thrive.
Yes, it took the church many of years to accept the fact that we are not the center of the universe, eventually they will come to the conclusion showing that evolution is a fact and not a belief. Galileo never gave up his faith, but stood by the scientific evidence of the heliocentric concept. Why is accepting what Darwin observed blasphemous? We see changes in our own species over time. We as a species have gotten taller over time. George Washington was 6 feet 2 inches at the time of his death, that was considered tall for his time, today that is average. We are adapting, height is a favorable trait to have, it shows dominance. Accept the fact that evolution is out there, we all evolve, we're just waiting for you.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
A Choice...
We encounter scores of choices on a daily basis; what shoes to wear, what to get to eat on lunch, should I pass the cop on the interstate if they're going below the speed limit? A lot of these are minimal and seem like they won't impact our everyday life (unless you read up on Quantum Theory, but that's well beyond what this is going into). We have choices galore here in the United States, most people choose to believe that science is absolutely wrong when discussing the fact of evolution. I don't mind one bit having an intelligent conversation in regards to creation vs. evolution, the validity of The Bible or how hypocritical many practitioners of religion appear to be, but there are places that are appropriate for these discussions, and I'd say that ninety percent of the time work is not a good place to have a discussion on topics such as these, a better choice could have been made.
Homosexuality is not a choice. It is a biological anomaly that has changed the face of the modern world. In 1993, President Clinton initiated an Executive Order banning gays serving openly in the military with Don't Ask, Don't Tell. One may argue that this would not infringe on any civil rights, but I wonder how many conversations were held between troops about how much they enjoyed the dancers at one of the many exotic bars in a military town, or the hot piece of ass they got from the club over the weekend. This is flaunting heterosexuality in the open and this is perfectly acceptable, despite the fact that these were the same practices in Sodom and Gomorrah before the Lord rained down fire and brimstone. It took nearly 20 years for our society to realize just how wrong Don't Ask Don't Tell was and urge the government to take action.
Now to say there is a "Gay Gene" or not is a bit ridiculous at this point in time. Yes, we have decoded the human genome, but not one gene stood out, what we did find upon further research is that 60% of the sample did share similar genes on 3 different chromosomes (read here), simply put homosexuality is no more a choice than how tall you are. Homosexuals have pheromones and hormones just like heterosexuals that stimulate their physical attraction to others, it's nothing that can just be prayed away, no more than crabs, lobsters and swine can be prayed away (more of God's abominations).
Another thing, if you're going to say that your ancestors are Adam & Eve, not monkeys and then an hour later agree with someone saying that human species started in Africa millions of years ago, either you believe the Bible is open to interpretation and flawed by man or are blindly following what you are being taught. You are free to choose what your beliefs are, but there are irrefutable evidence that life on Earth is far greater in age than six thousand years old like the Bible teaches; we don't find human, let alone chimp, remains with dinosaur remains in the fossil record. Evolution is not an attack on faith; faith and worship falls into a societal belief system (often examined in Social Studies classes) while fossils, rocks, carbon and everything surrounding us down to the molecular level can be physically examined (often studied in a science class). This is why evolution is taught in science compared to creation, or it's new cool nickname Intelligent Design. With the scientific method, you work to the answer, not give the answer and work from it. Intelligent Design, Creationism and sadly Flying Spaghetti Monsterism have no place in science books. Evolution may be a trick from the Flying Spaghetti Monster to test our faith, but since there has been a great decrease in pirates as global warming increases, there are fewer prophets out there to spread his noodly word to the masses.
The bottom line is that we are all brothers and sisters on this floating rock ideally placed far enough away not to be scorched by the sun but still close enough to benefit from the heat it puts off. No matter what you study, we all come from a common ancestor whether it be Adam & Eve or rely on scientific proof showing our decent from chimpanzees. There are millions upon millions of genes that can be activated and deactivated over time. Whales have the gene to grow legs, we as humans still have the gene to grow a tail. We don't see whales walking with legs or humans wagging their tails out of excitement because these genes have been turned off biologically to benefit the survival of the species. So whether you are black, white, yellow, brown, heterosexual, homosexual, transgender, intergender or just have questions, stop the hate and ignorance. We are all citizens of this planet, not by choice but by chance and we're all here for the same reason, to make the best of what we're given and survive.
Homosexuality is not a choice. It is a biological anomaly that has changed the face of the modern world. In 1993, President Clinton initiated an Executive Order banning gays serving openly in the military with Don't Ask, Don't Tell. One may argue that this would not infringe on any civil rights, but I wonder how many conversations were held between troops about how much they enjoyed the dancers at one of the many exotic bars in a military town, or the hot piece of ass they got from the club over the weekend. This is flaunting heterosexuality in the open and this is perfectly acceptable, despite the fact that these were the same practices in Sodom and Gomorrah before the Lord rained down fire and brimstone. It took nearly 20 years for our society to realize just how wrong Don't Ask Don't Tell was and urge the government to take action.
Now to say there is a "Gay Gene" or not is a bit ridiculous at this point in time. Yes, we have decoded the human genome, but not one gene stood out, what we did find upon further research is that 60% of the sample did share similar genes on 3 different chromosomes (read here), simply put homosexuality is no more a choice than how tall you are. Homosexuals have pheromones and hormones just like heterosexuals that stimulate their physical attraction to others, it's nothing that can just be prayed away, no more than crabs, lobsters and swine can be prayed away (more of God's abominations).
Another thing, if you're going to say that your ancestors are Adam & Eve, not monkeys and then an hour later agree with someone saying that human species started in Africa millions of years ago, either you believe the Bible is open to interpretation and flawed by man or are blindly following what you are being taught. You are free to choose what your beliefs are, but there are irrefutable evidence that life on Earth is far greater in age than six thousand years old like the Bible teaches; we don't find human, let alone chimp, remains with dinosaur remains in the fossil record. Evolution is not an attack on faith; faith and worship falls into a societal belief system (often examined in Social Studies classes) while fossils, rocks, carbon and everything surrounding us down to the molecular level can be physically examined (often studied in a science class). This is why evolution is taught in science compared to creation, or it's new cool nickname Intelligent Design. With the scientific method, you work to the answer, not give the answer and work from it. Intelligent Design, Creationism and sadly Flying Spaghetti Monsterism have no place in science books. Evolution may be a trick from the Flying Spaghetti Monster to test our faith, but since there has been a great decrease in pirates as global warming increases, there are fewer prophets out there to spread his noodly word to the masses.
The bottom line is that we are all brothers and sisters on this floating rock ideally placed far enough away not to be scorched by the sun but still close enough to benefit from the heat it puts off. No matter what you study, we all come from a common ancestor whether it be Adam & Eve or rely on scientific proof showing our decent from chimpanzees. There are millions upon millions of genes that can be activated and deactivated over time. Whales have the gene to grow legs, we as humans still have the gene to grow a tail. We don't see whales walking with legs or humans wagging their tails out of excitement because these genes have been turned off biologically to benefit the survival of the species. So whether you are black, white, yellow, brown, heterosexual, homosexual, transgender, intergender or just have questions, stop the hate and ignorance. We are all citizens of this planet, not by choice but by chance and we're all here for the same reason, to make the best of what we're given and survive.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
The Sanctity of Life
Last week in Orlando, FL a jury acquitted Casey Anthony for the murder of her daughter. The majority of Americans cried foul at the verdict. Granted there was a lot of suspicion in this case, first and foremost the month that Caylee was missing before the authorities were notified. Every individual brought to trial in the United States has the right to a quick and speedy trial granted to us by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the Untied States. The defendant is also innocent until proven guilty. This last section is the most important detail in this case as the prosecution failed to provide reliable physical evidence tying Casey to the death of her daughter. We can blame the jury all we want, but they executed their civic duty as instructed by the court. It was the prosecution that dropped the ball on this, not the jury.
Where the real crime lies in this is after the verdict was read. The family of Casey Anthony, Caylee's grandparents, embraced Casey jubilantly. This little girl left this Earth three years ago, she would be getting ready for kindergarten this summer, but there has been no mention of the family asking for the authorities to continue the search for the real killer. We can debate all we want now whether Casey killed her child or not but we will be wasting breath because Double Jeopardy prevents her from being tried for the same murder again. Nobody saw it suspicious that Casey's father attempted suicide not long after Caylee was reported missing and found on his property? Now Casey is off scott-free and is being made offers for her story. She is going to become rich off the blood of her child who is still seeking justice as she lies in state in the ground rather than growing up playing with Barbie dolls and Legos.
A few days later there was a baseball game in Arlington, TX. Josh Hamilton caught a routine foul ball and being the final out of the inning, he tossed the ball into the stands to give a fan the opportunity to get a ball at a game. Those not familiar with the layout of the field in Arlington, the wall in right field, where Josh Hamilton was playing that day, is about 18 feet high and there is a gap between the wall and the stands, so the stands are about 20 feet up from the ground. As the ball was making its way to the stands, a father at the game with his 6 year old son was trying to make the day all the more special for his son by catching the ball. He lost his balance and tumbled head first over the railing between the bleachers and the wall hitting the concrete below. Tragically Shannon Stone died in this fall.
In this incident media outlets kept airing video of this one man falling to his death as his poor son looked on. Rather than being respectful to the family of the departed, media outlets were only looking for ratings with the shock factor. Today is 7/11/11 and this video is sadly still on YouTube for the world to see. When American prisoners were being decapitated by terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq, the media did not show this out of respect to the families, but this video is still available online to be viewed. There is no doubt that this child will be scared for life from witnessing the death of his father and yet media outlets showed this video and made money off of it.
The crime in these two incidents is the potential for profiting off of the loss of life. If Casey was truly innocent why hasn't she urged the police to find the true killer rather than trying to strike a book deal with the diary she kept in prison or advice book? Ratings numbers are not as important as the well being of a child and family that tragically lost their father in a freak accident. Profiting off another's loss is the true crime people and this is what needs to stop. I hope one day we'll be able to see this.
Where the real crime lies in this is after the verdict was read. The family of Casey Anthony, Caylee's grandparents, embraced Casey jubilantly. This little girl left this Earth three years ago, she would be getting ready for kindergarten this summer, but there has been no mention of the family asking for the authorities to continue the search for the real killer. We can debate all we want now whether Casey killed her child or not but we will be wasting breath because Double Jeopardy prevents her from being tried for the same murder again. Nobody saw it suspicious that Casey's father attempted suicide not long after Caylee was reported missing and found on his property? Now Casey is off scott-free and is being made offers for her story. She is going to become rich off the blood of her child who is still seeking justice as she lies in state in the ground rather than growing up playing with Barbie dolls and Legos.
A few days later there was a baseball game in Arlington, TX. Josh Hamilton caught a routine foul ball and being the final out of the inning, he tossed the ball into the stands to give a fan the opportunity to get a ball at a game. Those not familiar with the layout of the field in Arlington, the wall in right field, where Josh Hamilton was playing that day, is about 18 feet high and there is a gap between the wall and the stands, so the stands are about 20 feet up from the ground. As the ball was making its way to the stands, a father at the game with his 6 year old son was trying to make the day all the more special for his son by catching the ball. He lost his balance and tumbled head first over the railing between the bleachers and the wall hitting the concrete below. Tragically Shannon Stone died in this fall.
In this incident media outlets kept airing video of this one man falling to his death as his poor son looked on. Rather than being respectful to the family of the departed, media outlets were only looking for ratings with the shock factor. Today is 7/11/11 and this video is sadly still on YouTube for the world to see. When American prisoners were being decapitated by terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq, the media did not show this out of respect to the families, but this video is still available online to be viewed. There is no doubt that this child will be scared for life from witnessing the death of his father and yet media outlets showed this video and made money off of it.
The crime in these two incidents is the potential for profiting off of the loss of life. If Casey was truly innocent why hasn't she urged the police to find the true killer rather than trying to strike a book deal with the diary she kept in prison or advice book? Ratings numbers are not as important as the well being of a child and family that tragically lost their father in a freak accident. Profiting off another's loss is the true crime people and this is what needs to stop. I hope one day we'll be able to see this.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Your Days are Numbered
Okay, Genesis explains to us that it took seven days for God to create everything from the spiraling galaxies in the sky to the grass in my back yard. We can also find later on in this collection of fables that Jesus went into the desert for forty days and was tempted by the devil with food but did not eat (Luke 4:1-2). When presenting the question on creationism versus evolution creationists tend to use the arguement that a day for God could be different for us, but is Jesus not God? How can forty days be measured significantly different than seven days? Either the time keeping of the time was inaccurate because Rolex and Bulova were not around in Switzerland yet or we can take it for what these are, myths.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
A State in Denial
It is difficult to turn on any "news source" today and hear radicals screaming that our Founding Fathers intended that we be a Christian Nation and that we should follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. In this posting, I am going to debunk the ideas that our Founding Fathers intended this land to be governed under a cross. These men were free thinkers and were above the brainwashing that is known as organized religion. The reason for the First Amendment stating that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." These men understood what brainwashed religious fanatics were capable of, Europe had endured hundreds of years of witch hunts ending the lives of countless innocent individuals. The Spanish Inquisition sought to rid the Spanish territory of any religions that were not Catholic. Both of these practices made their ways across the Atlantic Ocean, most famously depicted in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. We can go back even farther to the Crusades that were lead into the Holy Land. All of these deplorable actions done in the Name of God.
Thomas Jefferson is one of the most revered individuals in the history of these United States. He was the young politician from Virginia that the Continental Congress called upon to draft the Declaration of Independence. He was not a federalist and believed firmly in states' rights. He would fit right in with the GOP today; he had sexual affairs with his assistants (slaves), denounced "big government" supporting states' rights, but also denounced Christianity, that maybe a problem for today's politicians. Thomas Jefferson, our third president, the architect of the Declaration of Independence, the second face on Mount Rushmore and the one who is embossed on our nickle said "I do not find in orthodox Christianity on redeeming feature". This is not a very supporting fact for calling the United States a Christian Nation. Jefferson actually saw organized religion as a threat to society; he wrote the following in a letter to Horatio Spafford on March 17, 1814 "In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot...they have perverted the purest religion ever preached to man into mystery and jargon, unintelligible to all mankind, and therefor the safer engine for their purpose." Jefferson understood that religion was poison to a free society because of the fear that the based their practices on. If the United States was truly to be free, the government could not establish a national religion. "It has been fifty or sixty years since I read the Apocalypse, and then I considered it the ravings of a maniac." He understood that the Bible was written by man to induce fear among the followers of Christ so that they would not stray from the path. "I have recently been examining all the superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology". "We discover in the gospels a groundwork for vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication". These words do not provide evidence of this Nation intending to be a Christian Nation.
"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches". This rant came from one of two men found on American currency that were never elected president, Benjamin Franklin. The great thinker was against established religion as well. Not necessarily denouncing a supreme being, but saw many flaws in the establishment as it was. In an 1728 publication Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion, Franklin stated "I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it". Franklin also pointed out the lack of evidence of God's judgement "I looked around for God's judgment and saw no signs of them" for he thought that "The way to see by faith is to shut the eye to reason" and Franklin was not about to close of reason in any way, shape or form.
John Adams was a friend of Thomas Jefferson during the founding of our nation and later on as they both retired from politics. Adams was our second president succeeding George Washington after he stepped down after two terms. In a letter to Jefferson, Adams shares a feeling about Christianity with his dear friend; "I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved -- the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!" Adams saw religion as a hindrance on advancing a society; "The question before the human race is, whether the God of Nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles?" and "God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there will never be any liberal science in the world." finally "The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find a precept for Creeds, Confessions, Oaths, Doctrines, and whole cartloads of other foolish trumpery that we find in Christianity."
These are the traits that I want in my elected leaders. I do not want my leaders to be blinded by faith as put by Mr. Franklin. I want leaders like Abraham Lincoln who Supreme Court Justice David Davis said "He had no faith, in the Christian sense of the term-- he had faith in laws, principles, causes and effects". I want a leader that can look objectively at everyday life and look for a real answer rather than saying "It's God's Will". Just because Christianity happens to be the majority religion on this continent does not mean that our Founding Fathers intended to have Christianity as a national religion. We separated ourselves from the British Crown which had an established state religion and saw the persecution endured by non-followers. The Pilgrims came to America in refuge of the Crown. Why would we go from one bad situation to another? I will leave you this evening with one final quote from Mr. Jefferson from a letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper in 1814. "Christianity neither is, nor ever was, part of the Common Law."
Thomas Jefferson is one of the most revered individuals in the history of these United States. He was the young politician from Virginia that the Continental Congress called upon to draft the Declaration of Independence. He was not a federalist and believed firmly in states' rights. He would fit right in with the GOP today; he had sexual affairs with his assistants (slaves), denounced "big government" supporting states' rights, but also denounced Christianity, that maybe a problem for today's politicians. Thomas Jefferson, our third president, the architect of the Declaration of Independence, the second face on Mount Rushmore and the one who is embossed on our nickle said "I do not find in orthodox Christianity on redeeming feature". This is not a very supporting fact for calling the United States a Christian Nation. Jefferson actually saw organized religion as a threat to society; he wrote the following in a letter to Horatio Spafford on March 17, 1814 "In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot...they have perverted the purest religion ever preached to man into mystery and jargon, unintelligible to all mankind, and therefor the safer engine for their purpose." Jefferson understood that religion was poison to a free society because of the fear that the based their practices on. If the United States was truly to be free, the government could not establish a national religion. "It has been fifty or sixty years since I read the Apocalypse, and then I considered it the ravings of a maniac." He understood that the Bible was written by man to induce fear among the followers of Christ so that they would not stray from the path. "I have recently been examining all the superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology". "We discover in the gospels a groundwork for vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication". These words do not provide evidence of this Nation intending to be a Christian Nation.
"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches". This rant came from one of two men found on American currency that were never elected president, Benjamin Franklin. The great thinker was against established religion as well. Not necessarily denouncing a supreme being, but saw many flaws in the establishment as it was. In an 1728 publication Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion, Franklin stated "I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it". Franklin also pointed out the lack of evidence of God's judgement "I looked around for God's judgment and saw no signs of them" for he thought that "The way to see by faith is to shut the eye to reason" and Franklin was not about to close of reason in any way, shape or form.
John Adams was a friend of Thomas Jefferson during the founding of our nation and later on as they both retired from politics. Adams was our second president succeeding George Washington after he stepped down after two terms. In a letter to Jefferson, Adams shares a feeling about Christianity with his dear friend; "I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved -- the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!" Adams saw religion as a hindrance on advancing a society; "The question before the human race is, whether the God of Nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles?" and "God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there will never be any liberal science in the world." finally "The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find a precept for Creeds, Confessions, Oaths, Doctrines, and whole cartloads of other foolish trumpery that we find in Christianity."
These are the traits that I want in my elected leaders. I do not want my leaders to be blinded by faith as put by Mr. Franklin. I want leaders like Abraham Lincoln who Supreme Court Justice David Davis said "He had no faith, in the Christian sense of the term-- he had faith in laws, principles, causes and effects". I want a leader that can look objectively at everyday life and look for a real answer rather than saying "It's God's Will". Just because Christianity happens to be the majority religion on this continent does not mean that our Founding Fathers intended to have Christianity as a national religion. We separated ourselves from the British Crown which had an established state religion and saw the persecution endured by non-followers. The Pilgrims came to America in refuge of the Crown. Why would we go from one bad situation to another? I will leave you this evening with one final quote from Mr. Jefferson from a letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper in 1814. "Christianity neither is, nor ever was, part of the Common Law."
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Who needs a Secret Decoder Ring?
Let's take a look at the contradictions posed to us by the GOP. The GOP majority in the Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill prohibiting the transmission of offensive images and the governor, a member of the GOP, signed the bill into law. The question underlying this is who is the one that deems an image offensive. The highest court in these great United States have time and time again ruled that expression and art are protected under the First Amendment with the freedom of speech. Essentially this law is in direct violation of our rights that have been in place for nearly two and a half centuries.
Now, let's look at the Second Amendment, a favorite of the GOP, the right to bear arms. The amendment reads as follows; "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The same high court, the third branch of this experiment we call a republic, uses this to give people right to own firearms. The militias of yesteryear have now been transformed into the National Guard. I'm for certain that everybody that owns a gun is not a serving member, or a veteran, of the armed forces. This amendment clearly states that "a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State" this does not mean EVERYBODY.
With the availability to a massive amount of firearms in the United States, guns are bound, and have, fallen into the wrong hands causing harm, even death, to people in unnecessary fashions. While the GOP fully supports everyone to have a gun in their hands, they adamantly oppose abortion. A woman has every right to choose what they want to do with their body. GOPers believe that a fetus is a living creature and abortion is death. Yes, abortion ends a pregnancy, but guns also lead to death. Why the double edged sword? Is it because you believe that once a fetus is born and is developed into a voting citizen that they will vote for you so you want to protect every right that they have? Why is it that Scott Peterson is charged with double homicide when he killed his pregnant wife? The fetus was still in the womb. Or do you protect the right to bear arms to allow for Christian extremists to reign terror on the ones who perform abortions? Who is man to say that they can wield the sword of God to do God's Will? We are but man, we are the highest intelligence that we know of in this corner of the universe and yet so, so, sooo dumb. God does not have everything written down in a book saying that this will happen at such and such time, no. We are all made of atoms on the molecular level and orbiting the nucleus of those atoms are electrons. Their orbits are unpredictable and their unpredictability leads to countless outcomes of scenarios. As a man is laying in a field outside the house of an abortion doctor with his rifle in hand taking aim through the scope, countless electrons are traveling through the neurons of that man's brain. Countless thoughts are triggering; "Do I shoot? What becomes of my family if I'm caught? What becomes of this killer's family when he's dead? Who else will avenge the countless lives he's taken? I am justifying God with this action..." and he pulls the trigger, he could have easily thought more along the lines of the reality of jail and not being able to support his family, but the blindness of faith and religion overwhelmed reality.
The Bible states that God is the ultimate judge, but what happens when individuals play God on Earth? The most ridiculous statement in any language is "I killed in the name of God". The Crusades were launched in the name of God, the Spanish Inquisition was in the name of God, even the one who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin said he killed in the name of God. God is taught to be a loving individual. People today that say they hear God need to see a doctor because their brainwashing from years of indoctrination in organized religion has blinded them from understanding what true schizophrenia is and endangers society.
The bottom line is that morality is separate from religion. Our politicians SHOULD NOT mix religion and politics. Our Founding Fathers knew this and that is why they state in the First Amendment that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. They understood that organized religion makes people crazy and societies unstable. Religion is the one thing that a society will hold onto dearly with no evidence of a deity, only the idea of punishment in the afterlife. It is a similar practice that we do with children; if children don't behave they are punished. We are all individuals and each have the right to think for ourselves. We all need to take responsible for the actions we cause in this realm for this realm is true, it is real. I have tangible evidence everyday when I hug my kids and kiss my wife. I can hear the thunder outside and feel the rain fall on my head. This is real, this is chemistry, biology and physics all working simultaneously. We need to take what we have for what it is, we don't need to bend the rules to make them say what we want, this is what causes polarization in society.
Now, let's look at the Second Amendment, a favorite of the GOP, the right to bear arms. The amendment reads as follows; "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The same high court, the third branch of this experiment we call a republic, uses this to give people right to own firearms. The militias of yesteryear have now been transformed into the National Guard. I'm for certain that everybody that owns a gun is not a serving member, or a veteran, of the armed forces. This amendment clearly states that "a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State" this does not mean EVERYBODY.
With the availability to a massive amount of firearms in the United States, guns are bound, and have, fallen into the wrong hands causing harm, even death, to people in unnecessary fashions. While the GOP fully supports everyone to have a gun in their hands, they adamantly oppose abortion. A woman has every right to choose what they want to do with their body. GOPers believe that a fetus is a living creature and abortion is death. Yes, abortion ends a pregnancy, but guns also lead to death. Why the double edged sword? Is it because you believe that once a fetus is born and is developed into a voting citizen that they will vote for you so you want to protect every right that they have? Why is it that Scott Peterson is charged with double homicide when he killed his pregnant wife? The fetus was still in the womb. Or do you protect the right to bear arms to allow for Christian extremists to reign terror on the ones who perform abortions? Who is man to say that they can wield the sword of God to do God's Will? We are but man, we are the highest intelligence that we know of in this corner of the universe and yet so, so, sooo dumb. God does not have everything written down in a book saying that this will happen at such and such time, no. We are all made of atoms on the molecular level and orbiting the nucleus of those atoms are electrons. Their orbits are unpredictable and their unpredictability leads to countless outcomes of scenarios. As a man is laying in a field outside the house of an abortion doctor with his rifle in hand taking aim through the scope, countless electrons are traveling through the neurons of that man's brain. Countless thoughts are triggering; "Do I shoot? What becomes of my family if I'm caught? What becomes of this killer's family when he's dead? Who else will avenge the countless lives he's taken? I am justifying God with this action..." and he pulls the trigger, he could have easily thought more along the lines of the reality of jail and not being able to support his family, but the blindness of faith and religion overwhelmed reality.
The Bible states that God is the ultimate judge, but what happens when individuals play God on Earth? The most ridiculous statement in any language is "I killed in the name of God". The Crusades were launched in the name of God, the Spanish Inquisition was in the name of God, even the one who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin said he killed in the name of God. God is taught to be a loving individual. People today that say they hear God need to see a doctor because their brainwashing from years of indoctrination in organized religion has blinded them from understanding what true schizophrenia is and endangers society.
The bottom line is that morality is separate from religion. Our politicians SHOULD NOT mix religion and politics. Our Founding Fathers knew this and that is why they state in the First Amendment that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. They understood that organized religion makes people crazy and societies unstable. Religion is the one thing that a society will hold onto dearly with no evidence of a deity, only the idea of punishment in the afterlife. It is a similar practice that we do with children; if children don't behave they are punished. We are all individuals and each have the right to think for ourselves. We all need to take responsible for the actions we cause in this realm for this realm is true, it is real. I have tangible evidence everyday when I hug my kids and kiss my wife. I can hear the thunder outside and feel the rain fall on my head. This is real, this is chemistry, biology and physics all working simultaneously. We need to take what we have for what it is, we don't need to bend the rules to make them say what we want, this is what causes polarization in society.
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