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Sunday, June 12, 2005

"Sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell."
- Cake

i got bored and sent some emails to Time after i read some crap about how certainty is a virtue or some such horseshit:

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okay, I need to comment on Charles Krauthammer's ridiculous essay. he says there's something wrong with fearing people because of what they believe? okay, let's say someone believes in 50 virgins for a martyrs death, or that "god hates fags?" in spite of his claim ("i'm not much of a believer") it's hard to believe anyone but a zealot would say something as idiotic as "do you remember 911? remember the moral clarity of that day" who is he talking to, except self-righteous religious types who assume they're on the winning team when it comes to religion and "their" god knows they're right. the parallel to those ribbon magnets cannot be missed. God Bless America is what they all said after 911. how can anyone not see how hilarious it is, to respond to an enemy with similar "deeply held views" that "my God is better than your God!" and he wonders why those deeply held views can't be trusted. i'm reminded of that logic professor who, after studying all the religions in the world, could only come to one ievitable conclusion:

if every religion says that anyone who doesn't believe in their god is going to hell, then only one thing is certain:

everyone is going to hell.

"why this panic about certainty," Kruthammer asks. i'll tell you why, because the current enemy sounds exactly like you.

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seoond email:

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sorry, i just can't stop commenting on that idiotic "Defense of Certainty" essay. how dare Krauthammer suggest that everyone looked to the sky for answers when the Twin Towers came down. i'll bet he's the kind of person who would say God saved him if he was the sole survivor of a plane crash, but neglects to add, "too bad God killed everyone else." it's amazing how god is always on the winning team!

and he says he's never been so sure about right versus wrong and good versus evil after 911. how can this fool not understand that the hijackers were as certain of their righteousness as Krauthammer is? you know who else he sounds like? the girl i was in Jr. High with who presented her essay, "Why There Should Be Religion in School" and didn't know what to say when someone said, "yeah, but who's religion" she just stood there, breathing through her mouth, no answer in sight, because she hadn't thought about it that far. she just assumed everyone was talking about the same God, just like this guy. okay, two emails are plenty. thanks for your time.

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after i fired them off the reaction was instantaneous. crickets began to chirp and a tumbleweed rolled by.

::: david - 1:08 PM [+] :::
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