They're Everywhere! They're Everywhere!

Atheists!!

People who don't really believe in God! People who ignore the basic commandments of God and His Son! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

OK...there was my sarcasm explosion for the day.

To make this clear, I am not referring to Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris and others of a similar mindset. I am referring to all these right wing shills who make such a big deal about cozying up to the Evangelical Right.

Glenn Beck's conversion story to the LDS Church is for sale through Deseret Books. Most of the rest of them make a point of supporting everything that comes out of the miasma of the Dobsonesque mind set that was so evident at the Values Summit last week. They also distort what is really taking place in our country, things that they know damn well are not true. that is called lying, and is against the behavior codes of the Levantine religions.

People who are some of the biggest greed mongers in our society make a big thing out of their churches, church memberships and avoid any censure by giving loads of money to the aforementioned churches. The Bible has very interesting things to say about those who have great wealth.

My feeling is that these people who deliberately and knowingly violate the tenets of their religion are the REAL atheists, and, they are all over the radio and TV.

Just my opinion.

A note to Glenn Beck. The people who hated and feared the Prophet Joseph Smith, whipped up other people with lies and distortions about the Mormons. This rabble-rousing led to the mob that stormed the jail where Smith, his brother, and other leaders were being held on trumped up charges, and since they were free to carry guns at protests, murdered Joseph Smith in cold blood. His brother also died, and others were wounded. The people in the 'mob' were just expressing their feelings and their anger at another groups' way of thinking and belief. Gee whiz.

So, Glenn, you are standing in a long line of 'Real Americans' who keep all these Unamerican ideas under control, by asking loaded questions based on lies and half truths. I would like to think this little fact would bother Mr. Beck, but I doubt it.

Godless Scientists at it Again Department

The University of Michigan announced today that human tests were about to begin on the use of stem cells to alleviate the course of Lou Gehrig's Disease, offering hope in the battle against this fearsome disease. It has worked in animals, so human trials can begin. I am sure the Pro-Life movement will be incensed, and God will most likely punish these doctors for their lack of respect for human life.

I guess my annoyance and sarcasm is fueled by something I read in a book I picked up and read a bit of, in Borders this morning. It was called 'If God is Good' and the snippet I read said that it was monumental arrogance to question God about suffering, because we cannot know how much suffering God needs to bring about in order to achieve His desired outcome, and sometimes God wills the death and suffering of innocents to achieve that result.

Fool that I am, of course, that very idea smacks of the kind of arrogance the author accuses those of us who often say "WTF??" when we read that kind of stuff.

That's enough,

Tim