Cannon Fodder for the Gods

[Christa]

By Norman B. LeClair

The difference between a Muslim fundamentalist and a Christian fundamentalist is nil. Both see themselves as the one and only “ true believer, ” as followers of the one and only “ true god. ” Both are ruled by passions, emotions and feelings. Both proudly exhibit the exact same unbalanced, impenetrable and self-righteous mindset, and both will dutifully resort to violence in order to achieve their goals and so impose on each of us the will of their diabolical god.

The same demented mindset that can justify crashing commercial airliners into skyscrapers and the bombing of buses and trains is the same mindset that can sanction the destruction of day-care centers, women’s medical facilities and the assassination of doctors, nurses, police officers or anyone else they choose to identify as an enemy of their bloodthirsty god.

To no one’s surprise, these cowardly and clandestine plots to maim, mutilate and kill are hatched not in the dark and dank backrooms of some seedy bar, but in the mosques, the churches and the cloistered sanctuaries of the supposed “ servants of god. ” It is these preserves of the pious and the possessed, along with their insidious parochial indoctrination systems, that are the genesis of all the sectarian violence in the world. Without these dens of iniquity, and the slick and slippery Janus-faced men of the cloth, there would be no deluded “ true believer, ” no religious terrorism, no jihad, no fatwa and no so-called “ holy war. ”

But as long as governments find it expedient to subsidize, support and pay lip service to these criminally insane teachings, and parents continue to acquiesce as their children are turned into cannon fodder for the gods, the perfidious fundamentalist mindset, and all the hatred and fanaticism it engenders, will continue to metastasize and spread and soon render this earthly abode of ours utterly unfit for human (read civilized) habitation.




http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/2008/oct/leclaire.php

[patrice]

1. The objective of any True church would be to make itself obsolete.

Ergo, to the extent that they resist making themselves obsolete, we see proof of False churches. False because they are BLASPHEMERS and proof of that is seen in their desire to see Blood as proof of Belief in _______________________. They might just as well be shouting "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!"

[rrneck]

5. Well said. nt

[MineralMan]

2. Yup. The fundamental thing most religions, particularly

Christianity and Islam, have to sell is fear. Believe this or die. Believe this or burn for eternity in Hell. They preach the "love" of God, but offer many examples where the deity itself wipes out entire populations if they don't worship it.

Even Jesus, kindly man that he is promoted to be, will send you off to the fires if you don't believe.

Wonderful. Yeah, I'm going to follow a religion so its deity won't kill me. Right...

[DeSwiss]

3. Extremely well put.

- K&R

[Angry Dragon]

4. What I find funny

is that almost all religions that believe in a god have a basis in the same god and they fight over him.

My thoughts would be that if their god is real there would be no difference in the religions or the religions are themselves false.

The only true religion is the one that fits each one of us on an individual basis. That is the message that is always lost. To gain salvation one needs to find god (or as I prefer a force greater than man/woman)within themselves and then live those same beliefs.

[patrice]

6. 1+~

[pokerfan]

7. Emo Phillips

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said "Stop! don't do it!"

"Why shouldn't I?" he said. I said,

"Well, there's so much to live for!"

He said, "Like what?"

I said, "Well...are you religious or atheist?"

He said, "Religious."

I said, "Me too! Are you christian or buddhist?"

He said, "Christian."

I said, "Me too! Are you catholic or protestant?"

He said, "Protestant."

I said, "Me too! Are you episcopalian or baptist?"

He said, "Baptist!"

I said,"Wow! Me too! Are you baptist church of god or baptist church of the lord?"

He said, "Baptist church of god!"

I said, "Me too! Are you original baptist church of god, or are you reformed baptist church of god?"

He said, "Reformed Baptist church of god!"

I said, "Me too! Are you reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1879, or reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1915?"

He said, "Reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1915!"

I said, "Die, heretic scum," and pushed him off.

[JoeyT]

8. Fundamentalist Christians would still be running inquisitions if they could get away with it.

Non-fundamentalist Christians should fear and oppose a Fundie takeover just as much as the non-religious and people from other religions. Y'all will be on the bonfires right beside us if the crazies ever manage it. They seem to hate other flavors of Christianity most of all.
If they don't just nuke the place down the first chance they get.