So basically, you are lumping every believer into lunatic cultists. While the lunatic fringe has a very loud voice, they are also a very small segment of the Christian population. Most Christians I know do not believe in creationism at all and would prefer that Evolution be the standard for public schools and they also believe in a secular government so why would I want to tread on their beliefs and ideals when they clearly are not trying to impose their beliefs on me?
It's no different than the extreme right-wing lumping in every Democrat into the stinking liberal, tree-hugging, vegan, baby-killing, eco-terrorist category.
At some point we need to put this childish nonsense behind us so we can move forward as a society.
I apologize. I mistakenly thought I read where you are an atheist. My bad.
If someone claims to be an atheist then it means you do not believe in dieties.
If someone does not believe in a deity then it does not matter where the idea of the deity resides.
Once the individual has been told that their belief in a deity is incorrect then to continue to believe is a choice that individual has made to believe a lie. There is no grey area.
If you accept that what someone else believes is truth even when you know it is not then you are not an atheist. Again I admit I was wrong. Please stop attempting to speak for atheists.
That person is right though. The GOP needs to stop using god gays and abortion as wedge issues. Those things don't matter. Those are just issues to distract us from the real issues.
1. Corporations have taken over our government and they are pitting the American Middle Class against third world labor.
2. Corporations and cars and plastic are destroying this planet but corporations want to continue because the clean up will cost them. All they care about are profits. But religious people blow off global warming because they are brainwashed to defend the GOP on every issue including NOT feeling the poor and NOT healing the sick. Funny that their politics trump the two most important things Jesus said, huh?
Those are just two examples. There are many more. But the Jeti is right. We need to stop bickering over religion. If you are religious, keep that shit to yourself. But the GOP figured out a way to rally the overly religious with wedge issues.
But Jeti needs to realize that just like with the debt ceiling issue, it is not that both sides need to act better. Us liberals/democrats/progressives didn't start this religious fight.
This is what makes me mad about the American voter. They don't pay attention enough and the GOP counts on that. In fact they were counting on that in 2012. They thought Obama would get blamed for the dysfunctional government. They were wrong.
But people will not show up for midterms and that is how the GOP keeps their power. American people need to wake up, get out and vote and start voting Democratic.
But what we see from Jeti's reply is the American people don't get it. They keep voting GOP.
When are the poor in red states going to stop voting GOP? I wonder if they even count their votes, because I can't believe the southern strategy has been so affective. Those hicks hate blacks and atheists and commies so much they vote against themselves financially for over 60 years. ******* redneck retards. Goobers. When I think of southerners I think of that imbred banjo player on Deliverance. Dueling Banjos.