A few thoughts on the modern theist movement. [View all]
Back when I was young and foolish I used to think that religion and the religious were not a problem. In fact I even dabbled in the pervasive woo of the tripped out 60's, most of which decade occurred in the 70's and carried over into the 80's, except in some parts of California and Portland Or. where it is still carrying over.
Then I ran into a bunch of real haterz. Theists like Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, or Sarah Palin, determined to create a theocracy here. Violent asshat theists like bin Laden, like the four creeps who committed the paris massacre two weeks ago. Like the jihadists who are about to chop the heads off of two unfortunate Japanese civilians. In fact, when I think about it, theist nonsense went from oddities that were amusing in the 70's like moonies and hari krishnas to horror shows on a non-stop basis that just aren't amusing at all. Instead of Charlie Manson being some sort of delusional aberration, we have a planet full of religious Charlie Mansons run wild. Je ne suis pas que Charlie.
In fact it is really fucking serious. We have a problem with religion and it is planet wide.