The Irony - It Burns!

It seems the Westboro Baptist Church is going to picket Jerry Fallwell's funeral. No lie. Those lovely, compassionate supposed Christians who picket the funerals of dead soldiers and dead gays are going to picket the funeral of one of the great anti-everyone haters.

It takes a lot to render me speechless, but this might do it...

All Sheep Must Be Shot On Sight

A frequent topic of my nightmares are the premillennial dispensationalists. These wacky fun folks have their tentacles in far too many high government places, and they scare me. Lots. I'm terrified and appalled that something along the lines of the Left Behind series is not only wildly popular, but taken as fact by something like 29% of the public.

The quote in the title is from The Slactivist's extensive analysis of the Left Behind series. To wit:

They've gotten so caught up in guarding against wolves in sheep's clothing that anything in sheep's clothing is viewed as the enemy. So all sheep must be shot on sight.

Ayup... that's what scares me about these people. That, and the disproportionate political and economical power they wield. They're even scaring other religious people.

I really don't want them bringing about global warfare and disaster just to bring on the End Times they believe are just around the corner. My world too, you wingnuts!

If You Talk To God...

If you talk to God, you are praying.
If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
-- Thomas Szasz, "The Second Sin"

Pat Robertson, ever known for his levelheadedness and Christian compassion, has predicted that God told him that He will permit a massive terrorist attack on the US for our sins, causing great loss of life. Of course, that might affect Reverend Pat's flock as well...

My money is on schizophrenia.