Confetti or Gasoline?
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| No Beauregard, it is not water. |
Clowns can be scary, funny, or
just evil. We thought the joke could not get any bigger or actually take hold -
but it did. It’s big! We are witnessing a “clown storm” before our very eyes.
We are not sure what the clowns are are bringing. Remember the fires that the
clowns would try to put out? The would run with buckets but they never had water. Some fires are conceptual - some
are actual. What is terrifying (deeply disturbing?) is that ill conceived
concepts morph into policy and then - acts of destruction.
The proof is in the repetition of human behavior
when it comes to terrible thoughts and ideas. Here
is an example. Have you heard of female genital mutilation? Someone had to
think of that. It began as a concept, a thought by some distorted male, then it spread and now still even to this day, mothers (who are
most likely themselves victims of this crime) are taking their own daughters
to be similarly maimed. This “concept” spread to many countries. This concept,
so sad, so fearful, so unmanly is
born of men’s fear of sexual inadequacy (also the need to control women) and a surprisingly hollow and weak answer to that
fear. I have said all that to point out that no matter how heinous, foolish and awful an idea is, there is
always a team of pure assholes to propagate it and get it going with a full head of steam. That is why the clown
storm is so frightening.
So what are they bringing... confetti or gasoline?
Questions From Heretical Blasphemers
The Gentle Deacon Sums it up
Dear Deacon Jones:
I just realized that God is tired of me always asking for things.
That is, I believe, why he did not give me that high paying job or that new lawnmower. So I decided that since I am the one that has to do all the work for things that I want anyway - I need to start praying to myself. Here is a prayer I adjusted from a very common source to do just that. What do you think of it? - TS
My customized prayer: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for I am the shit. My own rod and my very own staff - they comfort me. No one else will provide me with rod and staff.
Dear TS,
You have lost your mind. Mental illness is no excuse when it comes to God. God is going to lightning bolt you. There can be no doubt. Expect no mercy or forgiveness, people like you deserve none. On the other hand I have noted that atheists and believers alike must complete medical school to become licensed drug dispensaries. So on that account only are you correct. You can share that point with one of your friends - while you burn in hell.
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| Forgot to shoot off the noses |
Constructing God Part I
"Above all things make sure that God is the God of your people - first and foremost"
As a conservative Christian in America you must know that God is a white American male whose son looks like he is from Norway - except that he too, is a white American male. God cares not to tax the rich and disdains the poor just as strongly as you. Whoever you kill is God's enemy and whatever you do has God's backing. It's Manifest Destiny, simply because God lets you get away with it. How do you feel?
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