Oh look... All these poor little atheists fighting against someone they don't even believe exists... :2rofll:
I've heard this line before; while I don't spend a lot of time debating the existence of big, invisible magical entities in the sky, I will debate it if asked.
I think what I'm debating more than the belief (which I find rather poignant and not at all objectionable) is a certain
mentality that I and apparently the majority of the US population have found increasingly oppressive in recent years.
I find it sweet, sad, and ultimately understandable that some people don't want to or are
unable to accept their own (and their loved ones') mortality, and so are willing to embrace absurd fairy tales in an effort not to face facts. I would never oppose their right to do this.
I do not find it at all cute or endearing, however, when these same folks come after
me and start persecuting me for not sharing their fantasies and delusions.
"Evangelical Christian Fundamentalists as a political force" was a distasteful chapter in recent American history, and is something I devoutly hope we've seen the last of.
I do not question religious folks' need for a crutch; I haven't lived their life, I don't know how bad things have been for them, I don't know what kind of baggage they're carrying.
But I
must object when they start insisting I'm crippled too, and also need a crutch.
Or when they surround me and start beating me and my human rights over the head with their crutches.