A Bigot Is A Bigot Is A Bigot...

There is a news item being shared on the social networks regarding yet another tragic murder. In this case an elderly man was murdered by his younger companion. The companion placed some stones and batteries in a sock and beat his friend to death. When questioned, he stated that the man had made a sexual advance and so he stoned him to death like it says to do in the Bible. The progressive religion haters have latched onto this one, cleansed the story of some important details, and posted it as further evidence of the evil nature of religion.

The hatred and vitriol of these anti-theists - their rabid fundamentalist attitude - their bigotry is as bad as the extremists from the opposing side. Yet, we progressives and liberals just smile and nod while these very angry individuals spew their rhetoric. I find it so ironic that folks who would otherwise savage someone for their racism or sexism see no problems with their own bigotry.

They either make blatant, sweeping generalizations about "religion" that apparently lump us all together from Gandhi to David Koresh. If not, then they make broad statements about Catholics, Baptists, or whichever denomination is the target of their ire.

Imagine if individuals from around the world thought this way about the United States... Let's see...the United States is evil, therefore all it's citizens are evil. Hmmmm, starts to sound a bit like how the terrorist organizations think. Another approach would be the leadership of the United States is evil and what Americans believe about themselves and the role they play in the world is evil and filled with hate, therefore all it's citizens are evil. Once again, smacks of how the terrorist organizations see us.

In the sad case above, if one searches out the facts of the story beyond say the glib little piece put forth on AlterNet, one would learn that the victim has fought a lifetime battle with developmental issues that had initially left him institutionalized. He was determined to live an independent life and had done so. His companion, the murderer, was a younger man that he met when he was hospitalized in a psychiatric facility and invited him to be his companion.

In all likelihood this individual is schizophrenic with religious delusions and paranoia. When placed in a proper context, it doesn't work quite as well as another proof against religion or the Bible.

Atheists show such a total lack of history and understanding when they stand up and shout out their attack on religion in all its varied forms and practices. I particularly love it when they apply the rules of science to relgion to "prove" that religion is false, ignoring the fact the religion and faith ISN'T science. It's like faulting your grandmother for not being your grandfather because she doesn't have balls.

I stayed out of one rather hateful conversational thread today on Facebook only to stumble into another. ::sigh:: Peace.