When
they threw God out of the schools because of one atheist woman that is
when the schools across this great country started on their road to
hell. Since when does a minority speak for the majority? Time for the
majority to start making God the reason
for this country and too bad for those minorities that don't believe in
God. I believe to listen to the minority and see if what they say has
merit and the majority and can benefit from it but if the majority can't
benefit from it then the minority will just have to change or abide by
what the majority decides. If they don't like it try another country to
live in and try the same crap over there.
--some ignorant bastard commenting on one of my friends' facebook post
are you fucking serious?! so we (as in atheists) have no rights? we should move to another country?! how insanely ignorant and insulting. it makes me so angry with the whole christian community (in general) when i think of how blinded they can be. we're all american citizens, we all have the same rights, so please tell me again why, living in this free country, my children should be subjected to prayer in schools, and not being taught evolution? why can't we leave religion out of our public schools? separation of church and state anyone?
i am raising all five of my children to be free thinkers. to question, to educate themselves, and decide what they believe and why. so how unfair is it to me as a parent and them as growing, developing young souls, to go to school and have to be a part of a team prayer before games, or only be taught selective things in science class? according to dumbass up there we should just move out of the country.
how about teaching in schools what science has proven, things we can back by solid evidence. if you're so sure of your religion, why should it bother you that we want to teach our children basic, scientific information? then allow them to have their own opinions about religion?
i promise you, if any of the five of my children come to me and ask to go to church, come out as homosexual, or choose any religion, no matter how bizarre, if they come to me knowing in their hearts why they have chosen it, i will embrace them and support them a thousand percent.
what were those treasured fruits of the spirit i had memorized in grade school? mine are the same. as a human race, i think we all strive for these traits. they are not purely for christians.
love. love for my family.
joy. joy even when life is dreary.
peace. breathe. love. joy. peace.
patience. when the kids just.won't.chill.out. patience for the passage of time.
kindness. random acts every.single.day. is my goal. friends, strangers, and family alike.
goodness. good-ness.
faithfulness. faithfulness to my partner. faithfulness to my family. faithfulness to my dreams, my hopes, and my beliefs.
gentleness. to be gentle to those around me, because we can never fully understand the hardship of another person's life.
self control. for the benefit of my family, for the benefit of myself, because impatience and greed will only harm your family, finances, and life.
what are we missing as a society that we cannot share these traits, and be unified in that?
sigh. this world is full of crazy. i love this free country we live in, and it's because of the freedom of speech, and freedom of religion, that dumbass up there can say things like that, and i can blog posts like this without worrying about my head being chopped off or anything like that.
love.joy.peace.
