I read today that Josh Dugger was found guilty of possession of child pornography. We’re talking about a former icon of American Christianity, here. Then too, there was a story of Matt Gaetz, congressional Rep from Florida and accused sex trafficker of adolescent girls, talking with Donald Trump about Trump’s future as Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
I have friends who would want to educate me about the contributions of Christianity to the development of the civilized world. They should all stand before a full-length mirror, holding their gold-leaf edged bibles, and take a long, searing look into their religion and its spawn, if you ask me. I am sure that Christians have contributed much to modern civil society. So have Jews and Muslims and atheists – fuck, atheists have contributed most of all.
Religion, in my view, more often than not, has been used as a shield by those who do evil in their deity’s name. It isn’t just Jihadists. It’s just as often Evangelical Christians preaching a toxic brew of Dominion Theology and Prosperity Gospel. It’s all horse shit, and it is meant to cloak evil, greed, and self-aggrandizement in the garb of religiosity.
I am tired of Christians. I am tired of the faithful few and the corrupt many. I don’t want to hear any of them defend a faith that has a tent sufficiently large to provide a haven for pedophiles, corrupt politicians, and evil doers because their “God” welcomes all who would ask for shelter there.
To Hell with all of them.