When reality checks are sorely needed
Jan. 19th, 2010 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sparkindarknessI’m surer we’ve all seen Pat Robertson’s truly vile comments about the tragic Haiti disaster by now.
Let’s add to that by a wonderful faith group that’s going to send aid to Haiti. And by aid, they mean Bibles. Yes, Bibles. Solar powered talking Bibles, in fact.
And you have to boggle. I mean, what kind of twisted, callous sod do you have to be to look at the suffering and horror of Haiti and decide that this is a GREAT time to promote your agenda? How can you see the bodies and hear the cries and instantly turn round and think about yourself and your goals? There’s something seriously twisted about that. All I can say is, when your devotion to deity outweighs your respect for other people a reality check is needed - seriously.
And while we’re handing out reality checks, can we throw any other to the people at Trijicon, supplier of high powered rifle sites to US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq who thought it would be a good idea to inscribe coded Bible verses on these weapons. Because, y’know, Christian verses on “Jesus rifles” used to, predominantly, shoot at Muslims is REALLY a good idea. REALLY. *headdesk*
(And when did the Americans steal Martin Bashir, damn it?)
Reality check time. Because there's a limit to how much religion justifies blithering stupidity
Let’s add to that by a wonderful faith group that’s going to send aid to Haiti. And by aid, they mean Bibles. Yes, Bibles. Solar powered talking Bibles, in fact.
And you have to boggle. I mean, what kind of twisted, callous sod do you have to be to look at the suffering and horror of Haiti and decide that this is a GREAT time to promote your agenda? How can you see the bodies and hear the cries and instantly turn round and think about yourself and your goals? There’s something seriously twisted about that. All I can say is, when your devotion to deity outweighs your respect for other people a reality check is needed - seriously.
And while we’re handing out reality checks, can we throw any other to the people at Trijicon, supplier of high powered rifle sites to US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq who thought it would be a good idea to inscribe coded Bible verses on these weapons. Because, y’know, Christian verses on “Jesus rifles” used to, predominantly, shoot at Muslims is REALLY a good idea. REALLY. *headdesk*
(And when did the Americans steal Martin Bashir, damn it?)
Reality check time. Because there's a limit to how much religion justifies blithering stupidity