Religious Fundamentalists - They Don't Really Believe It
"Kill them all," he said with a big grin, "kill them all - in the Name of the Lord." He was appearing on CNN at the time... live, national television. Who was this compassionless, bloodthirsty monster? ....I could have titled this, "losing my religion."
I didn't really want to talk about religion, but someone has to and the silence of others forces me to do this. Now as for the bloodthirsty maniac: His name is Jerry Falwell, the preeminent leader of western religious fundamentalism. It was just the other day. Now the words aren't new: Ann Coulter, another regular on television, has said that we must kill all of their leaders and forcibly convert the survivors to Christianity. This is the face of religion today.
Falwell is an American religious leader. He takes personal credit for reelecting George W. Bush, although I suspect that this is just overactive ego: People voted for George for many reasons, such as John Kerry being a waffling slimy politician, and probably Falwell's personal endorsement would be low on the list. But this diary entry is not about politics; it is about the gripe I have with religion today, and it may answer the question about why I don't paint the nice things I used to paint.
Pagani on 12.09.04 @ 11:43 AM PDT [more..] [2 Comments]