Right now I am parked outside of a clinic that performs abortions watching some crazy people exploit their children. They are dressed like they came from church, they're singing hymns, and the children are holding up signs that say things like "Roe is saved!" and "Every life is a gift!"
Boy, do I hate these people. I have decided to protest them. I'm going to make some signs that say things like, "That Kid Should Be in School Learning About Evolution," "Stop Raising Self-Righteous Assholes," and "God Does Make Trash, and It's Standing Over There," and I'm going to come down here and sing hymns and act like I'm praying for these peoples' souls.
I say "act"," because I don't believe in God. That said- I do like to think that if there were a God he'd hate these people as much as I do.
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well I do believe in G-d...and I don't think that he hates them, but I'm pretty sure he's shaking his head and rolling his eyes pretty heavily at them.
So, in any case, I'm with you on everything, but the God hating them. I loved your sign ideas though, might have to make some myself to keep in the back of my truck!
I'm sorry you had to see yet another embarrassing act by Christians who just really don't get Jesus.
cj
let me know when you're going, i have friends who will gladly join us in your protest.
Don't those people have jobs? How about if they go do good works and help people instead of spreading their poison?
you are my hero
The irony is that these holier than thou fundamentalists operate with such inconsistency. They will both oppose abortion and support capital punishment. They will have no problem with the thousands of frozen embryos in fertility clinics that will be discarded but will oppose the stem cell research that could save lives or cure disease. They will insist on having their own natural children while both not adopting and also preventing qualified gay couples from adopting.
This hypocrisy attracts no respect, no honor. It is mean spirited and ignorant and often led by demagogic father figure pastors who insist they have the ear of God. But this is not how the God of the New Testament spoke to men. This is not the non-judgmental, not the humble, not the charity of spirit, nor universal love that the Jesus of the Bible spoke to. Even today so many are led by false prophets.
Funny. Nobody's had the nerve to leave a comment yet. Okay. I'll go first. Amen. There's my comment.
"Why are you so angry?... Is it because they believe in God and you do not? Is it because they are diffrent than you?... I just want to understand."
Well, AdamandJeremy, perhaps I was not clear enough about why I was angry. I will make it more clear for you now: though I do disagree with these people about a lot of things the reason I was angry was that they chose to use their children to protest. That rubs me the wrong way. I don't think we should be coercing children to help us protest things, particularly not sensitive subjects like abortion. The whole, "Look at my beautiful child, I'm so glad I didn't have him murdered" aspect of it gives me the creeps, and the fact that the kid doesn't know it's there pisses me off.
Not to mention that it was ten o'clock on a Thursday morning and the kids should have been in school. Learning about evolution. Thanks for the comment!
I get that you don't think using children in the protest was a bad thing, but would agree that using children to help move people to believe or think a certain way is par for the course in the US? Did you show this outrage when the Democratic party put a child on television after W. Bush vetoed the SCHIP bill? I mean they were using the child as an emotional ploy correct? What is the difference? Apart from that you are basing a lot of your rant on observation... what if the children were home schooled? I think your opinion is valid but I do think that there may be another side to it. Finally I don't think it is my place, your place or anybodies place to tell parents what moral values to teach their children. Just because you support abortion does not mean someone else has to and if that someone has children they can raise them to appose it as well. I also get that you used the "evolution" bit to fire up readers, and that is good rhetoric, but I think it actually speaks to the fact that you and the people you are dismissing do not agree on many issues which is the beauty of our society... even though it might tick us off sometimes we all have an opportunity express what believe and why believe it.
Ah, comments moderation. Okay. Well, anyway - really glad to see I'm not the only one saying, "Amen."
Why aren't these protestors busy adopting kids out of foster care? The kids "lucky" enough to not be aborted but unlucky enough to not be wanted.
I happened across this video today and thought it might resonate with you. It does me. Have a look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPAC_cGVnUg
AdamandJeremy-
Please don't do that thing where you read one thought I had that's in line with the Democratic party and then begin equating me with the Democratic party. I don't defend the Democratic party, and if they do something stupid like use a child to make a political point then that's stupid. As stupid as having a child carry a picture of dead fetus? Probably not, but still stupid.
I do agree that it's a good thing for our society to allow people to believe what they want, and I acknowledge that this means people disagree. Tha's fine; I am expressing that disagreement. To my mind, these people are assholes, and the other day they irritated me enough that I wanted to tell someone. So I did.
I think you are wrong to say that it's nobody's business what morals a parent teaches their child. If someone believes something I think is repugnant and they pass it on to an innocent kid, well I think that's repugnant too. If a parent teaches their child to be racist, or violent, or religious, or ignorant in some other way, then I disapprove of that. These children grow up to have an impact on society, and it is entirely our business what their parents teach them. If approached, would these parents listen to me or care about my opinion? Of course not. But I reserve the right to dislike them and call them mean names.
PS- I prefer to say that I support choice, not abortion. Picky sure, but accuracy is important.
right on broseph! i too think its incredibly frustrating when people assume you're a democrat if you are pro-choice. it's called common sense/women's rights! damn!
- sarah
Where are all of the stories about cute kids at your work? You have to softball us after leaving us hanging for two months. Your next post should be accompanied by an Anne Geddes image. Maybe a baby in a pumpkin?
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