John Sweden (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} notbinky) wrote,@ 2004-11-09 11:28:00 |
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bleah
Because I've been so scatterbrained and my response to Mike's calling me on some of my shit is tucked into a comment in my last post, I just want to make clear that I don't actually believe that Christianity, or any religion, is why Bush was re-elected. I also don't actually equate all Christians with the fundamentalist asshole-type that Bush is - in fact, I'd imagine the majority of them are tolerant and loving, Christ-style, just like the majority of Muslims probably think that those fuckwit terrorists are giving them a bad name and just like ~40% of red states are probably as appalled at the outcome of the election as I am. The problem I guess was that I lumped all those groups together because of my overall disdain for organized religion and people who buy into any iteration of it. So for that much, I'm sorry, I was being a reactionary fuck and rather stupid about it. It's obviously a very complex issue and I boiled it down to one target for my venting, and then didn't express myself very well anyhow. I hate it when I let emotion overtake logic in my brain, and I hate it that I stooped to the level of those who want a specific thing or group to blame for their woes when one doesn't exist. Weak sauce.
That said, I still think organized religion sucks.
Because I've been so scatterbrained and my response to Mike's calling me on some of my shit is tucked into a comment in my last post, I just want to make clear that I don't actually believe that Christianity, or any religion, is why Bush was re-elected. I also don't actually equate all Christians with the fundamentalist asshole-type that Bush is - in fact, I'd imagine the majority of them are tolerant and loving, Christ-style, just like the majority of Muslims probably think that those fuckwit terrorists are giving them a bad name and just like ~40% of red states are probably as appalled at the outcome of the election as I am. The problem I guess was that I lumped all those groups together because of my overall disdain for organized religion and people who buy into any iteration of it. So for that much, I'm sorry, I was being a reactionary fuck and rather stupid about it. It's obviously a very complex issue and I boiled it down to one target for my venting, and then didn't express myself very well anyhow. I hate it when I let emotion overtake logic in my brain, and I hate it that I stooped to the level of those who want a specific thing or group to blame for their woes when one doesn't exist. Weak sauce.
That said, I still think organized religion sucks.
