Oh yeah, those atheists, violating all of God's laws, of course our country and much of this world is collapsing around us.
I mean, how can the natural order operate with such Godless behavior everywhere; not to mention, it's just undignified. I feel sick when I even think about the Babylonian excesses these people get up to. I fear for the punishment that will be handed down to us... soon, I fear. Soon.
For example, gravity. Gravity is a law I can get behind, and it just makes sense; but here we have people, sometimes even deemed to be heros, "astronauts", recklessly floating above the land in frank denial of one of the fundamental laws handed down to us from on high.
And let's not even talk about airplanes; those infernal devices may pretend to follow the laws, but really, they are just flaunting our secular ingenuity, a sure rise of hubris just as surely to be followed by a fall.
Then there is the speed of light. But modern "scientists", who choose to ignore the limits and regulations that govern all of life, try to flaunt even this vital cornerstone of our universe -- just recently, in fact, they used "entangled" photons (a perversion of the light if I ever heard of one) to "see" an object without even seeing it properly, as God intended. One of the photons was sent out to a mask of a toy figure, and the other one, immorally entwined with the first, was detected and used to fill in details at a distant site. A thousand such pairs were used, building an image of the mask using poor innocent photons who had never even touched the source image.
Indeed, things are in dire straits.
Atheists, of course, are at the heart of it all -- without the constant threat of divine wrath and eternal suffering, they run rampant, causing horrible immoral acts that are bent on destroying the very fabric of our nation.
Bob, for example, to pick one prominent atheist. Fearing no eternal damnation, no divine paranoia or forced external conformance to arbitrary laws via the interpretation of those who decide they are his betters, well, I'm sure he is out there eating babies and fornicating with unclean creatures (and I don't mean Mo; Mo bathes regularly, I hear).
Doubtless. For how could any person be a good person, or find their way to feel sympathy for and cooperate with their fellow man, if they didn't feel coerced to do so by some overwhelming, over-arching father figure, poised to mete out harsh punishments at any arbitrary transgression?
As a people, as a nation, there is no need for us to grow up and take responsibility for our lives, like aduls; such a suggestion is laughable, and even perverse! We, in a fine tradition, need, deserve even, a Father figure to guide us, to think for us, to tell us how to feel and how to live. I mean, to move beyond the level of a four year old, to think for ourselves, and to make decisions based on empathy and a desire for a greater good? That is crazy talk! People won't ever do that! Better for them to be treated as children, or sheep, and to herd them and guide them with threats of torment and promises of some future reward. After all, it's for their own good.
It's worked so well so far. The Catholic Church, to take one example, has shown themselves to reflect the perfection of God that they claim, all through their history; Galileo, the inquisition, the crusades, the stance of "breed as much as you can and don't worry about the consequences"; all of these were part of a divine, and unimpeachable plan.
And our current government leadership, all very devout Christians, religious to a fault, and ardent proclaimers of their belief in all things heavenly and divine; they have surely proven themselves to be capable and compassionate stewards of God's gardens, our environment; the air and water and land which nurtures and supports us all. And they have shown compassion and sympathy to those less fortunate, of course, as Jesus has done, offering a helping hand to those in need; and chastising those who would make obscene profit at the expense of others.
Indeed. Or, perhaps, instead; the dominant religious paradigm is completely broken, our religious and political leaders are for the most part full of shit, and our people need to grow the fuck up and learn to live their own lives by their own decisions, and tell these jackasses to go fuck themselves.
You decide. After all, it's your life, and you only get one chance at it. Make it worth something.
Also, read my "God's Laws" column and think "irony". It should read better then.