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Mentality Rears Ugly Head in Seattle
Tuesday,
August 29, 2001, a young woman, obviously distraught and suicidal,
threatened to jump off of a bridge and end her life, in Seattle.
A crowd, observing the young woman, shouted out to her to jump,
yelling obscenities, showing callous disregard for her life,
as if her life was of no value whatsoever.
This
phenomenon, a group psychosis in response to an individual psychosis,
is yet one more demonstration of all that is wrong with every
aspect of a supposedly god-tripped existence most pretentiously
go about treating as "normal" or "desirable".
If
belief in god, which some 95 percent of this so-called christian
country claim, is supposed to be of value, as for as helping
your fellow humans, why for all that is decent and honorable
did that belief in god come nowhere near mitigating the actions
of the crowd?
Well,
the typical disclaimer by christians and others of faith is
that "the devil made them do it" or the "non-christians"
did it, but seriously, is this not yet another example of how
the pretentiousness of faith does little to mitigate the actions
of the so-called faithful when it comes right down to it?
Why
does faith fail to encourage pro-humanism in instances such
as this? Because, in reality, the christian faith, and most
other ancient-derived faiths, are nothing but "make believe"
loaded with threats/guilt/hate, and when push comes to shove,
it's the hate side of the faith that rears its ugly head rather
than the aspects of faith religious leaders treat as the "real"
faith (when they're not involved in threatening folks with hell
and damnation).
The
woman jumped. She survived and may recover, although she is
in serious condition. The crowd went back to their mundane and
pretentious lives of "make believe" used as an excuse
for hate. Statistically speaking, about half of them will show
up in church on Sunday and pray for forgiveness, as if by doing
so they can justify going out and repeating the hate routine
which acts as bookends for their Sunday rituals.
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The
Simpsons & Irreverence Rules
The
Simpsons - icons of irreverence towards christian pretentiousness,
yet a couple of Protestant mags recently offered some dollops
of complements towards the 12-year cartoon. A religious writer
(for the Orlando Sentinel) perceives the show as being pro-family
and never doubting the existence of god (hmmmm, that's debatable).
Also, not receiving many barbs on the show, the jesus christ
character of the christian, islamic, and jewish faiths (hey,
that's one popular christ myth, but with widely differing interpretations,
I suppose that's too hot to handle ... in America, that is).
Lest
we forget, the cartoon was birthed long ago in a bit of a controversial
spin-off from another show (Tracy ... something or other ...
best I recall).
Some
stats on the show ...
- Religion
an element in 70 percent of the shows and a major element
in 10 percent of the shows
- 80
percent of shows' writers have been skeptics or atheists
- Episode
270 commences with the new season on Nov. 4th
Official
web site ... The
Simpsons
Source:
- Yahoo
/ AP [link inactive]
Future
of Fruit & Veggies? Healthalicious
Genetically
modified fruits and vegetables, capable of yielding a desired
health-giving protein and higher levels of vitamins than your
ordinary product of nature, are being worked on by German scientists.
In addition, these new "super-fruits" and "super-veggies"
may be able to deliver vaccines, antibodies, and pharmaceuticals.
As
for fears of genetic modification, the fruit being worked on,
a tomato, has been developed in a manner that prevents its genes
from passing on to other crops and weeds.
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