[VOICEMAIL] Death threats. Dear Persecuted Christian, listen up.

Let's compare and contrast, shall we? Come on, this will be fun!

The "persecuted" Christian often claims persecution when atheists point out that religion is dangerous to a person's mental well-being and detrimental to society.

The "persecuted" Christian often claims persecution when atheists are concerned that perhaps they were brainwashed or bribed or forced to abandon who they are in hopes of finding "salvation."

The "persecuted" Christian often claims persecution when atheists point out that using the PA system at public school events to blare their prayers to Jesus to a captive audience is illegal.

The "persecuted" Christian often claims persecution when atheists point out all the special privileges they're granted simply for believing in the most popular nonsense.

The "persecuted" Christian often claims persecution when atheists point out that there is zero evidence for their beliefs.

The "persecuted" Christian sees honesty as persecution. The "persecuted" Christian sees criticism as persecution. The "persecuted" Christian requires "respect" in the form of atheists patronizing them... for example, "Yes all opinions are equal and all are deserving of respect." No. If I respect you, I'll treat you like an adult, not a child who doesn't understand that criticism is a good thing. Adults can differentiate between personal attacks and criticism. If you are in fact so childish that you are incapable of telling these two apart, then that is your fault. Not mine. I treat people I respect as adults. Your religion isn't off limits. Your religion enjoys heaps of special privileges and it won't receive any additional privileges from me.

Now let's take a look at what actual persecution looks like.

Blair Scott, communications director of American Atheists, recently received this lovely email overflowing with Christian love:

"thanks for letting us know that all of you will be in the same place at the same time......
the minute you step to speake, a 30 30 round will be put in your head, and then you will meet the satan and demons of hell that you do not believe in.................dave however, will be taken and tortured for weeks till he crys out for 'god' to save him,,,,,,see you there..........bye, bye
DONT FUCK WITH ME you dumbass fuckin idiot.........................................///
hope you enjoy hell - thats where your going.
how many times did your mother drop you on your head ?
go back to your psychiatrist and start taking your 'haldol' again////////// you need it."

And then there's this... a voicemail Blair also received from this same idiot...
http://alabamaatheist.org/files/04-28-2012_2256-CST.mp3

This is what persecution looks like. He and Dave (Dave Silverman, president of American Atheists) have been personally threatened with bullets to the head and torture. Why? Because they're atheists. Because they don't share a belief in the nonsense that this guy does. Because they're leaders of the atheist movement.

So the next time you play the persecuted Christian card, maybe you should reconsider your idea of persecution. Oh, someone criticized your religion on your Facebook status? Why don't you tell me all about how hard it is to be a Christian in America... go ahead... explain to me and Blair and Dave and people like Jessica Ahlquist how hard it is being the majority. I'm sure it's lonely in that enormous walk-in closet full of over half the population and nearly every member of congress. I'm sure. It's hard. You fear for your LIFE on a daily basis I'm sure. Poor thing. You must surely wear bullet proof vests when you speak at your church. You must surely have to have a police escort to your high school classes. Right? Don't you? I'm sure.

Forgive me if I feel zero sympathy for your idiotic whines. 

-ironkidd

I am a worthless broken sinning undeserving failure with a dirty heart who needs mending

We've all seen how by Christian "love" they often mean Christian "death threats to a 16-year-old who stood up for her rights." But let's talk about how Christian "happiness" in a place of "light" often looks a lot like "self-deprecation" in a place of "darkness."

I often feel sorry for people who post things like this. I hate religion because it makes people believe they're worthless. I hate religion because it causes people to attribute their successes to the nonexistent. It causes people to ignore their personal triumphs. It's sad and I immediately call bullshit when I hear one of them attempting to argue that atheists are miserable, unhappy people. 

Writer's block explained

Ok so at least I can explain my specific type of writer's block... this may not help you, but I've found the reason for mine.

I stayed home, went to heathen-friendly events/gatherings, went to work, came home, ate at home or went drive-thru, I eat in my car by the lake during my lunch break at work... Inadvertently the husband and I had cut ourselves off from the shitty community we live in. We created this heathen-friendly underworld and it was almost as if the bigots were silent little puppets dancing along through the world through a near sound-proof glass that was my car and home windows.

I have to thank FourSquare for bringing me to this revelation. I know we're late to that party, but we just recently got decent phones with decent data plans. So it's been fun to check-in different places. We started getting out of our cars and going *inside* places again. Weird concept, I know.

I was blocked because I was mostly content with things. Sure the bigots were all still there, but I had mostly silenced them in my world. The braindead redneck idiots were still there, but "shhhhh" I'd tell them as I rolled my windows up. I put the stupid on mute. It was nice for a while, but I've realized since going out to eat tonight that my commentary depends on being in the world. My sanity, however, will suffer. It's a delicate balancing act.


So, we went to eat this evening after a long day of running and biking. We got food and got settled in a spot furthest from the other humans in the restaurant. Then it started. The family in the back were talking amongst themselves about whatever unimportant mundane shit that happened to them during the day...some baseball game and some kid got his homerun taken away... "shhhhh" doesn't work when you don't have windows. As they were yelling at each other talking, their kids were bouncing on the unoccupied booths between our booth and their family's booth. Kids that should know better. These were not toddlers, who think the world was put here just for them to climb on. The parents of these kids should have by now explained that other people exist and we should respect their space and let them eat peacefully, too. I have a kid. I know kids and I know, they're hard. They're snot-nosed, annoying, rude little inconsiderate shits (especially if you don't BOTHER to teach them to be something other than that), but bringing them out to eat and forcing other people to deal with your fucking broken condoms is not ok. What kind of person is ok with this? My kid wouldn't fucking dare leave the booth we were sitting at. Why? BECAUSE I'VE TAUGHT HER THAT OTHER PEOPLE EXIST! It's not that she's a fucking genius or that she's highly sensitive or somehow extraordinarily better than any other kid. It's because I said, "Hey! Those people over there want to be able to talk too. Be quieter or we're going to stay home next time." <---That's not a difficult sentence, not even for the inbred morons I'm surrounded by down here. Not one big word in the entire thing! Then they started running circles around the fucking place. The parents just sat there, continued on in their yelling at each other conversation, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they brought their kids with them at all.

I'd be willing to bet they have a "LET GO AND LET GOD" bumper sticker. What? You thought I was just going to bitch about idiot parents without somehow tying it to religion being the cause? Ha! No. Having god as your co-pilot more often than not puts YOU on auto-pilot. It's an excuse to not take responsibility for anything. If everything is God's will and all you do is live to glorify the good lord and teach your children to pray and feel the appropriate amounts of godly guilt then more often than not you've forgotten to teach them about OTHER PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY EXIST! "Oh good little Sarah said her prayers before she started eating!" Yeah, and now shithead little Sarah is annoying the piss out of me and making me want to throw my silverware at you. Inconsiderate asshole parents raise inconsiderate asshole children and if they didn't have so much nonexistent shit to worry about perhaps they'd notice that the existent is fucking annoyed.

Idiots. I must never forget, I'm surrounded by idiots and they're the perfect blog fodder. Thanks FourSquare... I think.

 -ironkidd

A great use of the next twelve minutes and thirty-seven seconds of your life!

Back to back lolz!

When things show up like this in my feeds.. I always get a good chuckle.