OMFGWTAF! Are these rotten festering scroatbags serious!?!? The first time I heard this BS i thought – no way, they didn’t just drop that dirty bomb of distraction.
Well, after several hours to process, and do some online “research” – it seems this is a real event. They dropped the bombs and killed kids and teachers. KIDS AND TEACHERS!!
Then – more bombs. One twisted crackpot religious lunatic killed.
Then – our brave servicemen killed and our rotting corpse of a potus praises statues and fukkin curtains. WTAF!!
But it just cant be…I must be fukkin dreaming. Nobody in this country would actually say something so incredibly lame…maybe from north Korea…or one of those other backward, dictater-led countries that do not seperate church and state like the USA does…or once did anyway…our founding fathers are spinning in their graves.
…but what about the constitution? Isnt that a binding…sacred…almost religious document? Now it seems that those who once preached to uphold the constitution at all cost no matter what, no matter who dies…now those same people are just choosing to ignore it…WTAF!
Oh…and never mind the huge and in fukkin BOLD fact that we…our entire culture…has absolutely zero…ZERO…evidence – that ANY of the mystical gods, angels, and SO MUCH other random BS in the Bible and other evidence-lacking dusty ancient sacred books and mouthpieces of the multitudes of religions and denominations – have ever even existed at all. In all likelihood all the stores in all the old books are simply lessons and myths to help ancient folks make sense of the world and culture around them. These old books are only reality inside the readers own head.
When I was young I was taught that in any important decision, one should put evidence first, and the decision second.
The reverse of that is a decision without supporting evidence, and those who use this misguided strategy are in search of one of two things:
An emotional response possibly seated in a personal desire or need.
Or
Greed and control seeking hubris.
Hubris is insanely dangerous.
To make decisions without factual, logical, supporting evidence is insane.
It seems that these people – that some of us have placed into power – are absolute fukkin deranged lunatics.
For them to actually say the unbelievably and stupendously stupid things they have said about bringing about the “end times,” or “armageddon,” or whateverthefuk – with the most outrageous of them all that his orange magasty DJT was sent by jesus/god et. all. – is totally and rabidly barking mad.
I still keep pinching myself hoping to wake up from this bizarre nightmare…but no, apparently I am awake and this IS reality.
So many human lives cut short, so many civilizations turned to vine or dust covered rubble, so much knowledge has been lost, destroyed by religiopolitical cult leaders claiming their way is better because they claim that an imaginary god figure said so – often through the mouthpiece of a fat, bloated, king, president, chief, or bigman…and even more bizarre and inexplicable – they followed the imaginary god/king’s made up commands and destroyed so many real and beautiful things that actually physically existed…and they did it all believing they were correct and in the name of their chosen leader or god that they could not even see. Pure and simple deranged insanity.
Sadly it seems history is repeating itself.
It seems that the dangerous cults of religion are trying their best to bring back holy wars at the cost of…everything moving forward.
The toxic religious trauma this is going to instill into everyone alive today will be immeasurable.
Speaking of religious trauma – for the first few decades of my life I was traumatized by the religion i was born into – Christianity. From a very early age I was totally confused by all the bizarre talk of loving each other, taking care of others, including the weak, the old, the poor and homeless…but then followed by and absolutely terrifying to a young child – follow me or burn in hell, horrifying end times BS, Jesus this and Jesus that, the heaven and hell, fire and brimstone, rivers of blood, multiheaded beasts, 666, demons, devils, nostradomous, nukes, the cold war, yada, yada, yada. All this twisted mystical hate and fear filled BS really traumatized my young brain and truly wrecked my evidence based decision-making process…for many years.
The only way I was ever able to dig myself out of that twisted religious death worshipping cult was to remember what my amazing mom taught me about evidence supported decision making and critical thinking.
This is why I choose to not follow any religion. This is why I choose to follow the evidence wherever it leads and use the methods and tools of science and my own brain to make decisions for myself and others.
The only “religion” I respect is Buddhism – and its not even a religion, its a practice based on peace, kindness, and self discovery.
In my experience, most religions very rarely uses evidence to support their decision making process. But dusty old words from an ancient book written and rewritten by countless authors and kings and then taken out of their historical context…sure, why not. Examples: 911 and Iran – so many parallels.
In fact, it is often the exact opposite, with the evidence from the last 2026 years suggesting that more blood has been shed in the name of religions than in all wars ever waged on planet earth. The rivers of blood have already been shed and if there is an actual hell, we are now living in it and DJT and his mindless minions are the devil and his demons.
These people are absolutely fukkin insane.
Oh, remember the E. Files. Remember all the violat3d young girls, women, boys and men, the redrum and canabilism, the pain, the endless lies, and the disgusting hate. If there ever was an antichrist, these people running this once great land are the embodiment of that mythical sentiment.
I have written at length about the topic of religious trauma, and what it took me to shake off the sticky, gripping, toxic tentacles and hugely heavy anchors of religion. It is one of my longest blog posts and it helped me sort through my thoughts and finally get out from under the thumb of the religio-political mind control system that many of us in the US were all exposed to beginning at day one. If you are struggling with what is going on in the world or within your own mind, then feel free to read my post through the below link, feel free to share, and I wish you, and all of us luck, love, and peace with whatever comes our way.
https://naturesteves.home.blog/2024/07/01/religiopolitical-trauma-sucks/
Knowledge conquers fear.
Do only Good and Pretti things.
Be the change.
Choose wisely.
One Love.
Peace.
Tag: Terrorist attack
I will never forget.
Exactly twenty years ago today I was in college at Appalachian State University, sitting in archeology class, learning all about ancient humans.
A modern human’s face appeared at the classroom door – it was another professor. He motioned for my professor to come into the hall. He did. The other students and I waited.
A few moments later our professor returned. He stated that a passenger plane had hit one of the twin towers in NYC. He said it was believed to be an accident and that rescue operations were underway. One of the students exclaimed – my mother works there!!! They jumped up and ran out of the room.
We went back to class. I worried for the student who just left to call their mother –
A few moments later the same professor who had come to the door earlier came back into the room and called our professor back outside.
The students and I were silent as we tried to listen to their words through the open door.
The professor returned. He stated that another plane had hit the second tower and that this could not be a coincidence – it must have been premeditated. The question was – how, why, and by whom?
The professor then said the remainder of classes for the day were canceled so people could deal with this tragedy in their own way. I and the other students sat in silence for a few moments before gathering our things and exiting the classroom.
I wandered around campus for a while wondering what was going on. I decided to go to the coffee shop to get a drink and think. As I made my way through the thousands of other students wandering about campus I noticed that it was eerily quiet. All the students seemed to be with their own thoughts. I was as well. I walked into the student union building and noticed that TV’s had been set up on carts in the hallways reporting from ground zero. I stopped to watch with hundreds of other students. As we watched the destruction unfold – yet another passenger plane crashed into the pentagon. A student screamed, others wept. Some cussed out loud. I was silent and just could not grasp what the hell was happening. I stood with several others and watched for several hours as the numbers of the dead were reported, as the brave fire, police, and first responders worked so hard to help those impacted by the attack.
At a point I just became numb.
I stayed at school for the rest of the day and into the night. Sitting alone. Chatting with friends.
In the early evening I was sitting alone in the coffee shop when a young band began setting up. They introduced themselves as the Steep Canyon Rangers. I had no idea who they were. At that moment I did not care. I had no more room for thoughts. I was still numb.
Then the band started playing – it was some of the most wonderful, high energy, positive bluegrass music I had ever heard. They were amazing and their music was just what I and all the others in that room needed on that terrible day.
For the next hour or so we all sat and listened to these wonderful young musicians crank out tune after tune and it was exactly what we needed to help us get through the terrible events of the day. The magic of their music and their positivity helped me recover myself that day and I am sure their music that helped them cope as well. I have followed the Steep Canyon Rangers over the last 20 years and still today they are one of my favorites.
While their wonderful music helped me cope on that terrible day – it did nothing for the thousands of innocent people who died at the hands of lunatic fringe dwelling religious/political fanatics on September 11, 2001.
We can pray to our gods, think deep thoughts, and never forget the events of that horrible day – but if we do not want things like this to happen again – we must act. We must must never again let religious and/or political fanatics harm the living.
While thoughts and prayers obviously do not much to help those in need – they may help ease some of the pain and strife for those of us who remain. So please take a moment of silence to remember, think about how lucky you are to be here, say a prayer if it somehow helps you – do whatever you need to do to remember and honor the fallen innocents, the brave firefighters, police officers, and first responders, the passengers and crew on the planes – all those who lost their lives and had their families forever torn apart by the cowardly terrorist acts perpetrated on that day.
Also please remember that just because a twisted group of terrorists who were Muslim were responsible for these horrid attacks – it does not mean that all Muslims are bad people. There are also bad, hateful, and twisted people/ groups in the Christian faith and all other religions/races/ethnicities. There are bad Americans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, atheists, agnostics, politicians, scientists, cops, doctors, lawyers, preachers, teachers – whatever. Just like eggs, any human being can go bad. It is up to all of us good eggs to smell the rottenness growing in our fellow humans and get them help – or, if need be, remove them before they spoil the whole bunch.
Never forget.
I was not an eyewitness to the events if that terrible day but one of my favorite science communicators was. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was an eyewitness to the attacks and outlines it vividly via this link: https://911blogger.com/news/2014-05-06/neil-degrasse-tyson-was-eye-witness-911-he-wrote-letter-describing-his-horrifying-experience
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