A response to the R.F.S.P. post
I had written earlier about Sir Banagor's
epic rant and his
followup.
It seems that one of his readers complained...
Here is
Sir Banagor:
Idiotic Comment
Somebody (whose name I shall not mention, but apparently begins with Elaine) just commented today on my Really Fucking Stupid People piece with the following comment:Comment:
1. You are so hateful you must be very religious.
2. You might have an education, but it was wasted on you.
Just to note, as I’ve stated many times before, I am not religious. I am a complete atheist. Cultural heritage notwithstanding, I do not believe in God, Heaven, Hell, or anything supernatural. My “religion” is science, and my moral guidance is my love and respect for humanity and all of its great achievements. But do I believe in any sort of “Bible” with a higher being looking over me?
No.
Do I respect some of those who do? Yes. That’s the difference. I respect religious people, perhaps not for their shared beliefs (which I do not entirely share), but for their outlook and, most importantly, how they act upon those beliefs. I don’t care which Bible or system somebody believes in, as long as it is a decent one and they do decent things for others.
Here is the money quote:
And yes, I do have an education. In fact, I used to be pretty far left on certain issues (though never, I might add, on Israel or the United States). But you see, Elaine (I can call you Elaine, can’t I?), I’m the product of your worst nightmares. I’m a traitor to the “leftist cause”. I woke the hell up. I went from Utopian idealist to Really Fucking Disillusioned Individual, mostly because the assholes blowing everyone up were being supported by the rest of my Utopian wide-eyed idealists who thought that putting silly little wilted flowers in the barrel of a gun was akin to some sort of profound philosophical statement about the world.
Read the whole thing...
Posted by DaveH at November 20, 2005 3:52 PM