Furious Indifference.

I've wondered, wondered a lot lately, do people who use their religion to spew invective against others, be they gay, Jewish, black, or what have you, ever consider the cosmic coincidence, that their God, conveniently, hates the same people that they do? I just, time to time, wonder if there is any point during their rants of hate, does something tickle some part of their brain about how weird it is that the all powerful creator of the entire universe, which, logically, yet inconveniently enough, include the very people they hate is just simply fucking with them? No, of course not. Assholes. Hypocritically perhaps, but at least honestly, I admit that I indulge in what they apparently get off on. The hate, the disgust, the feelings of superiority. Their delusion of some "God-given" right to discriminate against people gives me, ironically, the same (I'm guessing) visceral superiority complex-driven endorphin rush that they enjoy. My disgust and disagreement with bigots...

Church school in Haiti collapses, killing at least 30 people (update: over 50, with many children and their horrified parents frantically clawing through the rubble). I simply, cannot, imagine. It really comes down to simple calculus, or for the more computer-minded, an "if-then statement" for me*. If God exists, he is either cruel or incompetent, therefore it's irrelevant whether or not such a thing, exists. * As for Pascal's Wager , I find it staggeringly insulting , thank you very much.

Any philosophy majors out there, believers or not, understand the fallacy of this logic - proving a negative is on par with asking someone to prove the universe was in fact, not created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster , (and may he bless you with one of his noodley appendages). Many laughs and headaches may ensue, so be careful if you decide to think about this too much.

In about 30 minutes, I'm going to plop my butt down in a soda-stained (and, pardon the snark, God-knows what else) movie theater seat to watch Religulous , Bill Maher's lampooning documentary of our silly world's major religions. I'm especially looking forward to anything to do with Scientology of course, because that religion is HI-Larry-US!! Thetens begone! (sorry Tom Cruise!) LOL! I'm just hoping some Bible-thumper from Focus on the Family (affectionately known as Poke-Us-In-The-Fanny among irreligious friends here in the Mecca of Christian Fundamentalism, Colorado Springs) is there to tell me I'm going to "H" "E" double hockey-sticks (Hi Sarah!) for contributing to this atheist/comedian/Jew's bank account! Of course if the Fundie is a hot young thing, I might decide to make it my mission to deprogram her instead of seeing Bill's movie. But hey, since I've already bought the ticket, I'm sure Bill being his sexist self woul...