I. M. Probulos

I always thoughts I was an agnostic, it appears the older I get the more I am an atheist. What amused and enlightened me about these quotes is the comparison, that came to my mind, to the current political upheaval in the USA. The outright lies and fabrications and fantasies and fake news and twisting of truth by Republicans who claim to be Christians. It suddenly struck me that it is easy for those 'Christians' to stand up and spout fantastic versions of reality and arguments against truth because they have spent their lives believing in something unreal in the real world and yet the torrent of words attributing reality to that fantasy has been incredible. If, as an atheist, I view Christian's insisting that their sky-god needs me to worship and obey, or else, as either liars, or fantasists with only a distant relationship with truth, science, and reality, then compare what is happening in politics ...maybe some are true believers in the fantasy but others are definitely liars out for the main chance...and yet in a lot of cases they are one and the same person....maybe belief in religion makes it easier to believe in Donald Trump despite the reality right before their eyes and ears. In Donald's case, it is actual stuff they are ignoring, in the case of God, it is fantasy stuff they care conjuring. How much difference is there between the two. The picture of all the fundamentalist Christians laying hands on Trump, whose head is bowed, and praying in the Oval office was sickening in the extreme. Time for churches to start paying taxes. If they are going to get into politics, they have to pay their way like the rest of us. Their tax free status was predicated on their staying out of politics..separation of church and state...they are breaking that covenant...CHEATING IN FACT.… (mehr)