Just because last week's 'Fatwah' put on me by our fellow humans of the Christian Taliban wasn't enough of a finger in the eye of organized religion I have been inspired by my brother Lemmy Caution to once again make another attempt to bring some sanity to our little corner of Heaven. Of course that means starting the whole shit storm over again. Silly me thought it was all the ranting about the Cephalopod Menace that would bring all the invertebrate loving freaks from beneath their rocks but what do I know? Aparently some are more interested in defending the cute bronze age book of fairy tales than fight against something equally if not more dangerous to your person. So as the tentacles drag you down to your dark, cold and icy death let me share some wisdom that was shared with me.
"This brings me to something for which I have no sympathy at all: the Bible is important to some people, therefore it "deserves" respectful treatment from everyone? No, I don't think so. If the Bible is important to someone then they are of course welcome to treat it with all the respect and reverence they feel is appropriate, but expecting others to treat it with the same or even similar respect is going much too far.
No one should have to treat any book, text, or tradition with any respect, much less reverence, especially in the context of religion. It might bother people to see a lack of respect for a text they consider important, but that's one of the consequences of living in a free society. No person, class of people, or institution can be the arbiter of how others must handle, view, or treat any book. This is especially true when the alleged "problem" is nothing more than knowing that somewhere out there, someone is illustrating or reading that material in a way you don't like."
http://atheism.about.com/b/2009/10/26/sex-sex-sex-christians-offended-at-illustrated-bible.htm
(Do you get it now. Your ranting about the 'holiness' of this poorly written book is just as silly as my fears of the octopus and his ink squirting ilk. Its all just crazy talk so take your sign to another corner of the street. This one is mine.)
