Friday, February 02, 2007
Dumb Ass Gods
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Currenteventswise I have reached the beginning of chapter three of The God Delusion, 'Arguments For God's Existence.' Whew. The chapter begins with a quote from Thomas Jefferson - "A professorship of theology should have no place in our institution."
I am looking forward to reading this chapter. I imagine that Jefferson had in mind Public Schools, in which case I agree: America is not a 'Christian Nation.' Indeed, when I was a child in the 1940s the 'Pledge of Allegiance' did not contain the words, 'under God.' I never uttered those words. Nor would I utter them today. Those words are ludicrous. Those words should be removed from The Pledge, stricken forever. The Constitution should be amended to emphasize the 'no establishment clause,' which seems to have been bypassed in so-called 'modern' times. Dumb-Ass 'Gods' have no place in a modern political culture. DAGs should be limited to folk lore. DAGs have absolutely no place in modern politics.
And not only American politics, all politics. Dumb Ass Gods do not exist and as such do not deserve to be represented in Human decisions. Dumb Ass Gods only serve to pervert Human Ideas into grotesque charicatures. Nothing good has ever come of Dumb Ass Gods. Dumb Ass Gods are evil.
I propose the following amendment to the constitution: America is a nation which serves no God. America serves The People and the abode of The People.
Currenteventswise I have reached the beginning of chapter three of The God Delusion, 'Arguments For God's Existence.' Whew. The chapter begins with a quote from Thomas Jefferson - "A professorship of theology should have no place in our institution."
I am looking forward to reading this chapter. I imagine that Jefferson had in mind Public Schools, in which case I agree: America is not a 'Christian Nation.' Indeed, when I was a child in the 1940s the 'Pledge of Allegiance' did not contain the words, 'under God.' I never uttered those words. Nor would I utter them today. Those words are ludicrous. Those words should be removed from The Pledge, stricken forever. The Constitution should be amended to emphasize the 'no establishment clause,' which seems to have been bypassed in so-called 'modern' times. Dumb-Ass 'Gods' have no place in a modern political culture. DAGs should be limited to folk lore. DAGs have absolutely no place in modern politics.
And not only American politics, all politics. Dumb Ass Gods do not exist and as such do not deserve to be represented in Human decisions. Dumb Ass Gods only serve to pervert Human Ideas into grotesque charicatures. Nothing good has ever come of Dumb Ass Gods. Dumb Ass Gods are evil.
I propose the following amendment to the constitution: America is a nation which serves no God. America serves The People and the abode of The People.
