{"id":406,"date":"2011-08-29T14:24:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T12:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borkedcode.com\/wp\/?p=406"},"modified":"2011-08-29T14:24:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T12:24:11","slug":"religion-and-society-sorry-no-they-dont-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/2011\/08\/29\/religion-and-society-sorry-no-they-dont-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Religion and Society, sorry &#8211; no, they don&#8217;t mix."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looky, a brainless pastor decides <a href=\"http:\/\/pastorstahl.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/putting-atheists-on-national-registry.html#comment-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he knows all the answers!<\/a>\u00a0 A national registry for atheists! \u00a0Because, you see, it&#8217;s just like having a national registry for sex offenders.<\/p>\n<p>Should we pin a big &#8220;A&#8221; on our jackets, too, so we&#8217;ll be easier to round up and put on the trains later?<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Mike, you are an example of precisely why religion needs to exit civilized society.\u00a0 You are plainly insane, and from where I sit, dangerously so.\u00a0 And it&#8217;s your religion that has made you this way.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully some of you out there who think Christianity is a &#8220;good&#8221; thing will take more than a few hints from this &#8211; this idiot is why we&#8217;re not simply sitting around &#8216;closeted&#8217; any longer. \u00a0We&#8217;ve had quite enough, and even though many remain silent out of fear for themselves, it&#8217;s time to put an end to this Santa-Claus-for-Grownups bullshit. \u00a0Remember, this asshole is suggesting boycotts and harassment for starters, and you can bet your ass many of his parishoners wouldn&#8217;t think twice before committing vandalism or other violence. \u00a0Because, you know, Jesus will forgive them all their sins.<\/p>\n<p>Especially if Pastor Mike is the mouthpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Remember &#8211; every dollar you drop in that plate supports people like this. \u00a0Maybe not directly, but this insanity spreads <em>far too easily<\/em>. \u00a0And you are personally responsible for what you endorse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looky, a brainless pastor decides he knows all the answers!\u00a0 A national registry for atheists! \u00a0Because, you see, it&#8217;s just like having a national registry for sex offenders. Should we pin a big &#8220;A&#8221; on our jackets, too, so we&#8217;ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/2011\/08\/29\/religion-and-society-sorry-no-they-dont-mix\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borkedcode.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}