We are a country built on the idea that religious freedom is an integral part of true liberty. That's been the idea from the beginning. Therefore, I boldly propose--as so many others have done so in the years especially after 9/11--that we kick out the religions in America that are a threat to the American idea of religious freedom. There's one in particular that's been troublesome, threatening our way of life. Countless acts of wanton violence and intolerance born from an intrinsic belief that people that belong to any other religion are doomed for damnation and ought to be speeded along in that direction. After all, who are we to do anything but help God along? That was said tongue-in-cheek, but honestly that's what this religion teaches. I am of course referring to Christianity.
Let's begin with the beginnings of Christianity. It started as a poor-persons' sect of Judaism in what is now Israel. Its founder--Jesus "Christ" (hence the name "Christ"-ian)--was a progressive disestablishmentarianist--always wanted to use that word--and taught all people to love each other and walked everywhere he went. Well, except for that one time on a donkey. Christianity spread to places like Africa, the Mediterranean, the Caucasus and even to India through a highly effective network of brainwashing and coercing agents that we now call "missionaries." Eventually it became its own thing and was no longer a Jewish sect.
That's when things went wrong. The so-called "Christians" forgot the basic principle of loving other people. The European Christians especially have been a canker sore for the world. The Teutonic Knights and their tactics, the Knights Templar and their bearing the cross on the chest while crucifying heretics, the Crusades--invasion, pillaging and razing of Muslim, Jewish and Christian lands and systematic slaughter of Muslims (though--to be fair--the Islamic Turks did start it)--and burning at the stake anybody who declared that maybe the pope was not perfect, the rape of the whole continent of Africa for resources natural and later human, the Holocaust, the Conquistadors on the Americas and repeated attempts to "spread the light of Christ" to people obviously devoid of civilization by using strategies used against the original Christians, namely torture and death. What's more, they have the audacity to build churches and cathedrals on places of particular historical and victorious interest. Actually on top of those places, too. Not a block-and-a-half away and out of sight like the Mosque at Ground Zero.
Take a look at what Christian theologians have said. "As
regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for
the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect
likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes
from defect in the active power." That was Saint Thomas Aquinas. And unlike the Hadith that states that those who die in the name of Allah will receive 72 virgins--though similarly misogynistic, another word I've been itching to use lately--Aquinas's statement is well-sourced and widely accepted as truth. And that's just views of the religion on women. If I wrote about everything wrong with Christianity, there wouldn't be a Bible enough to contain it all.
Then things get interesting when American Christians get involved, as if a religion so blatantly intolerant could be considered "American" which is supposed to be a synonym of "tolerance." Slavery--Africans, Natives, Irish, Asians, Mexicans, basically everyone except "Nordic people"--and all its ugly offspring, the Salem witch trials, Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears, law-enforced sexism and racism, Mountain Meadows Massacre, cruel and all-too-usual beatings and--ironically--rapes of homosexuals and all those just begin the list. Well, maybe the Salem witch trials weren't that bad. We still use their logic today. But add up all the deaths from all The Klan alone ever did in the name of Christianity and you will find a pile of American bones higher than any stacked on American soil by any other religious organization.
I don't even have to talk about all that. I have three words: Westboro Baptist Church.
And these Christians are still here. How many thousands of crimes against humanity will it take for the American populace to realize this religion is destroying America? We need to get them out, declare a war on terrorism--a veritable crusade against the forces of evil. Countries known to be "Christian nations" like Italy, Ethiopia, Armenia and Mexico and especially Canada need to be treated with scrutiny and--if necessary--invaded. Political parties that support Christians--especially that dreaded Tea Party--need to be disbanded and their candidates voted out of office.
Some people might say that you can't judge the entire religion
based on the actions and doctrines of a few individuals or even a few
sects. But I say: yes, you can. That is entirely fair. The actions and
doctrines of those individuals invariably represent the attitudes of the
entire religion. That's just the way things are.
But it can't happen. There's no way to get them all out. They are too well-embedded in our system. Uprooting Christianity would be like uprooting an entire redwood forest. Even our incumbent president claims to be a Christian, though we all know better. His middle name is Hussein and was schooled for a time in Indonesia which together mean he is Muslim, his first name Barack which means he is Jewish, his last name is Obama and was born in Hawaii which both mean he is of indigenous religious persuasion and he is a Democrat which means he is an Atheist. It may be impossible to remove the Christians, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. Unlike Muslim judges and law-makers who usually don't use Sharia while arbitrating American public affairs--though to be fair, bias is inevitable--Christians have been known to often use religion while doing so. Just look at the amount of people sworn into office with their hand on the Bible.
Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against Christ. It's His followers that bug me and need to be removed. This isn't hate-speech. I just respectfully don't want them here.
