More Palin Lies

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

See, there's the rub. I am all for people having faith. I think most of the different churches have done great things in moving people to live better lives, administering to the sick and poor, and other good deeds. I say kudos to them for that. I am not really talking about those people when I am talking about some right wing nutcase like Palin apparently is. I mean I can see this chick actually thinking God wants her to push the button.

Her thinking God wants her to push the button is a very good example faith coming before reason. That's not something we need, regardless of our various religious beliefs or lack thereof.

I'm fine with religious folks as long as they don't bother me with it or bother those with a different flavor of religion with it. Do what you want, whatever floats your boat, etc, just keep it off my lawn, and I will kindly keep my lack of belief off yours. And then we're all happy and fine.

But the possibility of a wackadoo like Palin hearing a voice she thinks is God telling her to push the button scares the bejesus out of this here atheist, and should also scare the bejesus out of anyone else with half a brain, regardless of religious affiliation.

No matter how religious people are, and no matter how secure they feel in the veracity of their various faiths - do they really want to put someone in office that may hear voices telling her to do things that would cause catastrophic disaster for the entire planet?

Sure, hearing voices might be evidence of deities, but it's more likely that it's evidence of mental illness, or even more likely than that, evidence of someone capitalizing on the tendency of the population to accept that the "still small voice" is real, and using it to further destructive agendas.

If I say I hear a transmission from space vibrating through my fillings that tells me to knock over a gas station, you'd think I'm crazy and throw me in the nut hatch, and rightly so. But if I say Jesus talks to me and tells me he wants Alaska to have a pipeline, this is somehow less worrisome, and I don't think it should be.