I Am So Pissed at That Mystelplistix Guy

Josh Hamilton slipped. Tim Cowlishaw, a big market sports columnist and frequent guest on nationally televised sports shows knows the feeling. Hamilton chose to live his live for Christ when he got sober. He inspired Yankee Stadium to chant his name during a home run derby he dreamt he'd be at. He is an exceptional athlete. When he fell down, people pounced. The national media didn't attempt to destroy him, they reported it, and some called his owning up to it the right thing to do. Josh is just another human being with an incredible athletic talent. He may never have another great year like he had in 2008. He may fade from memory, like many athletes, talented but too fragile to play. But that isn't the point of this post.

Why, if I may ask, is it that people find God offensive? Ask yourself, do you believe in God. If the answer is no, ask yourself if you are offended by people who do. Then ask yourself if you are sane because you are offended by something that you believe doesn't exist. If you don't realize how moronic this is, call me, I'll be by your home shortly to kick you in the head.

Christ tells us to turn the other cheek. I'm willing to go to hell to stop the facial rotation. If you are an atheist, don't complain about those of us who like to think the universe has order beyond Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. Don't call us stupid, because we believe in God and you believe in quantum physics dictating that particles come to being and disappear again in less that two shakes (which I'm told is a fraction of a nanosecond short for two shakes of a lamb's tale).

We have reached a critical point in this country, and maybe the world, though I think it is more evident here. I will never understand how atheists are offended by something they don't believe in. I can understand how they don't want it pushed on them, but look at the link above, they have to be aggressive about it. This level of hatred is not healthy and cannot lead to good things. In the same vein, anyone reacting in kind is just giving fodder to the point advocated by the opposition. I think the anger is misdirected, though I'm not sure of the source yet.

God loves you, even if you don't believe in him. I love you, even if you don't believe in me. My mother thinks your an asshole. I have no control on that one.

So how can you be offended by something you don't believe in? I have a friend who is convinced that the Aztec calender thing is right and the world ends in 2012 or whenever. I'm not angry that he believes it. I try to point out the logical inconsistencies in his beliefs on it, but even though I will tell him straight up that I think he's wrong, I don't disrespect him as a person. We need to remember to be a little more polite.