"It's All in God's Hands. What Can I Do?"

I read this on Twitter:

"Its by the Grace of God that I have what I have! & its by the Grace of God that you have what you have! Its by His Grace & His Grace alone!"

Punctuation problems aside (What is it with people and apostrophes?), this is stupid.

By this illogic, I should just quit my job and wait for God to bestow a windfall of on me. I have no responsibilities or obligations. I'm just a spiritual jellyfish, floating on the generosity of the great bearded guy in the sky.

If this is true, then God only sorta likes me, 'cause I don't have that much. And he must really hate poor people. Why else would they have so little?

This is nihilistic, fatalistic, moronic dogma.

What really kills me: I see this shit from the same people who post quotes from Ayn Rand.

NEWSFLASH: You cannot be a fatalistic pre-determination Christiamoton and a rugged individualist at the same time! These two ways of thinking are mutually exclusive. No wonder you sound so confused. You are confused.

If you're gonna be a sheep, be a sheep. If you're gonna be a self-sufficient, responsible adult human, be that. You cannot be both. Unless you're that weird sheep-man in that political ad. He may be both.

People Who Say "God Hates Fags" Are Stupil

"Stupil" is a new word I just made up. It applies to the most extreme combinations of "stupidity" and "evil."

stupid + evil = STUPIL.

How are they stupid? Let me count the ways -

(1) Because hating someone for being different is ignorant bigotry. There is no rational or moral justification for such animosity against people who simply are attracted to members of the same gender. So, stupid is the best word I can think of for this.

(2) Because they purport to be "Christian," but clearly have no idea what the primary teachings of Jesus were. When asked what the most important commandment was, Jesus did not say "To hate fags" (sorry, stupil assholes). He answered that the most important commandments - there are 2 - are to love God and love one another. There were no qualifications or conditions, just "love one another." So, the signs would be more accurate if they said "God loves fags."

(3) Because they pretend to know and understand the mind and feelings of their God. Right. I'm sure He (or She or It) spoke to you from the bottom of your Bud Lite can or from your favorite NASCAR driver's ass.

There are more reasons they are stupid, like denying evolution, thinking Obama is a foreign born sleeper terrorist, etc., but let's move on to evil.

They are evil because they not only harbor hate towards innocent people, but because they take to the street encouraging others to do so as well. It is a campaign of hate. Ironically, these stupil fuckers like to compare Obama to Hitler. But in fact, their propaganda campaign against the gays and lesbians (and presumably bisexuals and transsexuals) is a "final solution" type movement. To hate something is to desire its utter destruction. And to hate a group of people is to desire their annihilation. So yeah, they are evil. If you disagree, convince me that I'm wrong!

The good news is these stupil idiots come out in the light of day, so we can see who they people are.

On a lighter note - please notice the one sign depicting the stick figures in position to engage in "rear entry-course" - though apparently without penis or anus. The stick person in the back is like half the height of the stick person in the front. Odd couple. But I say live and let stick figures live.

Please, For the Love of GOD, Stop Thanking HIM for Helping You Score a Touchdown!

If there is a God (or gods) I hope He (or they) have better things to do than help you score touchdowns and hit homeruns. If you are "devout" in your faith (which means pious, sincere, serious), why are you making a sports and PR spectacle of it?

Do you know what would be "serious?" Donating part of the bagillions of dollars you make for running around with a ball in your hand (or chasing the guy running around with a ball in his hand) to help the hungry, the poor, the homeless, the sick. You know, do the things your proclaimed personal savior would do.

So I put this challenge to the hundreds of obscenely rich sporties who have money and adoration showered over them because they can run, hit, slide, and spit: instead of thanking God or Jesus or Allah or whomever when you get the camera in your face and the mike at your mouth, announce your sizeable donation to a legit charity where the ample fruits of your talents can actually be put to some use and make a real difference.

Or don't. You don't owe anyone anything. It just seems logical to me: if you are truly devout in your faith, so devout that you feel it's necessary to thank Him or Her or Them or It for helping you score (or stop a score), then you must seriously care about your fellow human beings. And if you don't seriously care about your fellow human beings, then you are just giving lip service and I don't want to fucking hear it any more.