Oddly, the WorldPride website doesn't say anything about the march being cancelled. Hmm.
As for God? Yeah, well, he is an asshole. In his own propaganda book, he comes off as a huge asshole. "Moses, I chose you to lead my people out of bondage and slavery. However, because you're going to have a momentary lapse of subservience, I'm going to kill your ass dead shortly before the climax of this little march. All the faithless jerks you've lead this far will believe in you posthumously, but if I let them glorify you while you're alive, it'll steal some of my thunder. I am a Jealous God, so make peace with ... well, me PDQ." "Oh, look. My chosen people are being naughty. I think I'll hand them over to the Babylonians or Hittites or Assyrians for about a hundred years of slavery. That'll learn 'em." "I say that humankind owes me a debt. I require sacrifices to ignore my undiminished anger for a little while. However, I'm getting bored with sacrifice and some of you aren't taking it seriously enough anymore. What I'll do is make one of you into my vessel, then have him killed on your behalf. You know what'll happen then? You'll owe me even MORE glory than before, because I'm soooo merciful as to give up on my earned and owed vengeful streak out of the torture-thirsty mercy of my infinite love. Yeah, suck it up. I'm omnipotent and out of your reach, so what're you going to do about it?"
Yaw, ancient tribal god of Chaos, Evil, and Destruction. Now? He's Yahweh or Jehovah, the merciful Father who loves his children. Isn't it amazing what a two-thousand year marketing campaign and a dominion that would make Roman Emperors green with envy can do for you?
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Re: As if you needed more examples...
Date: 2006-07-25 05:48 pm (UTC)As for God? Yeah, well, he is an asshole. In his own propaganda book, he comes off as a huge asshole.
"Moses, I chose you to lead my people out of bondage and slavery. However, because you're going to have a momentary lapse of subservience, I'm going to kill your ass dead shortly before the climax of this little march. All the faithless jerks you've lead this far will believe in you posthumously, but if I let them glorify you while you're alive, it'll steal some of my thunder. I am a Jealous God, so make peace with ... well, me PDQ."
"Oh, look. My chosen people are being naughty. I think I'll hand them over to the Babylonians or Hittites or Assyrians for about a hundred years of slavery. That'll learn 'em."
"I say that humankind owes me a debt. I require sacrifices to ignore my undiminished anger for a little while. However, I'm getting bored with sacrifice and some of you aren't taking it seriously enough anymore. What I'll do is make one of you into my vessel, then have him killed on your behalf. You know what'll happen then? You'll owe me even MORE glory than before, because I'm soooo merciful as to give up on my earned and owed vengeful streak out of the torture-thirsty mercy of my infinite love. Yeah, suck it up. I'm omnipotent and out of your reach, so what're you going to do about it?"
Yaw, ancient tribal god of Chaos, Evil, and Destruction. Now? He's Yahweh or Jehovah, the merciful Father who loves his children. Isn't it amazing what a two-thousand year marketing campaign and a dominion that would make Roman Emperors green with envy can do for you?