Atheists & Agnostics
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Panel 1: I'm a Middle-Eastern Christian. In Egypt we can't build new churches, and the authorities ignore the frequent violence committed against us. Almost all of us have been pushed out of Iraq. In Saudi Arabia we have to hide inside to have church services. In some Muslim countries converts to Christianity are sentenced to prison or death. In Sudan we are decapitated for our faith by Islamists. We face a lot of religious oppression.
Panel 2: Oh, I know about oppression too. I'm an American Christian. In the US we aren't always allowed to put our religious symbols on every single public building. Sometimes bosses aren't allowed to restrict their workers' access to contraception. People sometimes say mean things about us on blogs. And worst of all during Christmas some people say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." I truly understand what you mean by religious oppression. I sure wish I had religious feedom (sic).
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)or whatever that is called (response, maybe)...since this looks like a comic, but isn't all that funny.
Too true. I wish that some of these religious folks would look in the mirror and see just how silly they are being.
Rob H.
(5,354 posts)dimbear
(6,271 posts)Just eyeballing a globe the other day, crossed my mind.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,381 posts)As Lewis Black put it (paraphrasing)
"The reason the Jews wrote the Old Testament was to keep their minds off the fact that they had no air conditioning."
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)great performance, especially the Gay Banditos.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Just think how better off we'd all be if that mind poison had just sunk back down into the sands for all time.