I love you grandma, but seriously....

...this is why I hate religion.

I received this retarded religious propaganda email from my dear grandma today. She knows I'm am NOT religious in any way, and she is. We respect each others beliefs for the most part, mostly by not discussing our opposing views. Knowing we'll never change each others minds (which I'm not even interested in doing to her), we agree to disagree. I love my grandma with all my heart and usually just hit delete when I get stuff like this from her. When I received this email today, I forwarded it to a couple friends saying, look at the crap my grandma just sent me. But then I had a thought. I don't send her emails about my beliefs, or non-beliefs as they are, I know that she would be offended and not appreciate them in the least. So I don't do it. Plus I'm not in the business of "converting" people to atheism. Those are my thoughts and beliefs and I recognize that everyone else in the world has theirs, and has a right to them. So, while she has the right to believe what she believes and I don't harass her about it or preach to her in anyway, why don't I get the same respect???? So, I wrote her an email asking her to stop sending me that stuff.

The difference between hard core Christians and Atheists or Agnostics in my opinion, is that alot or most Christians are NOT truly tolerant. They want everyone to believe what they believe. I want everyone to have their beliefs, whatever they may be, and keep them to themselves and only share when asked. And DON'T write your religious code into the laws of this country that govern EVERYBODY, not just the Christians.

So, the overall message of the email, which is below, is that the Christians having their right to express their beliefs taken away by left wing America. No, we don't want to take your right to express your beliefs away. We do want it to stay out of our courtrooms and schools. And BY LAW, you can't have them there in those two places anyway.

If you want the right to practice your religion, then I want the right to not have you try to force your religion on me. This country was founded on the basis of religious freedom, not Christianity. Religious freedom. You have it, why can't I??


Wow, I'm pissed. Sounds like I need a nap.

Here is the email she sent me, which I'm pretty sure Jesus wouldn't actually approve of. Oh, and I like how it ends with "Need I say more?":

The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama . Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama ! The judge's poem sums it up quite well.

America the beautiful,
or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims' pride;
I'm glad they'll never see.

Babies piled in dumpsters,
Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty;
your house is on the sand.

Our children wander aimlessly
poisoned by cocaine
choosing to indulge their lusts,
when God has said abstain

From sea to shining sea,
our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God's love
and a need to always pray

We've kept God in our
temples, how callous we have grown.
When earth is but His footstool,
and Heaven is His throne.

We've voted in a government
that's rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless Judges;
who throw reason out the door,

Too soft to place a killer
in a well deserved tomb,
But br ave enough to kill a baby
before he leaves the womb.

You think that God's not
angry, that our land's a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait
before His judgment comes?

How are we to face our God,
from Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do,
but stem this evil tide?

If we who are His children,
will humbly turn and pray;
Seek His holy face
and mend our evil way:

Then God will hear from Heaven;
and forgive us of our sins,
He'll heal our sickly land
and those who live within.

But, America the Beautiful,
If you don't - then you will see,
A sad but Holy God
withdraw His hand from Thee.

~~Judge Roy Moore~~

This says it all. May we all forward this message and offer our prayers for Judge Moore to be blessed and for America to wake up and realize what we need to do to keep OUR America the Beautiful.

Pass this on and let's lift Judge Moore up in Prayer. He has stood firm and needs our support.

IN GOD WE TRUST!

NEED I SAY MORE?????