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There’s been a lot of talk in the news lately about the teaching of “Intelligent Design” in our public schools’ science classes. Basically, for those of you who don’t know yet, Intelligent Design is just Creationism wrapped up in a nice un-churchy wrapper.

I’m a pretty firm believer in Evolution, since it has actual FACTS to back up a lot of the claims. Introducing Creationism, no matter how they try to dress it up, is ridiculous. Many are asking that they teach “Intelligent Design” in science class, along with evolution. Here’s the thing, folks, there are ZERO, I repeat ZERO, actual FACTS to support any idea of Intelligent Design OR Creationism. Evolution has some factual basis, which is how it qualifies as a science.

If you’re going to start bitching to get unfounded and wholly non-factual theories of the creation of the universe taught in our schools, I’ve got one for you: I created the fuckin’ universe! There! Mystery fuckin’ solved, kids. There is EXACTLY as much proof that I created the universe as there is any proof that some other intelligent force did. Let’s teach that in school. We’ll call it John-ianity.

This also brings me to another thing, people complaining about “Christmas Vacation” being renamed “Winter Break” in public schools. Think about that for a second, if we’re going to include Christian holidays to the days off list of the school year, let’s not forget the holidays for Satanism, Wicca, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc… Face the facts Joe Bible Thumper, you’d pitch a fucking FIT if the Satanic holidays were represented in your childrens’ schools. Try thinking about that from the other side of the coin. I know you WON’T, but it never hurts to try to get people to think about mindsets that are not their own.

At any rate, let’s have a huge round of applause for teaching something based on fact in our public schools!!! And, let’s have a long round of booing and hissing at the idea of having our children taught something that is completely non-factual bullshit based on a book that was penned by the hand of man a couple thousand years ago.

(CNN) — Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has called for the United States to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling him “a terrific danger” bent on exporting Communism and Islamic extremism across the Americas.

“If he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,” Robertson told viewers on his “The 700 Club” show Monday. “It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war.”

Robertson, a contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, called Chavez “a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us badly.”

“We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability,” Robertson said. “We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one strong-arm dictator. It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.”

Wow, a conservative Christian wanting to have someone killed who shares different political ideologies. How fucking odd.

Dear Pat,

You are a HORRIBLE spiritual leader. A man in your position with your outspoken, and morbidly warped, views basically sends the message to his followers that it’s okay to kill someone who you think MIGHT be a threat to you sometime in the future. Let’s think about that a moment… KILL. You’re sending the message that murder is a-okay so long as you have any vague notion that they don’t like you. Maybe I’m wrong, but I thought Jesus was a man of peace. You paint the faith to give me the image of Jesus, the suave vigilante assassin who kills anyone who speaks ill of him.

Hopefully your followers will question you on this issue, though I have my doubts. Sheep often BLINDLY follow the shepherd, no matter where he goes. But, I DO hope that you will take your head out of your ass at SOME point in the near future, Pat. YOU are an evil fuckin’ man, Pat. You’re SO right-wing and SO closed-minded to anything that doesn’t fall in line neatly with YOUR ideals, that you’re a danger to the citizens of this country. Spouting horrible shit like that makes the world look at us as war-mongering fundamentalist Christian douche-bags, when really it’s just YOU and people like you. And, news flash, Pat, we’re not all like you, thank fucking God.

In conclusion, you really need to shut the fuck up. Try sticking to being a good spiritual leader instead of a shitty spiritual leader with political motivations to further erase the line between church and state. And, trust me Pat, you ARE a shitty spiritual leader. Any spiritual leader calling on assassination of anyone no longer represents Christianity OR Islam OR Judaism, but instead becomes a fundamentalist trying to justify his hatred and violent motivations with religious justifications.

Sincerely,

A VERY Happy Non-Christian

After 4 years of playing Tribes 2, I think I FINALLY started to get burned out on it, so I decided to stay in the franchise and fork over the $20 for Tribes:Vengeance. Yes, the same game I ranted about back in October or so. Well, I’ve been playing about 5 days and am really quite taken with it. It’s muc different from the previous two Tribes games, but it’s definitely got some things that make it completely fun and entertaining.

The new vehicles, while slow, are definitely cool. The new weapons are fun, especially the grappling hook. The grappling hook makes for some FAST flying action when combined with Tribes’s jetpacks. This seems WAY more like WAR than the previous versions of Tribes. The battle is bloody and fast-paced. On a packed server, it’s frantic mayhem, just like battle should be.

So, as for my previous post about Tribes:Vengeance, I’ve had a huge change of heart with this game. Unfortunately, Vivendi Universal didn’t do shit for advertising or attempting to market it, and it’s not seeing much as far as wild popularity. People play, but not nearly as many as should for a game this cool, that’s only $20.