Prayer at excessively expensive new building

I am going to hate myself for this but you have left me no choice. I really just want to dig in to the work I need to get done for my job so I can continue paying the taxes that fund this building and the “celebration” that has spawned this debate. Unfortunately I will now waste countless minutes espousing a position which will be completely ignored despite the accuracy and validity of each point. I will do so because it has been the unwillingness of others of a like mind to get involved that has allowed the current mind numbing hypocrisy of a few Right Wing zealots to suggest that disinterest in Christianity equates to some kind of attack on its existence. I don’t care what your beliefs are. It is none of my business. If you are my neighbor and you want to “share” with me your faith over the fence in our backyard while we both work on our lawns I will tell you “thanks, but no thanks”. I can be your neighbor, wish you the best and have no interest in what I consider to be an illogical perspective. It doesn’t mean I think you should stop believing whatever it is you say you believe. I would not in a million years dream of intruding on your personal space! It’s yours. You own it! That space between your ears that has found a faith that I do not believe in or agree with is all you. Enjoy! But PLEASE!!! Don’t come to these forums, blogs, online discussions or wherever and claim that somehow it is the Christians in the United States who are “under attack”. That is the most ludicrous statement you could possibly make.

 It is the Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Sean Hannity, Fox News conspiracy machine that spews lies and hatred about how the secular Left or the Muslims, or the Government wants to come and take your guns and your Bibles and force you to stop calling it Christmas, and the myriad of other ridiculous suggestions that if you just thought for a minute about how hard it is just to survive day to day, to feed ones family, put clothes on ones children’s backs, try to save a little something for the now absurdly expensive cost that college will be when those same kids are ready, you might realize normal people don’t give a $#!% about who you pray to.    

Anti-Statist you say

“The great majority of Americans consider themselves to be Christian. Being an atheist or agnostic is NOT a belief or religion. It is the absence of a belief. They can stand by respectfully as a blessing is given.”

“The majority of Americans count themselves as Christian. The principle that applies is "When in Rome, do as the Romans." Why do you feel the need to rain on the parade?”

My taxes helped pay for that building. I am sure yours did as well. What gives you the right to force me to listen to the preaching’s of people I disagree with? I am not asking you for anything. You assume by virtue of majority status that Christians have a right to something that those in the minority do not. (Yet I am sure when you argue against changes to the filibuster in the Senate your keystone is protecting the rights of the minority)  

At one point you suggested that those who disagreed with you were Fascists espousing Nationalism and worshipping the state. You even went so far as to state “You might want to attend some sensitivity training to learn to respect others and have tolerance.” (Ah…hey pot, this is kettle, I think we should talk)

Why can’t I respectfully disagree with your religion (just as I am sure you “respectfully” disagree with Non-Christians) and still call you friend/neighbor/fellow citizen/ally against foreign threats? Why must I “worship the State”? (Which by the way, is supposed to be me, and you, and the rest of our neighbors)

I read these posts from my fellow citizens and I can’t help but think you want to be a Christian first and an American sometime after that. Again, be my guest. I can still be your neighbor/friend/ally, but doesn’t the whole concept “Out of many one” suggest that the realization of a “more perfect union” is more likely when we hold that which we have in common (like having paid the taxes to build that excessive building) over that which divides us (forcing each other to listen to the rhetoric that we find upsetting)

In closing (and here we can all agree that my shutting up is the nature of mercy) please don’t further insult those who don’t agree with you by suggesting it is because we are jealous due to not having been able to “find solace in a being, a spirit that you can not comprehend?”  The solace I find when I look into the smiling faces of my children is as deep and spiritual, and as satisfying as any communion that any faith can possibly offer.   

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