We are up in arm pits over radical Muslim and North Korea leaders trying to prohibit free speech when United States priests tried to block this human right in the movie Dogma. George Carlin portrayed a Cardinal and talked about his side-kick,"Buddy Jesus"–depicted as a life-size cartoon statue. Catholicism still threatens people against criticism of their persuasion.
Dear Ones,
Lest we forget, church members and the Catholic League were in an uproar with their pants all twisted over such "blasphemy" in contempt of "God." Death threats were sent to the movie producers, especially Kevin Smith the director. Organized priests protested with furor and tumult.
I repeat from former posts, it is the radical "holy fathers" who must mend their ways that threaten adults and children that only through their exclusive, absolutist religions will we all be saved to transform our souls into heaven–all based on fantasy and highway billboards paid for by the church. In any concocted heaven it would be blasphemy for human beings to be excluded because of their religion. Faith, based on nothing, doesn't even do it.
It's the divisive clergy who must keep church, synagogue and temple separate from any secular state or government. Until the world wakes up and smells the chocolate, we can expect violence and terrorism to happen at any time. Zealot Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders themselves must be kept on short leashes until they realize they are the perpetrators of radical extremism and their violent religionism over centuries of wasted time.
If only we could turn to the joy of unbiased universal music instead of vendettas from Abrahamic religions killing one another in endless circles of fire.
Mame,
helenesmith1.blogspot.com author of Gentle Heart, the life of Stephen Foster, as seen in stained glass windows at Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh
