I occasionally just do Google searches for "god in the news" or some such, just to see what stupidity lies beyond my doorstep.

Found this one today: The Prophesied End-Time Revealed

It's probably been there for a while, since the one page says:

From now until the latter part of 2008, many prophecies are going to begin to be fulfilled, especially the Seven Thunders of the Book of Revelation, which the apostle John saw but was restricted from recording. Those thunders are revealed in this book, as well as detailed accounts of the final three and one-half years of man's self-rule on earth, which are recorded in the account of the Seventh Seal of Revelation.

Ooh, I'm all scared and shit! I can't say these particular people are opportunists, since they're giving the book away. So I can only conclude that they are extremely delusional and should be locked away so as not to harm anyone.

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So I'm watching Scrubs, a comedy show about doctors on Comedy Central. And the real asshole doctor is giving the old black nurse shit about believing in god and her "everything happens for a reason" bullshit. And of course she gets the last laugh. Her explanation for believing in god, after seeing children die and bad things happening to good people, is that if she didn't believe there was a reason for it, she wouldn't be able to cope with life.

So, the moral of the story is, religious people can't deal with reality. I realize it was a comedy show, but it's a theme that's been repeated on so many shows it's not even funny.

That's why some people believe, others are just stupid. And yet others pretend to believe in order to scam true believers.

Here I am on a business trip in Chattanooga Tennessee.

Flipping through channels, I come across several religious shows. Same old crap. Moronic-sounding preachers and healers screaming and yelling inane bullshit. And the audiences are yelling and screaming and singing back. I really don't get it. I can't think of any other place I'd least like to be than one of those idiotic events. The collective gullibility is simply mind-numbing. I'm reminded of Hitler and his massive sycophantic rallies, hordes of people feeding his mania and flocking to his cause.

And to top it all off, people give the preachers and fake healers money. I'd also say that 9 times out of 10 the people who give this money probably don't have two dollar bills to rub together. But Jeezus will help them, oh yes, help them empty their wallets and stay on welfare. Wonderful philosophy.

Someone once said that the definition of stupidity is constantly doing the same thing and expecting a different result. So how many times will these people go, scream and yell, give all their money, and no Jeezus?

Idiots

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