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Blogs > GoldenRetrieverX > Wicked thoughts

Let's start a pissing contest....  

GoldenRetrieverX 61M
34 posts
11/5/2010 6:26 am
Let's start a pissing contest....
So this morning on NPR I heard Gov. Rick Perry of Texas interviewed. I'll spare you my general rant on Rick Perry, because it would exhaust you and me. But there was one thing he said or meant to say that caught my imagination.

He said that he would have handled the "Ground Zero" site (location of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in NYC) by building a Synagogue, Temple and a Church there. Now, I'm charitable enough to know he must have meant a Synagogue, Mosque and Church. What a quaint and politically correct thought.

Lets think about other sites around the world that share shrines for multiple religions. The Dome of the rock in Jerusalem for example. What a conflict free peace symbol that has become. We could only hope that lower Manhattan becomes a similar beacon for religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence. Or the golden Temple in India shared by Hindus and Sikhs. Only 2 religioons there and the site is still consecrated in blood on a regular basis.

But that would never happen the the good ol' USA. Nope, The three faiths would simply compete in the American tradition to build the biggest phallic symbols possible on their allotted space. The Saudi's would of course finance their Mosque. The synagogue would certainly be the most modest of the three (and probably most used). And then there would be a Church.

Hey Rick, what kind of church? Catholic? Greek Orthodox? Unitarian? Southern baptist? UCC? Luthreran? Kingdom Hall? Presbyterian? Episcopal?

I can just hear the Widows and orphans of 9/11 talking about what an insult the Saudi mosque is and then bickering as to which faith should get a bigger slice of the 9/11 pie.

And what about the Bhudists, Hindus, Shintoists and Pagans that lost their lives on 9/11. Not to mention the Atheists, Agnostics and worshipers of the all-mighty dollar that perished that day (probably the majority at that site)?

Yes Rick Perry that's a swell idea start a religious pissing contest on the ashes of the 9/11 tragedy.

There's my wicked thought for today.
firegryphon 54F
5903 posts
11/5/2010 7:10 am

 Ugh, PC people are so defective. All I have to say to them is: "Grow a pair and for Gawd's sake - stop drinking the Kool Aid!"
The only thing I HAVE to do is eat, shit, and die. Everything else is a choice.


GoldenRetrieverX replies on 11/5/2010 7:46 am:
Those politically correct holier-than-thou Republicans make me want to puke. They talk about fiscal restraint when the Dems are in office and spend like drunken sailors when they are in office. They lecture on "morality" and family values while half of them have mistresses and pick up guys in public bathrooms.

mouillet2 61F

11/5/2010 8:05 am

 We would be wise to remember that The Muslim religion is the largest in the world.
Your post got me to thinking and thinking about the 9/11 site and what might be the best use for it.
I would like to see each major religion have a center to promote understanding of their religion.
No religion has been inocent of wrong doing.
How many little boys have been molested by catholic priests?
We seem to forget that.Or, we are able to separate the molestation from the religion.
Maybe we should try to do that with the Muslim religion.
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The Chinese invaded Tibet in the 1950's, killing unarmed civilians and slaughtering priests.They destroyed thousands of temples and made a concerted effort to destroy the culture.Later they moved into Tibet thousands of Han Chinese. This was a deliberate effort to try to water down the population through breeding.The Chinese were and are threatened by Buddhism and the power the Dalai Lama has.
The Dalai lama escaped over the Himalayas to Dharamsala where he lives today.He has only ever preached non-violence.And non-violence has a powerful voice.
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We have never intervened to help Tibet although it has one of the oldest and most interesting cultures.We have stood by while atrocious human rights violations have taken place.
Why? We do not want to piss off the Chinese.We gave the Chinese their economy and now, in a few years they will be more powerful then we are.
The United States is not omnipotent and it is time we learned to get along with everyone in our world family.
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GoldenRetrieverX replies on 11/5/2010 10:43 am:
How about "the museum of religious atrocity" at ground zero. It could catalog every atrocity ever carried out in the name of religion. It would have to be a very big museum.

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