But Thou Shalt Surely Kill Him; Thine Hand Shall Be First Upon Him to Put Him to Death, and Afterwards the Hand of All the People
Freddy writes: "While I stopped believing in god et al once I got rid of the tooth fairy, I don't recall ever having read in the New Testament that believers were to slay unbelievers...could you point to specific passages?"
God lays down the law in Deuteronomy 13:6-10. Kill those of other religions and unbelievers. Jesus, in the New Testament, says to obey the law 'in every jot and tittle' in Matthew 5:18-19 and Luke 16:17. There's no escaping it: Old Testament law says kill all other theists, New Testament law says follow all Old Testament law. Understand that these are the beliefs of the superstition that has seized the reigns of power in the United States and the past few years make a whole lot more sense.
"America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.
"Mass-market nostalgia gets you hopped up for a past that never existed. Hagiography sanctifies shuck-and-jive politicians and reinvents their expedient gestures as moments of great moral weight. Our continuing narrative line is blurred past truth and hindsight. Only a reckless verisimilitude can set that line straight."
--James Ellroy, American Tabloid
Ensure a Free and Fair Election (Ban Paperless Voting Machines
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."