Finally, something intelligent!
Ever since this tradgedy, it has appalled me how much it has been abused as a spring-board for theocratic propoganda. Not two weeks after the incident, I was bombarded at school with pamphlets telling me that this was "God's way of saying to convert." Riiiiiiight... a loving, all caring God kills three thousand odd people just to prove a point. The whole Christian dogma is so out of proportion at this point it's not even funny. What kind of a follower worships the instrument of torture that their savior was masacred on? Does this make any sense? Then again, does anything in the Christian faith make any sense? After all these years, it's basically become a bunch of meaningless rituals that have lost all spiritual significance. The basic principles of the faith, the ones that make sense, like be a good neighbor, be nice to one another, have been completely forsaken in detailed and often totemic worship. Thus, it's great for me to be able to sit here, me, a declared agnostic living in the middle of the Bible belt, and log onto my computer to see such an intelligent satire. Reginald Finley, I salute your intellect. Please don't let these shallow minded people prevent you from spreading your wisdom. On a positive note, religion is notably on the decline, and maybe the day when it's totally abolished isn't far off.