Comments on: If I Hear One More Evangelical Christian Pundit, Blogger or Politician Whining About How Persecuted their Religion is, I Swear to The Flying Spaghetti Monster My Head Will Explode, Part 6,384 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:01:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Natasha http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1972 Natasha Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:50:17 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1972 To hear Evangelical Christians talk about persecution is so comical. Who is it that hates the gays again? To hear Evangelical Christians talk about persecution is so comical.

Who is it that hates the gays again?

]]> By: Link-Whoring Will Eat Itself § Unqualified Offerings http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1961 Link-Whoring Will Eat Itself § Unqualified Offerings Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:43:36 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1961 [...] writes about the effort to cleanse the Air Force of the scourge of atheism. Posted by Jim Henley @ 10:42 pm, Filed under: Main « « The Hoods of the Prisoners [...] [...] writes about the effort to cleanse the Air Force of the scourge of atheism. Posted by Jim Henley @ 10:42 pm, Filed under: Main « « The Hoods of the Prisoners [...]

]]> By: Allen Dalton http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1959 Allen Dalton Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:01:53 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1959 As a Christian I find this episode appalling, and the ignorance of the military officers more so, i.e. the founding fathers were largely NOT orthodox Christians (and that is why there is no religious test for public office). As a Christian I find this episode appalling, and the ignorance of the military officers more so, i.e. the founding fathers were largely NOT orthodox Christians (and that is why there is no religious test for public office).

]]> By: Contract Society http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1958 Contract Society Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:41:41 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1958 Personally, while this is relatively shocking to someone with even the slightest belief in Seperation of Church and State, after the end of the State, what will it matter? Too often people waste efforts in my opinion arguing about women in combat or in this case atheists, when the more important issue is the abolition of the standing army and the replacement of it with citizen militias from voluntary communities united in common defense ala ARV or my rudementarily "newb" understanding of how a contractual B.Tucker-type society would defend itself. (The esteemed Mr. Carson please correct me on this if I'm wrong, I'm but a simple mind who has read your book and individual liberty online and found this website). Personally, while this is relatively shocking to someone with even the slightest belief in Seperation of Church and State, after the end of the State, what will it matter? Too often people waste efforts in my opinion arguing about women in combat or in this case atheists, when the more important issue is the abolition of the standing army and the replacement of it with citizen militias from voluntary communities united in common defense ala ARV or my rudementarily “newb” understanding of how a contractual B.Tucker-type society would defend itself. (The esteemed Mr. Carson please correct me on this if I’m wrong, I’m but a simple mind who has read your book and individual liberty online and found this website).

]]> By: mtraven http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1956 mtraven Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:16:32 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1956 It's really just the tip of the iceberg. The military has always been a separate subculture, much more closely connected to the Southern, red-state segment of the US than to the country as a whole. These tendencies have been exacerbated by the rise of right-wing xianity and the Bush regime. Here's <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jul/milisoc.htm" rel="nofollow">an 11 year old article on this rift</a>, I'm sure things have gotten worse since then. The loyalty of the military to its civilan commanders is a proud tradition but not something that is guaranteed to hold in the future. There was tension there in the Clinton administration; in an Obama or HIllary administration I would expect those tensions to be even greater. It’s really just the tip of the iceberg.

The military has always been a separate subculture, much more closely connected to the Southern, red-state segment of the US than to the country as a whole. These tendencies have been exacerbated by the rise of right-wing xianity and the Bush regime. Here’s an 11 year old article on this rift, I’m sure things have gotten worse since then. The loyalty of the military to its civilan commanders is a proud tradition but not something that is guaranteed to hold in the future. There was tension there in the Clinton administration; in an Obama or HIllary administration I would expect those tensions to be even greater.

]]> By: Mona http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1940 Mona Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:59:50 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1940 <i>“Don’t believe, do tell!”</i> LOL. . (One wonders how a guy would fare if he announced he was a gay, atheist, communist considering a conversion to Islam, but not until he has his sex change operation so his bra and matching panties would fit better.) But really, this bullspit is serious, and has got to stop. “Don’t believe, do tell!”

LOL. .

(One wonders how a guy would fare if he announced he was a gay, atheist, communist considering a conversion to Islam, but not until he has his sex change operation so his bra and matching panties would fit better.)

But really, this bullspit is serious, and has got to stop.

]]> By: Phillip J. Birmingham http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1939 Phillip J. Birmingham Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:57:10 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1939 That would kill the old saw about there being no atheists in foxholes. That would kill the old saw about there being no atheists in foxholes.

]]> By: thoreau http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1936 thoreau Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:58:13 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/04/26/if-i-hear-one-more-evangelical-christian-pundit-blogger-or-politician-whining-about-how-persecuted-their-religion-is-i-swear-to-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-my-head-will-explode-part-6384/#comment-1936 If an interest in atheism is all it takes to get one's tour in Iraq cut short, then the armed forces may soon be full of people claiming to be atheists. "Don't believe, do tell!" If an interest in atheism is all it takes to get one’s tour in Iraq cut short, then the armed forces may soon be full of people claiming to be atheists.

“Don’t believe, do tell!”

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