Oh those tolerant religious folk, on holy gingerday.

( Elementary my dear Ginger Sherlock!)

 

 

 

You have no doubt heard of Jessica Ahlquist, the young pupil from Cranston who won a battle to have her school remove an unconstiutional prayer from its walls.  If not a good reading of this should suffice.

Initially I thought this was an American thing, as religion seems to be deeply ingrained that side of the pond.
But alas no, this week skeptical and also youthful blogger Rhys Morgan too came under fire for posting a picture of the Jesus and Mo cartoon on his personal Facebook page. Such was the vitriol leveled at Morgan, his school hauled him in and threatened expulsion if he did not remove the ‘offending’ photo, which he actually had done.

Frankly it’s a sad fucking day on planet earth when two bright kids are abused with such mindless brainless hatred for expressing an opinion ( Rhys’ case) or up holding the god damn law ( Jessica’s case) by what can only be described as idiots. I get a mild version of it here too whenever I question claptrap such as ‘psychics’ or god bothering healers like that snake Joe Coleman and Christine Gallagher. People so hate to have their sacred cows laughed at or questioned that their ONLY resort is to lash out, dovetailing into rambling screeds that become tedious in the extreme and devoid of a scintilla of reason.
I’m delighted that there are young people out there willing and able to put forth an argument and uphold their logical conclusions DESPITE the slings and arrows of idiocy flung their way. It’s also an eye opener to see how disgustingly low some of these so-called religious types will descend when their nonsense is challenged.
Bravo Rhys and Jessica, bravo and well done. Long may we all continue to call out claptrap where ever it sprouts.