What else can we even say at this point? The next few weeks will be very telling. For now, my heart, hardened as it is against the belief in the supernatural, longs for the comfort of knowing that good people doing hard things will be rewarded some how, some way after death if they cannot be in life.
It is a question of willful ignorance, I think, though I wouldn't rule out outright stupidity. The thinking goes, "This person is doing something that bothers me for reasons I don't feel like defending (or can't). Instead of working out why that is and codifying my moral disagreement, I will find an unassailable excuse for how I think and act accordingly."
That, or he cannot read the source material. Entirely possible for someone as blindingly ignorant as he seems.
It makes you jealous of his moral relativism in a way, too: if I were able to so selectively read the major tenets of my religion to excuse the murdering of abusively awful people, I'd probably be as happy to condone murder as he.
Then I thank God that I am not because this guy is a monster.
You see, it's only harassment and religiously-backed terrorism when it's not Christians doing it. But don't try to tell them that! Quit persecuting the poor Christians!
This is exactly why we say that right-wing extremism is the problem in this country. Because most acts of domestic terrorism are committed by members of the militant right wing.
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That, or he cannot read the source material. Entirely possible for someone as blindingly ignorant as he seems.
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Then I thank God that I am not because this guy is a monster.
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This is exactly why we say that right-wing extremism is the problem in this country. Because most acts of domestic terrorism are committed by members of the militant right wing.
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