It's the July 4th Parade of Imbeciles!

The most disturbing sort of religion is the type that presumes to illuminate, nay, hold the key to politics, that is, all relations between men. Well, the ones that matter. The ones that are legally binding. So, law. Law and religion are volatile chemicals that should never be added to a heated Melting Pot. People will die in the resulting explosion.

And so I find that there is much to be horrified by whenever a religious commentator decides to wax all patriotic and I am usually unapologetically horrified by their "utopian" visions of this country.

But sometimes I experience only amusement and pity.

Like today! Take Bill Wilson, for example. Really. In his July 4th article, "Silence and Treason Against God and Country," Bill accomplishes the rhetorical equivalent of rolling a bumper car. (Should that phrase actually mean something, please let me know.) It's at Bible Prophesy Today, which is unfathomably strange and has very, very low standards. The article begins:

As we stand in the threshold of the annual celebration of our national Liberty, I wonder what firebrand statesman will arise and proclaim to this nation that God's Liberty is perfect liberty and that humanist freedom is akin to slavery.

Oh, sweet Jesus on toast.

Alright. Bill, if you are truly free, please include the phrase "Barack Obama" in your next post. You see, Bill believes that God told him that he should not use the name "Barack Obama" in his posts. Ah, the bizzare and arbitrary limitations of true freedom, eh, Billy? Check out how much freer than you are I am:

Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hu-fuckin-ssein Obama.

Your turn, free-boy.

Hm.

It's too easy taking swipes at Bill Wilson, due to what I imagine was an unfortunate childhood incident involving carbon monoxide.

More to come!

HJ