Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Wisdom from my Hello Kitty of Bloggin’ account…
See, there are two reasons why people might care that you were here once: You got up off your ass and did something, or you were here when it all come to a screeching halt.
Getting up off your ass is hard.
Therefore, we have this perpetual fantasy, going on and on since 1000 AD give or take, that the world is ending. It’s just people who wish to be significant, people who want to matter, but don’t want to be bothered with getting up off their asses.
Now, since I wrote that — to be precise, somewhere around a quarter to eleven this morning — I was on cell phone to the house phone, talking to my girlfriend, and she reported back that the Mormons know where we live now and she had to put me on hold while she fought them off so she could go take her shower. And that was my first reminder today that The Rapture is supposed to happen today…also…there are people who believe in it, who get up off their asses. To go door to door & try to save some souls. So it wouldn’t be fair to say these people can’t get up off their asses when here they are getting up off their asses.
But I would argue the observation still holds. These people are literally making a religion out of “I was here when it all went down!” That means they have a need to be thinking this; and that cannot be healthy or good, no matter how you slice it.
Now, are there people who work hard to actually produce things, who believe in The Rapture? Maybe. But I’m now at the point where I don’t believe in them until I see them.
Part of what has brought me here is the Anthropogenic Global Warming crusade, which I think of as merely an extension of this gut-instinct of “My life’s not complete unless I know I’ll be here to sing Amen.” I look at them and I see non-producers…non-producers who know they are non-producers, and are bothered by the fact that they aren’t producing anything but don’t want to admit it. So yes, here comes the relentless drum-beat with all the staples of the argument meticulously constructed: We’re in the end times, it’s all our fault, we must mend our ways, join our movement and you’ll do your part to save humanity, or at least achieve redemption.
It’s those last two that really cheese me off though. Between saving yourself, and doing your bit to save all of humanity, there is an important distinction. And all these zealots seem, to me, to discard that distinction rather casually.
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