The God Squad are at it again
Friedrich Nietzsche was right; we have killed God.
But in so doing, the middle religious ground, which was formerly occupied by the majority of people, has been vacated and is now being filled by extremists who would, formerly, have languished on the fringes.
Last month, the Gay Police Association placed an advert in the Independent newspaper during EuroPride, showing a Bible next to a pool of blood and describing the 74% increase in homophobic hate incidents recorded by the association, where religion was the sole or primary motive behind the assault.
Now it's emerged that Scotland Yard is apparently considering whether the advert "constitutes a faith crime" after complaints, which are believed to have come from anti-gay Christian groups.
The prime suspect is Christian Voice, which last week released a statement celebrating the fact that the GPA was to be investigated. Christian Voice's director is homophobic bigot Stephen Green, who seems to think that others shouldn't say nasty things about Christianity, but that he can make whatever vile comments he wants to about homosexuals.
It's a "faith crime" to hate bigots and extremist nutters? Well, that pretty well means that any decent human beings will be guilty, then.
What is it with some religious people? In recent weeks, we've seen threats of violence and offers of financial rewards from Jewish leaders and groups against participants in the (now cancelled) World Pride in Jerusalem.
We’ve seen the anniversary of the state murder of two young Iranian men for being gay – on the grounds that homosexuality is not very Islamic (although the Iranian mullahs had to trump up charges of rape to make sure that they could get away with the murders).
Nobody's telling them they can’t have their beliefs – but they seem to be confused over having a belief and ramming their medieval ideas down other peoples' throats and into their lives.
So Nietzsche might have been right. But bloody hell… can't we just find an island somewhere and stick all these nutters on it and let them fight it out between themselves?
Just imagine: 'My God's bigger than your God'.
'No, mine's bigger than yours'.
'Mine's stricter than yours'.
'Mine hates fags'.
'Mine hates fags and women.'
They can have the biggest pissing contest in history. Give them a load of weapons and let them all kill each other off in the name of whatever god they choose.
And let the rest of the world get on with attempting to build tolerant and civilised societies.
But in so doing, the middle religious ground, which was formerly occupied by the majority of people, has been vacated and is now being filled by extremists who would, formerly, have languished on the fringes.
Last month, the Gay Police Association placed an advert in the Independent newspaper during EuroPride, showing a Bible next to a pool of blood and describing the 74% increase in homophobic hate incidents recorded by the association, where religion was the sole or primary motive behind the assault.
Now it's emerged that Scotland Yard is apparently considering whether the advert "constitutes a faith crime" after complaints, which are believed to have come from anti-gay Christian groups.
The prime suspect is Christian Voice, which last week released a statement celebrating the fact that the GPA was to be investigated. Christian Voice's director is homophobic bigot Stephen Green, who seems to think that others shouldn't say nasty things about Christianity, but that he can make whatever vile comments he wants to about homosexuals.
It's a "faith crime" to hate bigots and extremist nutters? Well, that pretty well means that any decent human beings will be guilty, then.
What is it with some religious people? In recent weeks, we've seen threats of violence and offers of financial rewards from Jewish leaders and groups against participants in the (now cancelled) World Pride in Jerusalem.
We’ve seen the anniversary of the state murder of two young Iranian men for being gay – on the grounds that homosexuality is not very Islamic (although the Iranian mullahs had to trump up charges of rape to make sure that they could get away with the murders).
Nobody's telling them they can’t have their beliefs – but they seem to be confused over having a belief and ramming their medieval ideas down other peoples' throats and into their lives.
So Nietzsche might have been right. But bloody hell… can't we just find an island somewhere and stick all these nutters on it and let them fight it out between themselves?
Just imagine: 'My God's bigger than your God'.
'No, mine's bigger than yours'.
'Mine's stricter than yours'.
'Mine hates fags'.
'Mine hates fags and women.'
They can have the biggest pissing contest in history. Give them a load of weapons and let them all kill each other off in the name of whatever god they choose.
And let the rest of the world get on with attempting to build tolerant and civilised societies.
posted by Amanda Kendal at 3:40 pm
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