In Other Words

Christ!

Next Tuesday I have to hand in an article entitled ‘Insider’s guide to fundamentalism Christianity’. Or at least, that’s what I understood. So, for the next couple of days you’ll be seeing some entries about fundamentalism in Christianity as I gather my data and, no doubt, find out sordid details that I had not been privy to before my search. I mean, I know a fair share of sordid details already and I have a pretty good idea of where I want to go with a good chunk of the article (gay marriage seems to be something worth mentioning) but I would like to broaden the horizons of the article beyond the borders of the US because, frankly speaking, I’m growing rather sick and tired of the world’s sole superpower’s bumbling incompetence.

Its not that they mean to do any harm, they just do. The government doesn’t want to be controlled by large corporations that lobby for bad deals and desire bad products, it just is. That’s what capitalism created. Things that are bad for you are cheaper to create and more interesting than things that are good for you, thus those people have more money, thus they can push for better policies for themselves.

It’s like that quote that goes something like “If somebody does something to you and it can be ascribed to malevolence or incompetence, chances are its incompetence” can’t even figure out who that’s by today.

So I’ll have to look beyond America. Probably look into the Aids fight in Bangkok right now (don’t use condoms, it might safe your life!) though that, once again, involves the US of A.

Mormonism, now that’s something I haven’t discussed in a while. That’s always good fun (though again American, boy do all stupid Christian things come out of the US?) Oh, interesting fact about the Mormons. The founder of their religion Joseph Smith (what an original name) apparently admitted that he had been lying about the two tablets he found in the US on his deathbed. He admitted it because he was afraid of god’s retribution when he died. Of course that’s just a rumour but partially substantiated by new findings that support the idea that the book was written in the 19th century and not when Jesus supposedly crossed over and revealed himself to the Americans after his death in Europe. Of course that doesn't shake the Mormon faith. After all faith is all about continueing to believe something as true despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Except more of these nonsensical tidbits over the next couple of days. Now, back to work before my tiny boss comes after me with a big axe.

posted by Symbol @ 15.7.04