Oh Bartcop! Why’d you have to go and say
something like that? “Jesus doesn’t exist.”
Of course he exists! I can’t prove it and
I can’t explain why I believe it, I just do.
He’s very real to me and it is painful to hear
people declare that he isn’t.
I have opinions.
I think Chinaco Anejo is the best-tasting
liquid in the world.
I think Jimmy Page is the most exciting guitar
player of all time.
I think Vanessa Marcil is a super-hot babe.
I think The Sopranos is the best
drama and comedy on TV.
I think Garbage is the best band working today.
I think the South's Finest Chocolate is the best
ever. (That may actually be a fact)
I think religion is a tool people use to avoid
the thought that they are alone in this world.
My opinions shouldn't cause anybody any worry.
I know you were defending your position (mine
too, actually and very ably, of course)
and your opponent was the one who threw the J
word into the ring. Objectively speaking,
it was a great way to prove your point and you
were speaking from a place of your own personal truth,
but if you could have won the argument without
alienating the people whose personal truth is much
different, how much more masterful and admirable
it would have been!
On this topic, I'm the best friend you can have.
I have no desire to make you switch from your
God to mine.
People like Falwell and Ashcroft think you have
to pass a religious test to hold public office.
Some people use religion as their excuse to discriminate
against gays or to steal money from the sick and the old.
Since I don't have a religious ax to grind, I'm not a threat to anybody.
Sure, I advocate the use of common sense, but only when it really counts.
I ask you to consider this: when you take sides
in the area of spirituality (to believe or not to believe?
Is there a God or isn’t there?) then you risk
alienating many people who are otherwise eager to hear
your message, Vegas and Garbage included.
Sure there are evil people masquerading as (fill in major
world religion here) and they should be fought,
tooth and nail. Right on Bro, keep it up.
But to just up and say “Jesus (or Diana or Krishna
or Allah or Whoever) doesn’t exist.”
Do you really have a dog in that fight?
No, which is why I'm free to say what I think
is true.
I have no motives to suspect.
The bottom line I guess is that it’s your website
and you can say what you want to say and the
Jesus lovers and I can go the way of the Vegas
haters and people who don’t appreciate Garbage.
But your central message is so important, and
agreed with by such a variety of good people, why not
try to keep as many of them as you can for as
long as you can? Do you think that all Christians are
right wing maniacs? No! We are not!
And, at least in my case, it is because of Jesus’ presence
in our lives that we want to see love and fairness
prevail.
I understand that you would feel better if I didn't say certain things.
Another reader asked me to go easy on Michael
Jackson.
Several readers asked me to stop beating up the
Dallas Cowboys.
As you mentioned, many people don't care for
talk about Garbage or Las Vegas.
Most women cringe when I mention or print pictures
of pretty women.
Those distractions keep me sane in a time when
fascist pigs have hijacked our government.
If I second guess everything I write, or double-checked
it for who might be offended,
I'd still offend people and the page would
probably read like Mallard Fillmore instead of whatever it is.
Well, you know what this means don’t you?
I’m going to have to put you on my prayer list.
Yep. And you know all your Christian readers
are going to do the same.
Why? Because we love-diddly-uv you, Bartcop!
Come to think of it, with all the good work you’re
doing for truth, justice and the American way,
I should have had Bartcop.com on the list already.
Sorry about that! I will remedy it immediately!
Love and Peace
Meerkat38
Meerkat, thanks for the positivity.