'Unauthorized Reproduction'
this has gotten way too little play in the media. i had to hunt hunt hunt to find this after hearing 2 brief mentions of it on air america over the course of maybe 4 days:Daily Kos: Indiana R's Seek to Criminalize 'Unauthorized Reproduction' [UPDATED]
if we blink we're going to be living in the scary world of "the handmaid's tale." except much worse because also our planet is dying. i really hope it manages to survive even if or especially if we don't. what disturbs me the most about THAT though is just thinking about all the toxic waste we're leaving here no matter what happens. can you imagine if the human race did somehow survive for another hundred years or so, what it would be like for anthropologists etc. who escavated nuclear waste by mistake?
i suppose the people who didn't think of that were busy thinking they'd be saved by the rapture or they'd be happily away in heaven, or something. what i find most disturbing about religion (as opposed to spirituality) as presented to us in the mainstream is that somehow people aren't able or willing to do good unless there's some reward for them at the end. that without things like the bible, people would just run amok and do horrible things. yet of course the people touting their religion the most are the ones spewing the most toxic hatred everywhere. ok so top 3 things about religion that disturb me are:
1) it's used to justify the most horrible things
2) self-professed godly people are the most ungodly creatures
3) it appeals to our very basest natures
i think that's it. i am rambling all over the place because i have a terrible headache and can't think properly. however on a closing note i should mention that i dig the spiritual progressives and i really liked the yom kippur "prayer" that came to my email box from rabbi michael lerner. it can be downloaded here as part of tikkun's 2005 high holiday thingy.
if we blink we're going to be living in the scary world of "the handmaid's tale." except much worse because also our planet is dying. i really hope it manages to survive even if or especially if we don't. what disturbs me the most about THAT though is just thinking about all the toxic waste we're leaving here no matter what happens. can you imagine if the human race did somehow survive for another hundred years or so, what it would be like for anthropologists etc. who escavated nuclear waste by mistake?
i suppose the people who didn't think of that were busy thinking they'd be saved by the rapture or they'd be happily away in heaven, or something. what i find most disturbing about religion (as opposed to spirituality) as presented to us in the mainstream is that somehow people aren't able or willing to do good unless there's some reward for them at the end. that without things like the bible, people would just run amok and do horrible things. yet of course the people touting their religion the most are the ones spewing the most toxic hatred everywhere. ok so top 3 things about religion that disturb me are:
1) it's used to justify the most horrible things
2) self-professed godly people are the most ungodly creatures
3) it appeals to our very basest natures
i think that's it. i am rambling all over the place because i have a terrible headache and can't think properly. however on a closing note i should mention that i dig the spiritual progressives and i really liked the yom kippur "prayer" that came to my email box from rabbi michael lerner. it can be downloaded here as part of tikkun's 2005 high holiday thingy.
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