I was talking with some people in my building and one of the people passing by said “Praise God” and I shouted back, as I normally do, “And Praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster!” She responded saying “You atheists and your flying spaghetti monsters!” I got a little irked and responded “Well, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is not real. It was a concoction to help show how teaching creationism in the classroom is foolish.” She responded back “Well, they teach atheism in the classroom!” This kind of puzzled me because I know of NO classroom in the United States or Canada that teaches atheism. We then went on to debate and she finally made the statement that “atheism is equivalent to racism”. That kinda took me aback and it made me think, how is atheism racist and why is it that some people choose to say things like that? Continue reading ‘“Atheism is racism” - WTF?’
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Dear God,
We have seriously got to sit down and discuss a few things. Like how you conned every one of your believers into thinking that this world is both perfect and the reason for all the WONDERFUL things you’ve created such as HIV, Cancer and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is not your fault, despite the fact that you created everything, it is their fault due to their inherent brokenness because they are inherently sinful. Of course, that is a fault of the manufacturer and a blatant display of immaturity. Like a father who can’t put a jungle gym together properly and blames the kids when the damned thing breaks down. Of course, he could have seen what he did wrong, or the fact that the swings are NOT supposed to go under the slide and fixed that, but he thought it was good the way it was and continued blaming the kids, refusing medical care to them or respite from their pain despite the fact that it was his own doing. You seriously goofed the floof on this one, God. Continue reading ‘Dear God, We Seriously Need to Talk’
Well, I had to go deposit my small (1 day of pay) cheque from Telefund into my Wells Fargo chequing account. And no, I could not deposit the cheque because of the type of account I have (Opportunity Chequing Account, because of the fact that I had my identity stolen in the past). And I decided that just for a lark, I would attempt to change my name with the Verified Petition for Name Change that I have. So, I walk into the downtown Wells Fargo branch and then decide to bring the people at the customer service counter my name change petition, in hopes that they would change it. One of them called me ’sir’ and while that did make me sigh, I did tell them that I did not want to be called that nor addressed by male pronouns. So, I waited at the Customer Service counter and they said that it could not be done. Very well, it was worth a try, eh? I was about to put the envelope in my backpack and head to the teller’s window to deposit my meager pay cheque when they proceeded to call me sir. And this is where it begins. Continue reading ‘Transphobia at Wells Fargo’