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September 04, 2007
Because Saddam Was Secular, So It's A Better Slam Than Calling Him An Atheist
If it were up to that secular Winston, Xmas would be more about presents and candy than Baby Jesus's birthday. Which was probably in April, but that's besides the point. The real point is, anybody who disagrees with Stantis is going to hell.
Uh oh...looks like somebody's been reading Papa Bear Bill O'Reilly again. What happened Stantis - did you to take the family to the beach and decide to bring along with your personally autographed copy of "Culture Warrior" to pass away the time?
Of course I'm just guessing that's what happened based on this latest storyline. Suddenly Winslow is "secular" and living in a "secular society." Huh...outside of O'Reilly and his bashing of people he refers to as "secular progressives" (translated: liberals and anybody who disagrees with him) I haven't heard of anybody referring to this as a secular society. But I must admit I haven't been attending the mandatory George Soros meetings like a good little secular progressive so I might be out of the secular loop.
Today Winston forces Carmen to wear a "God hat" with the word "dunce" on it. Because everybody knows that "secularists" love to force their views on religion on everybody else. Unfortunately they can't say that if you don't agree with them you'll go to a place filled with fire and brimstone, so instead they have to use silly looking hats as the ultimate threat.
What exactly is Stantis getting at here? Where are all of these liberals and atheists and "secularists" that he's talking about who say if you believe in God you're an idiot? There's this bizarre belief in the 28 percenters that if you don't agree with Republicans - especially Bush - then you're a godless heathen who thinks everybody else is an idiot and wants to make everybody renounce their faith. Where do they come up with this stuff? Please, Stantis, tell me where this storyline originated. I would love for you to explain to me where you're coming from in all of this. Did you happen to catch Christopher Hitchens on the late night tee vee one night and since he's an atheist, then all atheists are like that? Heck, all Stantis had to do was see Hitchens's last book "God Is Not Great" on the bookshelf and decide he was an evil secular progressive that must be dealt with by handing out a crushing Christ-powered blow via the pen and the mighty Prickly City Players.
My favorite little part in today's strip is when Carmen asks Winslow, "can we discuss this?" As if she's the calm, cool, well-reasoned one of the two who would like to take the time to discuss things rationally with the heathen Winston. The same girl who once punched him in the face because he disagreed with her. Nice try Stantis, but we're not THAT stupid. Keep the dunce cap for yourself.
Comments
Jiminy God! Now that all of the democratic candidates are talking about religion left and lefter, it's a sign that the evil Secularists are taking over - unless we elect more closet-case hypocrites to stop them.
Posted by: Annie at September 4, 2007 09:50 AM
This is ridiculous. It is true that the most religious Americans are often conservative, but that does not mean that most liberals are secular. I think that there should be a definite separation of church and state, and unlike what George W. Bush was doing a while back, politicians shouldn't incorporate their religious views into their policies. I am a liberal and I believe in God. The way Scott Stantis and all of his religious-right types would have it, there is a clear-cut difference -- conservatives are religious and liberals are not, they are secular.
I believe that there is absolutely nothing wrong with religious diversity in our society and thus it is not right for a born-again Christian to impose his beliefs on people who don't share his beliefs. Believing in God does not make me a conservative, and conversely being a liberal doesn't have to mean that you don't believe in God.
Personally, I think Scott is being ridiculous here. The meaning of a secular society isn't that it rejects God -- it's that it doesn't force everyone to believe in the same things or risk persecution. And guess what, Scott -- the vast majority of Americans believe in a religion of some kind (for that matter most are Christian). So if what you're insinuating is that the secular society is causing a lack of morals, then I would dispute that claim. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism -- all of America's religions teach morals. Atheists, too, surely have a sense of right and wrong -- you can get that even without the guidance of a religion or a belief in God.
And considering you were mocking Carmen for tugging the Iraq War Rope just last week, I don't think it's exactly right for you to suddenly expect Carmen to side with us on this issue.
Posted by: Chris at September 4, 2007 02:09 PM
Why did Stantis draw a pig swallowing a bowling ball in the second panel?
Posted by: vesti at September 4, 2007 10:24 PM
I just love how Republicans, thanks to the media, are able to convince conservatives to believe things that make absolutely no sense. "All liberals hate religion" is one of them. Doing some simple math - half the country leans left. 70% of the country is Christian. So how is it everyone on the left is a secular?
Personally I'm a fan of terms like "limousine liberals" and the "liberal elite." So which is it - the liberals are rich snobs only looking out for themselves and they don't care about the "common man," or are they socialist treehuggers who want to do away with money?
Posted by: The Furnace at September 4, 2007 11:28 PM
