I WILL NOT BE SILENT!!
"I almost got kicked out of the EMU today,"

My ears perk up. Three guys are sitting in the cubicle next to the Voice office. I think they're with Chi Alpha, the Christian Frat.

They're talking about women.

Specifically, that one of them believes with all his heart that they should "be silent and know their place."

Apparently, he was almost removed from the EMU but a rather insistent female because of his offensive expressions. This, I do not agree with. Personally, I think that if he was having a private conversation and offended someone with his freedom of expression, he should not have to revoke his words. But... after listening to him myself... PERSONALLY (and I mean that in the most intimate sense) this man needs to be castrated.

He. Should. Not. Breed.

I've gathered that this bigot is a member of the Assembly of God, which I believe is a Protestant sect. I've also gathered that he's a fundamentalist and believes in living his life by the Book. This can be a good or a bad thing because living By the Book is a matter of interpretation.

I was raised in a Christian family, I know the bible as well as the next lapsed christian. I studied it for seven years. I respect it as a philosophical work and a phenomenal piece of literature. I refuse to be angered by dead scripture or to discredit good Christians based on the ignorance of someone declaring faith. I KNOW that it does say in the book that women should be reserved and repressed. It also says that right now, because I'm on my period, I should be exiled to the limits of society and not spoken to until I'm cleansed for a week. [yes, this is Old Testament vs. New Testament...my grandmother tells me that the Old went out when the New came in but apparently some people don't think so.] Most Christians are educated enough to realize that the bible says some PRETTY LUDICRIOUS STUFF that doesn't apply to modern life.

The bible is a translated text. It was also written by a number of people over a thousand years ago. Times, in a sense, have changed. Some morals will always stay the same (these, I believe, are the fundamental teachings of Christ) and others will become defunct. Reading the bible is a matter of selecting what you think still holds true and applying it to live. Unfortunately, some people use the more defunct scriptures as ammo to fuel their personal hatred and insecurity. Bigot here is one of those guys.

He has managed to pick out misogynistic, racist, and anti-christian doctrine from amidst the message of "love thy neighbor."

I cannot believe the ignorance I am hearing. This guy passionately believes in the repression of the female gender. Thankfully, he's limiting his misogyny to talking about women in ministry, despite the egging on of another guy in the office. This Guy #2 is accusing him of ignorance and trying to shoot him down. Kudos to Guy #2 ... but I do NOT want to have to listen to him fully defend his theological bullshit because I will reach over this four-foot wall and strangle the living daylights out of the bastard. I don't care how much you truly believe the lie. I don't care what RIGHT you have to believe the lie.

I. WILL. NOT. BE. SILENT.

And this is what I WANT TO SAY:
You fucking testosterone driven bigot, take your COCK and SHOVE IT. Your God gave women a brain to go with their tits and labia, thank you very much.

It's always seemed to me that God loves his children, women AND men, black AND white and loves the land he gave to them. I've read the bible and I don't see how fucks like this guy can use the same scripture to justify racism, sexism, and the wasteful use of our resources. I fail to understand how Christ's "love all" message can equate to "love all except anyone but people like you"? EDUCATED people believe this. This is why I left the church. Too many contradictions.

I want to scream at this guy and kick him. But I know it'll only reinforce his belief. So I reinforce it all by myself. I am silent.

He leaves the office, explaining he has to read up for a seminar he's teaching tonight at Northwest Christian College. Great. Even if he can't breed, people are willing to let him perpetuate his beliefs.

"I would never speak up on something I don't believe passionately about," he says.

He's standing right next to me. This fist is curled.

He walks by and out the door. As he's leaving, he says, "I'm going to run for president some day!"

"I'll bet you will," says the other christian guy.

"And I'm gonna win!" The bigot says.

GOD, SAVE US FROM YOUR FOLLOWERS.


Addendum:

Thankfully, neither the Alpha Chi coordinator nor the other guy in the office seem to believe the bigot. The other guy is absolutely livid. It's a shame, he says, that Bigot can be so narrow-minded. He gives a bad name to Christians. Beliefs like hs turn off nonbelievers and it offend Christians.

I'm thankful to hear his condemnation. I guess there's some hope for the religious right... it's a shame that so many use Christianity to perpetuate racism and sexism.

"Ignorance breeds ignorance, man," Guy #2 is saying, "and I hope he doesn't have any kids."

Rawk on.