Zanies and zealots.

Now that it's nearly Halloween, you know what I find really scary? Putting your faith in all the wrong places.  For instance on this morning's network news (I don't know which one; They're all the same) they did a feature on Obama and Romney's campaign workers. There was a young woman working for Romney who seemed intelligent, but she was working for Romney: How intelligent could she be?  So there she is laboring night and day for a man who regards her as a second-class citizen and is eager to abolish many of her rights. And she's just one of the brainwashed automatons working for Romney. On the same show was Rachel Held Evans, an evangelical Christian writer, who spent a year of her life living according to biblical teachings. She was so zealous in this pursuit that she moved out of the house and into a tent during her period, and for a while called her husband master. As you know I find all religions absurd, so while this woman seems intelligent, I can only consider her an evangelical nutcase. That people still cling to magical thinking in 2012 is really disturbing. So what do I find scary? People who seem normal but are doing things that prove they don't have a real grasp on reality. It wouldn't be scary if were only these Romney campaign workers and bible-believing zealots,  but it seems to be an affliction among millions of people in America, and it could result in Romney as president and eventually all of us being forced to live by that outdated work of fiction, the bible.

Note: You will observe that Ms. Evans, while eager to live by biblical teacings has made excellent use of modern day makeup for this publicity shot. I think the ancients would have called her a Jezebel.

Note: I completely believe that Jesus existed and taught peace and tolerance, avoiding greed and caring for the poor.  His miracles, however, are part of the fiction of the bible. Since so many Christians vote Republican, a party that's contrary to most of the teachings of Christ, and since so many are anti-gay, which Christ would never have been, I suspect my belief in Christ far exceeds that of most so-called Christians.