You know who’s retarded? Those stupid atheists who get offended whenever God is mentioned. The atheist who refuses “God bless you” because he doesn’t believe in God. Let’s be honest: “God bless you” has become little more than a courtesy in our society. It has no real significant religious connotation. It’s like being offended by the word holiday. Our language and culture is a certain way and if you would prefer to not have that culture and language, live somewhere that doesn’t have them.

You know who else is retarded? Christians who lump all atheists (typically including weak atheists, strong atheists, agnostics, and even non-Christian theists, all of which I will differentiate in a later post) into one single group and treat them accordingly. Not only are there various levels of theistic belief, but there are also assholes at every level.

The atheist who refuses “God bless you” or tries to remove “under God” from the pledge of allegiance is just being an asshole who thinks his personal beliefs should be enforced on the rest of the world. I do understand that the pledge was modified early in the 20^th century to include the God statement and it has no place in a pledge to a nation which claims to have a separation of church and state, but the net effect it has on you is nil. No child, sitting in class as they recite the pledge, is seriously examining it to make sure they follow it religiously: they’re droning on by rote.

The Christian who pities the atheist or condemns the atheist for their “immoral” ways is an asshole who thinks that he must declare to people who disagree with their moral compass that they are wrong. The Christian who tries to place his Christian values into the secular laws of the state is an asshole who thinks his personal beliefs should be enforced on the rest of the world.

Both sides have assholes who should be ignored for being assholes.