Angry

My existence in Virginia seems to be at a pestilential climax. I feel as though I'm plagued by an artistic void within my own being, yet my being and existence is the barricade blocking anything from filling that emptiness. There is a will to write, and shouldn't there be a way to answer that desire? Yet there is no subject matter that entreats me to set it to verse or prose, no creative outpouring, and nothing to convince me of a subconscious masochism. There is, however, an abundance of disgust, and while much of that is directed at myself it's mostly toward the world at large. It's difficult to mingle with the idea that I'm a product of the society which I despise, that almost every single thing touched by the fabric of this American society is repugnant in my philosophy, yet its effects upon me leave me distraught nonetheless. I fail to remove myself from its wretched, materialistic, narcissistic and ill-informed grasp.

Today's offenses, to which this blurb is a direct response, are as follows:

I read Letter to a Christian Nation earlier today--it's a brief invective against the "moral" majority's crusade to cleanse America (and the rest of the world, too) of its atheistic and humanistic heathens. Sam Harris makes a simple case, one which is almost too easy to follow. His logic basically is there's a "right side" and a "wrong side"; if one religion is correct, then it would follow that the rest are flawed. If there's one tenet of scripture that's to be followed, then all tenets set forth in the scripture must be followed just as strictly. The Christian conservatives in this country are, to me, as scary and threatening as any Muslim "terrorist," though I'm not nearly as incensed by religious moderates and liberals as Harris seems to be. While I disagree with the existence of the Biblical deity known as God and therefore deem the Bible itself to be little more than an outdated, misguided and often insane dictum on morality, there are numerous sects under Christianity's umbrella who I've found to be open-minded and endearing folks.

If I had the energy, I'd delve into my thoughts on animal breeders and the banning of books in high schools, both subjects that disgusted me today. Those will be saved for another day.