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April 12, 2005
The Death-Camp of Religious Tolerance
Yesterday at Wizbang, Jay Tea wrote an uninformed, but somewhat funny piece on the Mormon practice on baptizing the dead. It’s prompted a somewhat hysterical discussion between all sorts of people, from suprised Mormons to lapsed Catholics to offended Jews.
It’s kind of interesting to see such a generally conservative bunch of folks that are typically dismissive of the PC culture all getting so offended because so-and-so is being “intolerant.” It reminds me of this South Park episode.
In that vein, here are the Death-Camp Of Religious Tolerance rules
1. No one is allowed to pray for, baptize posthumously, say a Mass for, or otherwise do anything religious for anyone without the express permission of the person, or if they are dead, their entire family.
2. No one is allowed to politely ask someone to not pray for, baptize posthumously, say a Mass for, or otherwise do anything religious for them or a deceased family member.
3. No one is allowed to say that any part of anyone else’s religion is wrong or by publicly asserting that an opposing doctrine is true, imply that any part of anyone else’s religion is wrong.
4. No one is allowed to say that anyone else is going to hell, or going to be reincarnated as a bug for that matter.
5. No one is allowed to try to convert someone else, no matter how inauspiciously.
6. No one is allowed to tell anyone that they don’t want to convert into their religion because they think it is wrong.
7. No one is allowed to criticize any act, no matter how despicable, if it was motivated in any way by religion, unless that religion is unpopular in the current culture.
8. No one is allowed to make a joke about anyone else’s religion.
9. No one that considers themselves to be “______” is allowed to say another person or group is not “______”, no matter how different their beliefs are.
10. No one is allowed to point out inconsistencies in anyone else’s religion unless that religion is currently unpopular in the current culture.
11. No one is allowed to criticize the actions of any religious group that has experienced persecution, especially if that criticism is directed towards a direct descendant of someone who directly experienced that persecution.
Yes, mein Führer. Ve are making the prisoners make macaroni pictures that illustrate [people from different religions in heaven holding hands and singing.]
(Note: I'm an ex-Mormon, current Christian, for those who are interested.)
In a similar vein, Mormons will be sure to enjoy this post. I just laughed more than I did all last week.
Update: Poor Jay Tea finally got sick of the topic. I don't blame him, things were getting pretty hysterical. It's amazing how defensive people get when you talk about religion (and yes, this includes you, athiests.)
Posted by illuminaria at April 12, 2005 06:36 PM
Comments
Thanks for clearing all that up! I feel so much better now. Got anymore of those salts, still a bit faint. I pinged over from sayanything, really like your blog, great writing, no Jadegold. What is not to like!! I'll tell some of the peons to shuffle on over and expand their minds. Later on!
Posted by: 2Hotel9 at April 13, 2005 08:51 PM
Are you sure your an ex-mormon?
Posted by: moyibi at April 14, 2005 09:12 AM
Yeah...pretty sure. Why do you ask?
Oh, and 2Hotel9, thanks for the compliment. :)
But, don't get too excited. I'm sure some Jadegold type persona will show up eventually. There's one at every site.
Posted by: illuminaria at April 14, 2005 02:21 PM