You Stupid F*cking Idiots!!

Consider the following to be a private service announcement for the public good. It’s directed towards a truly special subgroup of crazies within the church at large. They manage to take the insanity to a whole new level. Congrats on that!

give me liberty and give me death

Their newest rendition of the ‘religious freedom’ crusade is to risk the health and well-being of the rest of us with at least half a brain and a quarter of conscience by saying that their special standing with God makes them exempt from the laws of science or rules of common civic responsibility during the worst global pandemic of our lifetime. How dare we ask them to forgo their gatherings of sweaty snake handling preachers and their mindless sheep with unresolved psychological issues who bend over every Sunday to receive a special “word from the LORD”! Don’t we know the King James inspired Scriptures: “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25).

sacramento (area) represent!

I’m sure you have already seen the news of at least a few of these pastors and parishioners as they make a courageous stand for Covid nine…I mean Christ. Right here in Sacramento we have a few notables, like the Slavic mega-church Bethany Missionary, where I ironically spoke years ago when I was still in the evangelical funny farm. They were slow to end their services and allegedly continued to encourage small group meetings in homes. Their Senior Pastor landed in the hospital with the coronavirus, a bit of ironic justice that I am not ashamed to admit brought a smile to my face. Or consider the example of real life Looney Tunes character (pick your favorite stupid one) Pastor Doug Bird and his band of merry idiots at Abundant Life Fellowship Church, who gave science and the State a Holy Spirit inspired middle finger by tarrying on with a Palm Sunday service. The result from these acts of ‘faith’ no doubt have contributed to the fact that as of April 3rd, approximately one third of all confirmed cases in Sacramento were believed to have been contracted from church gatherings.

DWJJD

So I know that when it comes to this group of inbred circus clowns, any kind of opposition is affirmation to their eternal state of victim-hood. So I thought I would help them out and give them a bit more encouragement by joining with others who think these fucking idiots should be arrested, fined, tax-exempt status revoked, liability insurance suspended, and ultimately evicted should they not own the property on which their dangerously ignorant and arrogant asses sit.

Now let me be clear, I’m not opposed to these nut jobs or the broader religious community owning property and under normal circumstances gathering to espouse their bull shit, though as I have written elsewhere I do NOT think they should be tax subsidized with rare exceptions. But when you clearly threaten the safety of the rest of us, that is where I draw a line. Because after you all do your Corona-infested group Jesus hug, you go out and shop with me at the grocery store! Now if you want to isolate yourselves on a special compound and Do What Jim Jones Did, please do! But until then, keep your blood cult gatherings on the world wide web.

take action

So for the rest of us, should we see cars pulling in church parking lots this Easter Sunday or any other time while we are trying to survive this thing, here are two simple steps you can do.

Call local law enforcement and elected officials and let them know about these threats to public safety
Check out the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s special Covid 19 page and contact them to report these kinds of violations

This concludes my private public health service announcement.