This is a collection of rants that I've come across on the web that I thought were really good.
Why God is an Asshole.
by James
I was raised as a christian from my birth. I have gone to church every
wednesday, sunday, and friday of my life. My mother homeschooled me to keep
me away from "negative and ungodly influences". Overall I have been raised
in a shell. I did not realize until I "graduated" how fucked up my life has
been. I decided to think about "god" and logically concluded that if he
does exsist, he is an asshole. Here are my thoughts:
Ask any christian if god loves everyone and they will say: "Yes, he loved
you so much he died for you!" (big whoop... If I could die to save the
world I sure as hell would, c'mon it wasn't that big of a fucking deal!)
Well if he loves everyone what is this hell thing about? Eternal torment
and pain, burning forever in a lake of fire? Who deserves that? Even
rapists and murderers don't deserve eternal torment! ETERNAL=FOREVER. And
christians say we have a fair god. Bullshit! What we really have is a god
who got bored one day and decided to make this world and some people to play
with. God is a sadist. He made us cause he wanted to see us go through
pain and suffering (I guess it amuses him). If god really loved everyone he
would have made an incorruptible world without the assholes. According to
the bible our only purpose here on earth is to lift up, glorify, and worship
god. Shit, if he only wanted that then why didn't he make us all blond high
school cheerleaders? We have amazing potential with the power of our
intellects and all we are here for is to give some big ball of energy
somewhere a power trip? What the hell is up with that? The really sad
thing is these dumbass mother fucking christians will still blindly follow
their god even when this kind of evidence is presented to them! Even if I
risk eternal torment I will never serve a god like that. I would never
serve a god who would send me to hell because I am opinionated, and anyone
who would is just an idiot.
The United States of "DUMBERICA"
by the Master
Trends are a funny thing. We tend to look back at them decades after they have passed, and have a good laugh. We say things like, "did I actually wear that?", "did I actually act like that?" and "what was I thinking?".
The sixties were about trippin out, sexual freedom, funky clothes and
protest. The seventies had disco, drugs, rock'n roll and more sexual
freedom. Both these previous trends were relatively harmless, lots of fun
while pushing for change to expand our freedoms.
Let's now fast forward to the present. As we look around, we definitely see
trends; dangerous and alarming ones. The type that makes me afraid of
bringing a child of my own into this lost world.
So what shall we tackle first? How about the lack of knowledge in education
amongst many of our youth today? I'm not trying to say that I'm a genius. But when
I see e-mail send to me where words like "when" are spelled "wen", and "because",
spelled "bekas", I have to put up some red flags. This, of course, does not pertain to
all of you. However, for the rest, this is what I have to say.
Before I give you my own personal observations, let me give you a fact from Time
magazine itself. Do you know that in the fifties, the average teen knew about 50,000
words, while today, that number has plummeted to only 10,000? How could this
have happened?
I know the knee-jerk reaction would be to blame the teachers and the parents. It is
true that with today's booming economy, working parents have less time to help
their children in their learning process. But I can't let some of the youth off the hook
that easy.
What's up with the way kids speak today? I can't understand some of you!! There
is a disturbing obsession with white middle and upper-middle class America wanting
to be ghetto. Why is speaking like an illiterate so trendy? You know, inner-city kids
speak the way they do because of their surroundings and the educational system
that has forgotten them. What's your excuse? It's like intelligence is not hip.
What else is the trend? ANGER!!!! Yes, it is cool to be pissed off. Some of you
aren't sure why. But your friends are doing it, so why not be with the in crowd? You
live in good neighborhoods with family and friends, and all you want to do is tell the
world to fuck off! I've read some of your letters of such hatred towards me, I
wonder if you're putting me on... And where does this anger come from? The first
reason could be explained in the previous paragraph about the luck of knowledge.
It takes knowledge to cope and debate. Here's a little test: when someone disagrees
with you, do you a) debate, or b) say "fuck off"?
The second reason is, unfortunately, that some of you are just sheeps following the
rest of the flock. You don't have opinions of your own. "Fuck the police", "fuck
parents", and "fuck school". Aren't these mantras you're just regurgitating?
At OzzFest, a few years ago, there was an incident where all the kids in the upper
deck started throwing fireworks, bottles, and anything else they could get their
hands on at the crowd below. The state police had to be brought in to protect them.
This caused the offenders in the upper deck, for no apparent reason, to get even
more violent. Some started hurling M-80's. Some innocent bystander on the floor
got a part of his face blown off. NICE JOB, DUMMIES!! The police were under
such attack, that they had to finally leave. And so did i. I was genuinely ashamed by
what I was represented by. Even mosh pits have changed. Ten years ago, if
someone in the pit would fall down, the crowd would help get him up. There was an
aggressive bonding. Nowadays, it's just a bunch of punk-ass cowards looking to
sucker-punch each other in the face.
I know that many of you are on the right track. And I don't want to paint the entire
youth of today with one broad stroke. But there are too many of the rejects out
there casting a dark shadow on how people and the media view this youth. Will this
trend end? Sure it will. They all do... But in its wake, we will see a dumber
America, where Columbine is an everyday occurrence? Or, can we wake up and
empower ourselves with knowledge, instead of daddy's 9MM?
David Bowie once sang, "I'm afraid of Americans". Yeah, me too...
Author's Homepage: AntiMTV.com
What About Religion?
by Bruja
Okay, before you judge me...well, don't. If you're that type of person that can put me down at the drop of a hat because of what I say, get the fuck out of here. You don't know jack shit about what
I've been through so far. I was close to well...suicide at one point, so I don't
wanna hear your crap about how I should 'enjoy life', and how I should 'stop
whining'....you chose to visit this page..and you are the one choosing to read
on from here...so, it's your fault if you don't like what I have to say. Gimme a little respect here, okay? Of all
people...I realize that I'm here for a reason, and I've got alot going for me
here, so I'm not giving that up. I'm happy now, I got away from what was depressing me. I'm pessimistic, so leave me the hell alone.
I'm that way for all the right reasons, reasons you will never know. Now enough
of that cheesy crap, on to the facts.
I publicly said most of this in a speech I did for a class on Evolution. That day probably was one of the greatest days in my life (Not counting that one day I skipped school to...uh..that's besides the point..). You should have seen the looks on people's faces, because they had no idea. I'm really quiet, and it looks as if they didn't have any idea about the other side..all they knew was what they had been taught from birth. Whoo, give me some close-minded christians, and I'll tear ass. And I had facts, evidence..to back myself up. And in the end..I got papers from everyone saying I was more convincing than the Creationist side. Even though they were christians. I think I even turned a few people. If you wanna read the visual aid I handed out to them..go here.
I'm an Atheist. You ask, what is that? Well, I don't believe in a
"god" or a higher being. I could give a shit.
A lot of people think I say that I don't believe in god just to get
attention...Well, yeah, I might get attention, but who the hell cares?
From what I've gathered about Christianity is, that long ago..now I'm talking a tad bit after Augustus Caesar's time, in Rome, some Romans took Judaism, and messed with it, made up their own religion, Christianity. Now these people preached (I'm thinkin' brainwashed..cause today, these people would be considered a cult.)..they rebelled against Rome, wouldn't join the Roman army..yadda yadda..but then some dude named Jesus came along..and you know the whole bloody rest. All this was TAUGHT to me in SCHOOL which is ILLEGAL, but the teacher said to go ahead and tell on him, people have done it before, but nobody seems to care. If anyone out there wants to help me out on this..feel free. Ok, in Ancient Greece and Rome, they believed in Zeus, Hera..and all that jazz. And today, we call that stuff mythology. 'MYTH'ology, meaning, not true. Well hell, they believed it. Who's to say that all the little stories in the bible aren't myths? Most of them aren't even logical. Check this page out: Can the Bible Be Taken Literally? It brings up alot of good points, makes you think, alot. Anyways..here's my rant:
See, most people have been brought up to believe in god. Their parents
believe in god, their grandparents believe in god, the whole friggin family tree
believes in god. So the kids are taught the same. But the thing is, that's all
they believe in. So there's absolutely no other explanations out there, except
for what they've been told. For example, evolution. I have asked creationists questions like 'How was it possible for Noah to get 9 billion species of animals onto the ark in 7 days, that means 27 species a second, which is impossible.' And you know what he said? 'God made it possible.' Uh-huh..my reply 'So what you're saying is that it's more powerful than I can ever understand..and you can't really explain it? Am I to believe in blind faith? Something that someone else just 'said' was true?' You know..That's like me telling you that the president is an alien..hey! I heard it from somewhere, you should believe it too! What are you to believe?
That someone called "god" said...*poof* there you are, or we were
descended from chimps? My question is, so, where did this so called
"God" come from? Huh? Explain that one! Okay...maybe it's the *poof*
explanation again. And if something created him, then that thing that created
god would be even better! It doesn't make sense! If you can sit there and tell me that god is good..jesus loves me..yadda yadda...well how do you know?? You're not god, you've never seen
him, you've never spoken to anyone remotely related to him, so how the hell
would you know anything?
I used to believe in god. Because my stepmother (I moved in with my real mom, I'm away from this.) forced me to go to
church. I hated it. I dreaded Sundays. I even went to this thing at school
called a "Bible Bus"...basically..after lunch, we went on this bus off
school grounds and sang songs and talked and shit. I even bought a Carmen
tape...(for those of you who don't know..he's a Christian Pop singer...and...he
sucks.) I even helped out with Summer Bible School at a church in town, just 4 years ago. They
told me god was real and I should believe in him. So I did, and pretended to
believe all that stuff in the bible....but then I began to think. Sad, a little 10/11 year old..all I could do was sit there and critique what the preacher was saying..thinking that all this stuff
isn't logical! I think, that some wacko, long ago, was sitting around..smoking a
few joints, when he decided to write all that bullshit. Then, the people
accepted it, cause their life was a living hell, and they wanted something to
believe in. Yeah, that may sound screwed up to you, but in my mind, it worked
damnit. And that's all that matters.
And then people ask me, "Well, what do you think happens
when you die?" Easy. You die. You die and that's it. Poof, you're
gone...cease to exist...know what I mean? Your "soul" doesn't float up
to white frickin puffy clouds and heaven to meet all your relatives. I see death
as well, sleep. When you're sleeping, you have no thought..except dreams, other
than that...you're just there. And that's what I see death as. And what about
before you were born? You weren't even a thought..it's just
like...nothing...nada...poof. Just like when you die.
And another reason I don't believe in god is that I just don't wanna be
involved in religion. Christians (some, not all) are just a bunch of screwed up
weirdos who think they have a million ways to save the world. One second it's
"Love everyone!" and the next it's "Gay people are going to
hell!" (Jerry Fallwell..I've been getting shit in the mail from him, he needs to fucking die.)..Uhmm....Wait a second... First I was supposed to love everybody for
who they are and not on the outside, but now I'm supposed to hate people because
of their sexual preference. Oh, yeah, that's the solution to everything right? We're really gonna achieve world peace using that method.
"The problem with Christianity is, they think everything is about
outside forces, good and evil. With Christianity there's not a lot of inner work
encouraged. I don't like it that people don't own up to the fact that every
thought we could possibly have, we've all had. That's why kids get into weird
cults - they're desperately searching for the dark side of themselves. You
probably won't do it if you look at it. I think a lot of kids are starving in
high school - they want tools to do the inner work."-Tori Amos
But I know most Christians reading this won't think a thing of it. They'll
think I'm just some psycho on drugs, then give me a little speech on religion
and shit..but ya know what? I don't care!!! You cannot back yourself up! The bible is not a reliable source of information. Sure, it may be old..so are your grandparents..and are you gonna believe them when they tell you they saw a tiny gnome trot across the floor? The bible is not a science book, or a book of facts, it's stories. You try to explain to christians what YOUR
opinions are but they never listen, they always quote scripture and go right
back to trying to tell you about how much you should believe in god and blah
blah blah. Have you ever seen those t-shirts and bracelets with W.W.J.D on them?
What Would Jesus Do. And you know what I have to say to that? I.D.G.A.S. I Don't
Give A Shit! I see so many 6 year olds wearing those, little kids who have never had the chance to make up their own minds. If I ever have kids, they will be the most open-minded people on the planet. That's the way everyone should be.
People at my school claim they don't discriminate against religion. When I got up in front of my classmates to do my speech..announced I was an
atheist...and that nobody had to believe in what I said..and that they could just close their minds like they've done their whole life..the next day..people looked at me alot differently, not just that quiet girl that wears black all the time and gets good grades. They knew how I really felt, and I hope I made them think. Same for you.
Author's Homepage: .prism perfect.
America the Free?
by Bruja
Here's something to think about. I know, the US is a great country..I'm
sometimes proud to live here, but another thing..the world is on the brink of
war. That's bullshit..can't people deal with petty crap without violence? At any
minute..some country could get pissy..and *boom*. The end. Why? Don't ask
me..but I know if they made the leaders women..we'd all be alot better off. Not
to be biased or anything, but you know it's true damnit.
"It must have been pretty wonderful to have lived in the years, say
between 1870 and 1914, when peace was the normal condition and people were
really appalled at the idea of war and believed there'd never be a big one. A
big one was impossible, they used to say. It would cost to much. It would
disrupt world trade and bankrupt everybody. Even after the first war people
didn't accept war as normal." - From the book 'Alas, Babylon' by Pat Frank.
We are ruled by bastard politicians. The major rule in that line of work is "watch your back". What the fuck? Ok, just say I'm a rich guy, I own alot of industry related shit, stocks, and whatnot. I go to a politician, give a little *winkwink*..flash my money around, kiss a little ass, and I get what I want, and his approval. But if a middle/lower class citizen needs help, they're fucked. A government. They keep secrets from us for fear of seeing a
reaction. So? Maybe we will actually know the truth for once. They'd rather hide
things from us, than inform us. And I should
respect them for that? And because we are being governed by a man that was once
respected, but chose to lie under oath..perjury mind you. I should trust and
follow him? A Man who can't even keep his own life together? Personally, I could give
a shit about his personal life, but when you say something, and then 7 months
later, decide to contradict yourself..there's something going wrong in your
head.
And I should be proud of all the "freedoms" I have as an American.
Oh, and my "rights". Hmm...let's see...
Freedom of Speech - My main complaint in this area is school related. We're supposed to be being educated. That's it. We do that, we get out. Who gives a shit if I want to wear a shirt of a band I like, and it may be (on some distant isolated island where everyone has their head up their ass) offensive. Screw those people. I could give a shit what happened in everyone's personal life that made them listen to the Backstreet Boys...and wear their shirts..so why should they care about me? My mom pays taxes for me to go there, let me do what I want goddamnit.
"The people who want to ban Huckleberry Finn from libraries and the
people who want to ban books by Anne Rice may seem to be motivated by different
concerns but they're spiritual brothers and sisters. They share the same
motivation--the desire not merely to control what other people do, but what they
think."-Taken from 'Mr. Murder' by Dean Koontz
Freedom of Religion - We have the right to worship and believe whatever we
please. Yeah right. But of course, if you publicly announce that you are a
Satanist or any other religion besides Christian, society has the right to shut
you out as a psycho. I can't even wear a frickin Marilyn Manson t-shirt to
school because he's a satanist. So? I like the music. Am I asking them to listen
to it? No. They don't even have to look at the shirt! Besides, Satanism is just
another religion. Hence the name "freedom of religion". A few people have shut out a friend of mine because she was interested..just curious mind you, in wicca/witchcraft. They kept telling me 'that's satanism!'. I'm sorry, but before you cut on what anyone does in their free time, you better do some fucking research. Wiccans are not satanists, they don't even believe satan exists. All the power is in the earth..etc. So I don't even wanna hear it. Everyone at my
school wears crosses and stuff on their shirts...it's their religion...whatever
happened to separation of church and state? If I can't wear my Manson
shirt...which wasn't promoting satanism..then they shouldn't be allowed to wear their W.W.J.D shirts..or
whatever. But, seeing as how christianity has been forced down the throats of everyone via the TV, Radio, or just plain idiots, just like in medieval times (Look up Charlemagne), I'm gonna have to deal with this crap until someone takes the bug outta their ass and learns to accept everyone.
Freedom of the Press - This means that the media has the right to shove their
cameras into the faces of victims and demand their questions be answered. They
also have the right to spread rumors about celebrities and deliberately ruin
their careers. All I have to say about this is Columbine. The first thing I heard about this was that they slept in coffins in the basement. Fuck you, they were middle class, normal white boys, they didn't listen to Manson, and they weren't goth. If you think they were just because of the music..then I must be the almighty caucasian mistress, cause I listen to Manson, and the things they listened to: KMFDM..Rammstein. Look at how I take my aggression out, I write. Talk to your goddamned kids and you can prevent this sort of thing.
I should be proud of that?
And oh yes, I really love the typical american. The loser, who watches the TV
incessantly, watching soap operas and re-runs of Seinfeld, drinking beer,
smoking, eating stale Doritos, and then dragging their lazy asses to some Ford
POS's to spend more money on cigarettes and other things "needed" to
survive..Stupid, ignorant closed-minded jerk-offs who take one look at me and
immediately decide that I smoke pot, worship the devil, and torture myself (when
actually, I've never even seen an actual joint, I don't believe otherworldy
beings, and don't really enjoy pain all that much)..and billions of other
teenage girls more concerned with the latest hair shit, if they match OK, if
they have the coolest clothes, if they have the newest CD of the cutest band on
MTV, and what boys like them than what's going on in the world. Most girls my age have N'Sync,
the Backstreet Boys, and all that shit plastered on their walls..ha!
You should see mine, one wall, Limp Bizkit/Korn/Orgy. Another wall, Tori Amos. Another, Nine Inch Nails. Another, Marilyn Manson. Another, comics/anime related stuff. Another, has my action figures nailed on the wall and an import Crow poster.
Another, Sting from the WCW..toys..stuffed toys, all that. You get the idea. My point is that it's not all that typical. Anyways, most teenage girls don't
realize anything. When they look at me, giggle, go on their merry way, making fun of me..they have no idea. They'll be 22, 5 kids, overdosing on tylenol, and getting beat by their former prep/jock/asshole husband..and they won't ever amount to anything..cause all they ever knew how to do was be cute. They will never let anyone else's ideas into their small brains
because the media and society has mind-fucked them into being cattle.
Just do what everyone else is doing right? Think about it, Titanic,
well it sucked. Compared to all the other movies that made that much money..
it sucked goat ass. The only reason it was successful was because of millions
of 13 year olds spending their allowance to go see it. And the music industry? Don't get me started..they wouldn't make shit for money if it wasn't for teenage females..between Mtv and mind-fucked teens..they're making millions..and I hate that. Sure, bands make money, which is good..kickass for them, but come on. Limp Bizkit for example. Kickass band, I had their first CD like two years ago..da da da..a year later, they're MTV's bitches, and I didn't bother buying the 2nd CD..because I knew then what had happened.
Alright, I get it. Those are some GREAT reasons to love America. If you'll
excuse me, please, I have to go sing the anthem. And then vomit.
Author's Homepage: .prism perfect.
The State of the Mosh Today
by Jaysun
A disturbing trend in today's music is that of moshing. Mosh as defined by Websters Online Dictionary (http://www.m-w.com/) is "to engage in uninhibited often frenzied activities (as intentional collision) with others near the stage at a rock concert". Webster's definition is wrong. Bad Webster, no cookie.
Moshing is not about 'intentional collision'. I do not go to a concert in hopes of kicking some guy's ass in the mosh pit. I don't go to a show and hop in the mosh pit to 'feel up' cute girls. Sadly, this is what it seems to be today. Guys who have lost all synaptic activity and now think with their cocks have perverted the recreation of moshing. This mentality has spread like a disease to all musical genres now (which I still can't figure out) and has diluted this fine form of entertainment.
As stated on the web site for the Cleveland Mosh Team (my hometown moshing authorities): "Our Mission is to help each other out in the mosh pit. Get fallen people up off the floor, put people up to crowd surf, to stage dive (with style like back flips as such), to put an end to stupid violence (so 80's), and to resolve all pit disputes without fighting. Concerts ARE for having FUN at!"
It isn't about 'owning' the pit. It isn't about 'being a badass' and punching and pushing everyone else. It's about creating and maintaining a safe and fun environment for everyone at the show. This means that everyone is responsible for watching out for each other. The next time you're in the pit, do your part to make it a better place. Help that fella stand up after being knocked down. Help the dude up that wants to crowd-surf. Help that girl over there that's getting harassed by the dumb clueless meathead.
I think that it's a pretty simple concept to understand but the happenings of concerts today have proven me wrong on countless occasions.
Take this 'Family Values' Tour, which recently came through the major city I live near, as an example. I recently read an article in the local newspaper about the show that stated there were emergency medical units behind stage 'waiting' for people to get hurt because they knew they were going to. I believe there were about twenty people seriously injured at the show. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
When somebody falls down, you help him up. You don't stomp all over his head, chest and back! I won't go into a long discussion about this, because I'd like to think that it's just common sense while in the pit. Unfortunately, the ravenous fans of Korn, Primus and all these other sold out chumps have to prove how much of a fan they are by kicking everyone else's ass (or get seriously hurt trying). Unfortunately I have now strayed way off topic and my bitterness towards this 'New Metal' has been revealed. I'll end it now.
Anyway, I think that without going into details, it's obvious there is something wrong with moshing today when the promoters of a show have to call in emergency medical personnel because they know there will be injuries. That's bullshit. If everyone were watching out for one another, there wouldn't be any injuries. Er, let me rephrase that; there'd be a lot less injuries and hardly any serious enough to demand immediate medical attention.
The integrity of moshing is gone; lost to the depraved masses that care nothing for respect. Next time you're in the pit, do your part and help someone up who has fallen down. You never know, you could be the next in line.
Author's homepage: FuBARM
Schools do not educate children. Schools are currently being used as holding centers for people under 18 because there is not enough room for them in the job market. People go to school for 12 years to graduate high school and get hired for a job that requires a third grade education. It wouldn't be so silly if the knowledge acquired in school were retained for better reason than 'to get an A,' and if the world actually became intelligent because they had actually learned something in school. School should have no correlation with intelligence because it has nothing to do with intelligence. School teaches children to cram useless facts into their heads for tests and forget them for the rest of their lives. Education should not be carried out in the completely standardized and institutionalized manner that it is because it doesn't work for everyone, and hardly comes close to working for everyone.
Quoted from My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn:
[Ishmael, a gorilla] "But now you're in a position to understand why you spend literally years of your life in school learning things you instantly forget once you've passed the test."
[Julie, a 12 year olde girl] "The have to give us something to do during the years we're being kept off the job market. And they've got to make it look good. It's got to look like something r-e-e-e-a-l-l-y useful. They can't just let us smoke dope and rock 'n' roll for twelve years."
"Why not, Julie?"
"Because it wouldn't look right. . .The secret would be out. Everyone would know we were just there to kill time."
"Children will learn anything they want to learn. They'll fail at learning how to figure percentages in the classroom but will effortlessly learn how to figure batting averages (which are of course just percentages). They'll fail at learning science in the classroom, but working at their personal computers, will effortlessly defeat the most sophisticated computer systems.
Kids learn what they find useful. They see no use for Trigonometry and Chemistry and Physics so they don't see any reason to learn it. I have taken zero classes in HTML but I know it because it's useful, it gives me something to do. Yet I've fouund C++ to be aggrivating because we have to write silly little programs like "make a multiplication table." If it were up to me I'd say "read this book and write a program to do what YOU want to do." But of course, it's up to the state board of "education," and they're about as useful as a blender in the situation. Puh.
Author's Homepage: dolls~of~joy~and~grief
