Happy Birthday!
Instead, I’ll say this… Our country was founded by the following individuals:
- Prospectors who thought risking almost certain death by disease or hostile natives was worth it if it meant they could get rich quick. This isn’t all that different from contractors who leave their families behind and risk death at the hands of extremists in Iraq just to earn a quick $100k.
- Criminals who were given the choice of either facing the death penalty or leaving England to work at The Virginia Corporation harvesting tobacco (and risking an early death).
- Folks who were fed up with being force fed a certain set of religious beliefs, many of which they did not agree with.
Translation: this country was NOT founded on Christian values. It was founded by folks who were either greedy or looking for an escape from some unfavorable fate, be it a death sentence or religious persecution by other Christians.
Those of you on the “religious right,” do NOT force feed Christianity down non-Christians’ throats.
And those of you who feel it’s necessary to force feed agnosticism down the throats of the “religious right,” you’re no better.
Both of you, stop being childish and learn to share the friggin’ world. YOU’RE BOTH WRONG.
“Religious right,” stop acting like folks are killing Christmas just because they want to be INCLUSIVE at a time of year when more than just Christian things are happening.
Others, who gives a rat’s ass if someone mistakes you for being Christian? I’ve been mistaken for being gay, Jewish, LDS, hispanic, a father, and rich. Not even once did any of these mistaken identifications piss me off.
You two, however, DO piss me off, all because of your lack of tolerance of people who are not exactly like you.
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