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Google the phrase "Eternal Earth-Bound Pets, USA"... actually just click here: [link]
Let me give you the gist. When rapture comes and all ye faithful, god fearing Christians ascend to heaven in both body and spirit, who will look after your pets?
Here is where Eternal Earth-Bound Pets in the USA (Surprise, surprise. Where else??) comes in. They claim to be atheists, and since atheists (along with anyone of non Judeo-Christian faith) are banned from heaven, they will be left on earth. So, for a fee and a ten year contract, they promise to rescue your pet while you're having tea and scones in heaven.
I'm not gonna judge people in their beliefs or faith, but seriously, the fact that a business of this type is able to take off is a clear statement that, at least locally to the place of business, there's a distinct lack of scepticism and rational thinking.
Sigh... Carl Sagan was taken from us way too early. Some parts of the world still need you.
Anyway, I would like to take this opportunity to announce my new business. Since I am a devout atheist, I will be certainly left behind after rapture. So, for a small fee, I will delete all the embarrassing porn you leave behind so that future earthbound generations will be blissfully unaware that you had lolicon pictures in that "hidden" folder with the oh-so-innocent name of "delicious flat chest".
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Angsty 
Stupidity and ignorance all wrapped up in delicious religious zealousness.
There are days where human nature completely disappoints me…
BUT.
I do have to say, the state of Christianity in America truly befuddles me. I've seen so much media on it lately and I have to say that on average, most of Americas Christianity seems to be a lot of country folk who jeer about the world ending and demand you go to Church. Where they force it down childrens throats and so on, and the basic result of this demanding to worship results in actually LESS members year on year. I did okay with a simple RE course in highschool, mandatory two periods a week. I was fine with that and I think everyone should study religion, even a little, to have less of a bias over it than some of the idiots out there on the street might give you - on both sides. Seen plenty of violent battle royales with 'amoral', anarchic atheist university students vs placard weilding fat bearded faith touters in shell suits to last a lifetime, and I'm personally fucking sick of both sides by now.
Getting to the point though, the whole thing about Earthbound Pets I was pretty sure was incredibly illegal. Maybe I'm wrong, I dont know about legalities surrounding American insurance sales etc. I always thought that was like going door to door selling Volcano Insurance where obviously no fucking volcano was going to be. What gets me is the stupidity of the 200-odd people who were suckered into this scam, but what gets me more is the subliminal agenda as much as the pretty obvious one from the 'Christians' involved. The Atheists involved are just as bad, lowering themselves to such stupidity and literally giving these people more of a voice by acknowledging them in the first place, and then some of them blanket-label all Christians like the people they're dealing with. It makes me sad. :c
Everyone needs to grow the fuck up, seriously.
A study showed that countries with low social security (the article used the USA as an example)were breeding grounds for strong religious views and hence strong atheism, whereas in countries with high social security like Norway, Australia or Canada, religion and atheism takes on a much milder shape.
As a good example, the rise of fundamental Islam is directly linked to living standards. So fundamentalism is far more prominent in nations with large destitute populations like Afghanistan as opposed to rich and secure ones like Kuwait.
Fundamentalism usually reverts to simplistic hatred. Not because it's challenged by the modern worlds views vs its own, but moreso because people always twist it towards their own ends. Anyone living in a destitute situation desires someone or something to blame for the situation, so that makes perfectly good sense, yes. I've never much agreed with fundamentalism in regards to religion, especially if it includes strict adherence to all words in any given religious text. Well, that and the simple fact of obvious historical editing of manuscripts. Augustine comes to mind.
I think in places where people can't afford to be comfortable with each other, or are in competition with each other, they always seem to form this 'tribe' mentality. Us and them, him and her, you and me. It must fulfill some sense of security or belonging or something, to feel validated by a group of like-minded thinkers. Someday, when the worlds more developed and MUCH less people are laying in the gutter, I think we'll see less problems from all sides. : )
That's what I hope for, at least.
:c
and pets are allowed in heaven, aren't they?