You’ve probably noticed by now (that is, assuming anyone’s reading this – it can be very lonely out here in cyberspace) that I like parody religions. I think they’re a good thing. But why?
There has been a bit of an anti-religious uprising in recent years, most especially in the USA, where Christianity is still the accepted norm and a big part of many people’s every day lives. I don’t object to aethiests, or their protesting about the separation of church and state – that is afterall a legal more than a moral question – but even the most committed atheists among my (possibly imaginary) readers will have to admit that, most of the time, atheists just aren’t doing themselves (or anyone else) any favours. The way they present themselves, and the way they treat people of faith, can all too often mean that compared to them the Pope looks tolerant and Nick Griffin looks open minded. Not that we can blame them – take a look at these unbelievable quotes from Christian Forums.
What many parody religions are doing is saying all the things the atheists are trying to say, but saying them in a way that is far gentler, far less confrontational and far less offensive, than many atheists can manage. Take this guy for example – the amazing atheist – his idea of a protest in favour of free speech and human decency is to destroy 40,000 copies of the Qu’ran (depressingly this guy has 198,462followers on youtube). And they wonder why atheists are so unpopular!
And then compare it to this strange but wonderful little man, with his home made charts. I think we’d all agree that the latter is much more pleasant, and frankly more logical!.
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