Delusions Of Grandeur Strike Again

I had a very intricate conspiracy theory worked out involving the Pope.  I had titled it PONTIFF PLAYS POSSUM.  It involved the faking of his death to bring world leaders together for the ultimate goal of world peace.  I also thought it might be for the drama (opium of the masses type of thing) of coming back in a record  2 days, but since many days have passed since his death, that theory became null and void. Hey, a real miracle would have been great to see!  It’s been awhile since the parting of the Red Sea! After careful deliberation, I began to realize that maybe he really is dead. 

This revelation led me to  the fact that I should become Pope.  Yes, the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church and funny hat wearer of the world.  I think I could do the same thing for Papal vestments as Jackie Kennedy did for the pillbox hat or Barbara Bush did for pearls. Yes, I know I’m a female and females can’t hold that position (afterall, we belong barefoot, pregnant and baking pies), but there’s loopholes in everything and I’m sure I could find one large enough to crawl through and become the 1st Pussy Pope.  I say let’s throw my name in the mix Monday when the College of Cardinals cast their first ballot in their cozy conclave.  White smoke? I think not! Let’s do a vivid shade of red and my first act as Pope will be to do away with original sin. 

Hey, Eve got a bum rap!  I think Adam probably did a man thing like saying,"you’d taste it first if you loved me!"  That one act gave birth to co-dependency and man’s need for grandstand gestures made on his behalf!  Without original sin perhaps the equality of the sexes will emerge with a serene recognition that we all are human.  We all make mistakes and we all live and die.  The differences in people occur by what we do between those two points in time.  Do we spend it on a path of self-discovery and brotherhood or do we spend it on a path of being judgmental and mean-spirited?

Some people are marked for greatness. Others are marked for beauty or some other unique characteristic.  Some  carry with them a great love of humanity and nature.  Some people are marked for having "the Midas touch" or to excel in the arts or to be a scientific genius.  Within each of us, is our own mark.  Mine is to be Pope!

Let’s Compare!

How do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam differ?

Is Religion The Opium Of The Masses?

As promised by me, I will retire from the political arena for the time being and enter into the realm of religion.  Before you read any further, remember there are many religions worldwide and if I use the word "religion", it is meant to encompass all religions and not just Christianity. 

Now, with that written, I wanted to know what your feelings are about the famous quote from Karl Marx stating "religion is the opium of the masses".  Before you start typing away condemning my soul to burn in hell for all eternity for writing something like that, I didn’t say that quote reflected my own personal religious beliefs.  I simply wanted to hear people’s thoughts on the subject without getting a sermon.

Reflect a moment on it and ask yourself if the promise of a glorious afterlife is a way to keep the majority within some sort of normal parameters where morality is concerned.  Is one purpose of religion to make people feel better about their lives especially when catastrophes happen and we experience personal hardships?  Does having faith feel good? Can someone get high on their God?

Okay, ready…aim…fire!!!  I’m braced and ready for anything today!

Sponge Bob Comes Out Of The Closet

OMG…not poor Sponge Bob! I have Sponge Bob PJ’s!! And here I thought it was just the Teletubbies that were gay. I guess I’m wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy behind the times. Ooops I said "behind" and speaking of behinds…

Patrick says to Sponge Bob, "Bend over and I’ll drive you to Newark!"  The scene was like one right out of the movie, Deliverance, except Sponge Bob didn’t know how to squeal like a pig.  He just moaned with sheer delight and then breathless and sweating from unbridled passion, Sponge Bob rolled over and lit a cigarette. Just kidding folks! Sponge Bob doesn’t smoke. 

I watch Sponge Bob just about everyday with a 3 year old.  Maybe I’m blind, but the whole gay thing hasn’t hit me yet.  Now I can’t say the same about Fairly Oddparents.  I always have a funny feeling about wand-waving creatures.  OMG…here I am admitting that I monitor what a 3 year old watches on TV by watching it with her.  Tune in later for more bizarre confessions!

What’s next? Will the moral majority claim children playing "dress up" is a precursor to becoming a drag queen?  Hey, if children become what they fantasize about as children, then "Beam me up, Scotty".  Perhaps cartoons do contain subversive, subliminal messages.  I know how deeply The Road Runner and Bullwinkle impacted me.

All together on the count of three…I CAN’T HEAR YOU! WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA?

A Quote from JP’s blog, Geek Heaven :

Spongebob is gay?

WTF? I see a CNN news report that says the religious right is condemning Spongebob as promoting homosexuality to children in a new video to be distributed to encourage tolerance.

Now this is funny… Barney and Spongebob are in cahoots, trying to get our kids to think outside the box. And James Dobson (Dr. Dobson of "Focus on the Family" fame) is apparently leading the charge on the Christian side. I’ve been wondering about Dr. Dobson for a while… once he supposedly was a voice for the masses but now he seems to have either a) decided to target the more influential among us – the politicians or b) lost his mind.

At any rate, I saw the Spongebob Movie and the characters are certainly strange. But gay? And that my kids are being programmed to be pro-homosexual? Oy vey!!!! Give me a break!!! What about Betty Boop from years past? There seems to me to be more sexual innuedos in those cartoons than in any current ones (other than the prime time ones on Fox today) and even Scooby Doo had some sexual tension between characters. But hey, who am I?

It’s one thing to have a moral compass. It’s something else for something to be so remotely on the fringe as to require a warning such as this. I’m glad the moral majority have my back on this subject. I’m sure I want my kids to be homophobic or at least intolerant of others who may be different. Or, just maybe I want them to be able to decide for themselves…

 

Additional URL’s exposing Sponge Bob’s sexuality:

http://netscape.eonline.com/News/Items/0%2C1%2C10647%2C00.html

http://www.brandonian.net/mt/archives/000032.html

http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=907