Stonewall and else

I don't post enough; I can never make myself post and I guess I'm not really that interesting anyway :P

I went to the Stonewall festival (gay pride parade), but I think most of my friends in the area were away at Anthrocon so I didn't see them. I helped set up the Raelian booth and had burned them some cd's to hand out. I sat there with them and chatted with the pro-choice booth next to us and some other people, then walked around. One of the people was dressed in what looked like militant garb and talked about Jesus a lot to us, but I think we may have frightened him as much as he frightened us. I'm not sure Jesus would approve of associating his peace and love philosophy with a militant look, but the whole 'Christian soldier' concept is surprisingly common. One of the Realians marched in the parade with one of our crazy signs, but I wanted to watch it because this was my third year and had never actually ~seen~ the parade. I've always been in it with one group or another instead of seeing it. There were a surprising number of churches in the parade, and that made me really happy even though I wasn't personally interested in them. I was tempted to go down and stand with the bigots to see what they did when the more level headed churches (or even better, the politician floats) passed them.

I need to meet more people in the area, and am also looking about for a new place to live that might be closer to work so I can spend less gas. As annoying as it might be to some people, I've been driving 55 mph on the way to work, which increases my gas mileage 8 to 10 mpg. I really hate peeving others on the road, and don't understand why they choose to ride my bumper when there is one or two clear lanes to pass me with, but I am wanting to save money for other things.

Anyone looking for someone or a roommate? I thought about moving somewhere different than Ohio too, but it'd have to be with someone I am sure of and I'd need to find a job before I actually moved because I don't want to afford being jobless more than a week after a move.

Do you know what love is?

It seems many Christians can't even get along with each other, much less show tolerance and love for others. Whatever happened to loving your enemies?

Above all else, these two factions seem to be getting into a fight in Bethlehem because their religions celebrate Jesus's birthday on different days. Do these people really think that when they get to Heaven, God will turn some of them away because they used the wrong date to let Jesus blow out his 2000-some-odd candles?

This sort of thing frustrates me, and just goes to further the stereotype of Christians as being hateful, malicious people who are incapable of any semblance of tolerance above forcing others to be exactly like them.

Christian or not, one thing holds true: If you only love those that are like yourself, then you do not know love, because you only love yourself.

Muslim or Not

One day CNN will report real news; until that fateful day comes, we will have to deal with this crap. So there is a 'email rumor' spread that Obama might be Muslim.

First off, this is one of the most immature things I am seeing in this election, so let me say it as plainly as I can: Two names sounding the same does not make them the same. Idiots.

Finally... do these people really think that a Christian leader has never done anything wrong? Even leaving out the fact that Hitler publically professed Christianity to control the masses, obviously every person that professes Christianity is not going to make good decisions just because of that, and many politicians only profess religion to be popular with the masses of meat puppets that roam around in this country.

Wake up.

Now I need to find something without religion to talk about, before I get sick.