What's Wrong With Christian Bigots?

Alan: "Religion" is a great hiding place for the fearful and mean-spirited. 

To paraphrase Trappist monk, Fr. Thomas Merton: 'What better disguise for scoundrels than a Roman Collar?'

"The terrible thing about our time is precisely the ease with which theories can be put into practice.  The more perfect, the more idealistic the theories, the more dreadful is their realization.  We are at last beginning to rediscover what perhaps men knew better in very ancient times, in primitive times before utopias were thought of: that liberty is bound up with imperfection, and that limitations, imperfections, errors are not only unavoidable but also salutary. The best is not the ideal.  Where what is theoretically best is imposed on everyone as the norm, then there is no longer any room even to be good.  The best, imposed as a norm, becomes evil.”  

"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander,” by Trappist monk, Father Thomas Merton

More Merton Quotes

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/04/merton-best-imposed-as-norm-becomes.html

Devout Christian, Blaise Pascal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal

Gospel Of Mark: Why Doesn't Kim Davis Deny Marriage Licenses To The Previously Divorced?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/gospel-of-mark-why-does-kim-davis-not.html

60 Minutes: Lesley Stahl Profiles Transgender Harvard Swimmer, Schuyler Bailar
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/60-minutes-lesley-stahl-profiles.html

Conservative Icon Krauthammer Faults GOP Scaredy Cats; Talks Sense About LGBT Hate Laws

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/conservative-icon-krauthammer-faults.html

"Indiana, A Great Place To Be A Bigot!" Excellent Video Spoof
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/03/indiana-great-place-to-be-bigot.html

Indiana's "Religious Bigotry Law": The Re-Legaliztion Of Segregation

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/03/indianas-religious-bigotry-law-re.html

"Bad Religion: A Compendium"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/bad-religion-compendium.html

It Is Important To Know These Things So Religion Doesn't Do You More Harm Than Good

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/it-is-important-to-know-these-things-so.html

What Too Many Christians Get Wrong

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/what-way-too-many-christians-get-wrong.html

"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/any-religion-that-needs-fear-to-thrive.html

"Bad Religion: A Compendium"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/bad-religion-compendium.html

Christians Are Their Own Worst Enemy: Wrecking The Brand
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/this-modern-world-cartoon-christians.html

"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/any-religion-that-needs-fear-to-thrive.html

Fear Mongering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_mongering