Lunacy

I've been pondering something for quite a while now. It's not anything particularly tricky or impressive, just a small problem for my small mind to grapple with this lonely weekend.
The pondering has been related to this question;
Christians and Jews have a very similar religion. They believe in the same god, however the Christians believe that the messiah has come, whilst the Jews do not. The Jews follow the old testament, and the Christians follow both the old and the new. Both groups have similar views and beliefs. I am not suggesting that they are the same, merely that they are similar.
However, despite these similarities, it seems that there is one fundamental difference. Christians seem to have a great number of... well... nuts amongst them, where as the number of complete and utter psychos in the Jewish population seems to me to be, well, less. I know, I know, they are bombing the shit out of innocents in Gaza, but aside from that, the general Jew population seems rather pleasant. The Jews that I've met respect the religions of others, they respect the political beliefs of others, and they make really nice cakes. However, the Christians that I've met/conversed with seem to be an insane lot (*note, this does not apply to all Christians. I know some of them who are excellent people that should inspire us all). They hound people of other religions, even people who are Christian also, but of a different denomination. They harass others constantly, they try to infiltrate the government so as to take away the freedoms of others, freedoms that they consider 'un-biblical'. They interpret their book selectively, so that the blame rests better on the shoulders of others. They then cry persecution if people don't do exactly what they say.
The Jews don't seem to do any of this on a regular basis. They are so similar, yet they differ in this. Why? I believe that I may have the answer.

The holocaust.

Jews don't persecute frequently, because they know what it is like to be persecuted. This isn't Christian delusions of persecution, but the real thing, and it wasn't very long ago.
Christians have been persecuted, yes, but not en masse for a while. The Colosseum of Rome has faded even beyond memory, it has become a story. The holocaust is fresh in the mind of the Jews. Christians can persecute, and cry false persecution because they do not know true persecution, and therefore can persecute without true understanding. The Jews don't cry persecution, because they remember persecution, and they know it from simple disagreement.

Just my two cents. I had nothing to do.

*smiles*

Today has been possibly one of the best days ever.

Alright, it hasn't been as good as all that, but it has been a pretty darn good day.

In the morning, I went for a jog. A really long jog. And it wasn't too bad. At lunch, I ate possibly the most awesome sandwich ever, lettuce, tuna, tomato, mushrooms. mmmmmmmmm.

I had a friend here with me, and we had the house to ourselves, so there's no doing stuff that other people want us to do. A relaxed schedule in other words.

And tonight, we are going to an advance screening of a movie...

:) Today really is quite nice. And to top it all off, at the present there is hommus.

Loser of the month

The award goes to a Mr. Ron Heather, a bus driver from England.

Most people have now heard about the atheist advertising campaign in England at the present. There are adverts on buses, payed for by the British Humanist Society, that state "There probably is no god". These adverts are completely legal. Religious advertisements are almost everywhere, and are tolerated, but as soon as there is an advert for atheism, its WRONG.

Anyways, Ron shows up for work and sees the ad on the side of his bus. He flips, or, gets his knickers in a twist as the British say. He refuses to work, and goes home, because the adverts offend him and are an attack on christianity.

Hang on...

An attack on christianity? I'm pretty sure the ad just says "there probably is no god"... I don't recall reading the phrase "there probably is no christian god". This is yet another case of christians running about, pretending that they are persecuted. The bible said that one day they would be persecuted, this hasn't happened yet, so they feel the need to invent some persecution for the attention, and also to feel as if their book isn't complete and utter rubbish.

2nd place losers are the Christian voice pressure group. They think the ads are wrong, and the humanist society are evil heathens with beards and tiny forks who live in hell and want to lure your kids into a homosexual lifestyle.
Also, they claim that it is illegal to advertise things that are lies, and saying that there is no god is a porker. There is a mountain of evidence of their particular god, such as how pretty flowers are (I'm not making this shit up). However, there is no evidence for anything conflicting their particular god, therefore, atheists should just go away!!! *puts hands over ears* *closes eyes* LALALALALALALALALALALALALA