Smitty’s Loose Change #25

Is religion/Christianity dangerous?

A quote, for contemplation:
Out of the blue, my mother just said, “The government should just round up all the Atheists, and either force them to convert to Christianity, or execute them!”

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I sometimes see a little 15-second PSA about cancer.  The title, in the middle of the screen reads, “I’m here because we caught it early.”  At the bottom of the screen, the ‘closed captioning’ reads, (Title) I’m here because we caught it early.  More Canadian Government money well-spent.  😮

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A wise man was asked, “What is poison?”
Anything beyond what we need is poison, whether food, power, laziness, ego, ambition, vanity, fear, anger, or whatever.

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What’s you favorite thing to cook?
The books.

Describe your most perfect day, from beginning to end.
I wake up, all warm and comfortable, in bed,,,,, and stay there.  The end!

Are you superstitious?
No!  I’m a Virgo, and us Virgos are skeptical and don’t believe in that stuff.

How would you improve your community?
By moving out – but this is where my stubborn supplier lives.

What gives your life direction?
One-Way/Do Not Enter signs – and the wife.

What sacrifices have you made in life?
Well,,,, There were those two Jehovah’s Witnesses in ’08, but there were no other witnesses, so I got away with it.

What job would you do for free?
As Richard Dawkins once said, “What an incredibly stupid question!”  If I like it enough to do it for free, it’s my hobby, and I’ll do it at home.  If I do it for a corporation, and someone gains a financial increase because of it – you better know that I’m going to want my fair share!

Do you practice religion?
No, I finally got it perfect, and no longer have to practice.

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Over a week, I had seen about a hundred of the exact same blogpost.  The blogger was publishing them about every 15 minutes during waking hours.  The title was “At The Hypnotist’s.”  The text consisted of just, “A hypnotist tricks his patients.”  Below that was a link to “Read more here.”  I finally commented, “Does this – and all the others – have any meaning or function??! And NO, I’m not going to go to clickbait.com to find out.  😕
Haven’t seen it since.

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If God was allowed in schools, these shootings wouldn’t happen.
But He’s allowed in churches, so how come He doesn’t prevent priests from molesting young boys??

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Flash Fiction #254

PHOTO PROMPT © David Stewart

DREAMS UP IN SMOKE

Cheryl offered to help him with his writing.  A couple who worked at the newspaper dropped by each Friday, and they often discussed the craft.  “Join us.”

The husband said the first thing they did, was smoke dope.  “It frees the creativity.”  He silently demurred, not for moral or legal reasons, but from skepticism.  He’d be the abstaining benchmark.  “I’ll get a beer and catch up.”

A Cheech and Chong blunt got passed around…. around…. and around.  Potatoes, motorcycles, redhead in sales, socks with sandals…. Bright topics bubbled into the conversation – and were immediately forgotten.

There was no creativity here.

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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.