“I saw this blasphemous statue and was outraged,” Cassidy said. “My conscience is held captive to the word of God, not to bureaucratic decree. And so I acted.”
It’s less about being pedantic and more about maintaining vigilance against bullshit arguments from the religious: they can and will differentiate between their favorite comic book god-thing and the opponent created simply to mirror its deific status.
If you insist on being pedantic, tell it like it is: you are your own god, and you are your own devil. That’s the point.
It’s less about being pedantic and more about maintaining vigilance against bullshit arguments from the religious: they can and will differentiate between their favorite comic book god-thing and the opponent created simply to mirror its deific status.