Let us demand that individuals be judged for their concrete actions, not for their fealty to arbitrary social norms and illusory categorizations.

Let us reason our solutions with agnosticism in all things, holding fast only to that which is demonstrably true.

Let us stand firm against any and all arbitrary authority that threatens the personal sovereignty of one or all.

That which will not bend must break. And that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared its demise.

Think about it. To me that sounds like a literal slice of heaven, especially that last line.

But this guy's convinced it's a curse. Either that or the multi-syllabic big words made him scared.

Sounds like Rick Bick is thick as a fucking brick.

Imagine being a grown-ass man listening to this, taking the stage and unironically saying “that was a curse put on our city, and most of you know that”. They actually fucking believe that some guy saying “Hail Satan” has the power to “curse” a city.

Honestly it’s very hard to argue with anything in that prayer, it’s pretty reasonable and clear.

Only thing I don’t like is the call for judging. I do think people can change, they should be judged on their actions and intents, but we should reasonably allow for second chances and improvement.

One thing Christianity is good at is taking people who feel irredeemable and reassuring them that they’re still people with a chance in life. As long as people see their wrongs and try to improve, I think we can and should forgive some things.

I hate the people who continue being shit then say God forgives them or Jesus died for them so it’s all washed out. That’s the same energy as throwing stuff on the ground because there’s a janitor. You are responsible for your actions and their impacts, just asking for forgiveness shouldn’t grant it without sincerely understanding and trying to improve.