Scooby-doo’s Velma is gay? Say it ain’t so, Joe. This could signal the end of civilization as we know it. What’s next, purple M&Ms? We’re rapidly approaching Armageddon. I’m thankful I didn’t hear this news over the car radio while I was driving on the expressway because I surely would have lost control of the vehicle and produced my own personal Armageddon.
If the aforementioned Velma-reveal didn’t offer enough proof the end is near, there’s a mother in Texas who went on her local television news program, warning that if your family watches Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2, it opens a TV portal to Hell and leads directly to Donald Trump…sorry, I meant Satan, and allow him to harvest the souls of your children. She claims hideous things can come through your TV screens and manifest into real life events. She’s seen it happen (and based on Fox News broadcasts, I’d have to say she’s correct on that one.) Hordes of brainwashed children marching just like zombies to Disney World and Disneyland, a 666 mark hidden behind one of Mickey’s ears in the original Steamboat Willie cartoon. Get a grip. It’s Halloween. Ghosts and goblins are everywhere. Hocus Pocus 2 is a comedy. Wouldn’t it be nice if she were concerned, instead, about her state of Texas offering prayers but nothing else to keep children from being murdered in their schools? Maybe it’s time we gave Texas back to Mexico. That would certainly lessen the illegal immigration problem.
In the October 6 edition of The Voice, concerned reader Marjorie Logman touched on her experience as an Evangelical and the deprogramming she had to go through once she was no longer part of their belief system. I’ve never been one, but it appears that Evangelicals are Christian in name only. She pointed out the flawed logic of one of our semi-regular contributors (could it be…Bela?), correctly pointing out that it’s pretty much impossible to have an argument, or debate, when one side or the other is standing firmly on a false premise. A true debate can take place if both sides have facts to support their positions, but how can you debate with someone who “knows” that the Earth is flat? Or, “knows” that our planet is only 6,000 years old because that’s all the time accounted for in the Bible? Or even who “knows” that Burt and Ernie are gay? What if your religion follows a different bible? Or, you’ve never watched Sesame Street? Those aforementioned beliefs are beliefs of a particular group, not facts. Those in groups with beliefs, such as these attempt to contort facts to fit their beliefs, rather than modifying their beliefs to fit the facts. Six thousand years ago people thought the universe revolved around a flat Earth. We’ve learned a few things since then. As new facts are discovered you accept them even if you don’t like them. As much as I believe I’m not getting old, the fact is I am (I still don’t believe it). One of my favorite quotes is from Neil Degrasse Tyson: “The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” But I digress.
Where was I a paragraph back? Oh, yeah. It’s good to see Texas reclaiming the top position as primary supplier of made-in-America nut jobs and whackos. Where are the Ghostbusters when you need them?