Proud to be an Infidel

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Submitted by david on 14 September 2006 - 6:52am

It's a few days after 9/11 and I got to thinking about what kind of people (and I use that term loosely) would kill innocent people. (Okay, they were evil sociopathic religious nutcases worshiping an evil god. There, I said it.) Then I thought about why I liked America, despite its many flaws. And it boils down to freedom.

So here's my 13 reasons I'm proud to be an American Infidel.

1. We can choose what religion to believe without the government telling us.
2. Or not have a religion. And that's okay.
3. Our religiious leaders don't promote killing people in the name of their god.
4. Our women can be heads of Fortune 500 companies, CEO's, politicians, lawyers, or doctors.
5. Or they can be housewives. Whatever they want to aspire to.
6. Our girls get to go to school.
7. Our laws aren't based on 2000 year old fairy tales, but rather on common sense. (Even the stuff in our laws that's based on fairy tales is just common sense. Really.)
8. It doesn't matter who you sleep with, you're still an American. If you're gay/lesbian, we wont kill you for that.
9. I can watch The Andy Griffith Show or The Sopranos. Or both.
10. We can make TV shows like Andy Griffith or the Sopranos.
11. I get to shave. (I look horrible with a beard.)
12. I can write this post.
13. Bacon. Especially Canadian Bacon/Pineapple pizza. mmmmmm....

(This post is not an affront to Muslims. It's about those radical Muslims who want to kill people who don't believe what they believe.)

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Raggedy (not verified)

14 September 2006 - 7:16am

Great list!
Mine is up too..
Takes a slice of #13 on my way out..

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14 September 2006 - 7:40am

[...] About half an hour ago I wrote a post on why I’m proud to be an American Infidel. Part of that post dealth with America letting girls go to school and women being whatever they want. (As opposed to many Arab countries.) [...]

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Kailani (not verified)

14 September 2006 - 10:30am

Yes, we are very fortunate for what we have as Americans.

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JM Snyder (not verified)

14 September 2006 - 5:36pm

"If you’re gay/lesbian, we wont kill you for that."

Tell that to Matthew Sheppard. Or Brandon Teena. Or Gwen Araujo.

I'm proud to be an American Infidel too, but some Americans need to wake up and realize that freedom for one means freedom for ALL.

Great list, otherwise smiley

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david

14 September 2006 - 6:33pm

forgot about matthew and brandon. I was mostly concerned with religious killings of gays and lesbians. Matt's death wasn't overtly religious, and I'm not sure about brandon's death.

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N. Mallory (not verified)

14 September 2006 - 9:32pm

Normally I wouldn't comment politically on a TT post. Very proud to be an American. Think all of those freedoms are threatened in this country currently. Really have to echo JM Snyder.

I think it's great that you believe all of those things.

Besides what you *said* was that you won't be killed in America for being gay or lesbian, you didn't specify that it was a you won't be killed for religious reasons for being gay or lesbian. In fact, you said early on that what's great about America is that religion doesn't matter. If it doesn't matter, then there's no religious reason to kill. Yet, gays and lesbians are still being killed in America just for being gay and lesbian just like in countries where Muslims have control.

Which makes you wonder who exactly is in control over here, doesn't it?

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Jersey Girl (not verified)

14 September 2006 - 9:43pm

really well done...and amen to our girls get to go to school

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April (not verified)

16 September 2006 - 10:31am

Hello smiley

I'm a human being, a woman, muslim, mother, daughter, sister, physician. And there are many others just like me.

The world's not as dark as it seems, let's open our eyes and together really look into ourselves and understand that we're all the same, excluding the unstable few.

God Bless You and America and all other nations and people who have Peace within themselves.

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david

16 September 2006 - 5:39pm

Unfortunately, April, it's those unstable few that kill people and fly airplanes into buildings that make the news.

And there's a lot of those "unstable few."

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Todd Beardsley (not verified)

27 April 2009 - 12:46pm

We are the lucky ones. It seems the more that religion and government walk hand-in-hand, the more problems arise.
- Todd Beardsley

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