Visionaries,
I am offering a slightly edited post, for Susan. Her post describing the harsh realities of life under biblical law was very clever, and I thought I could make a similar point by sketching some aspects of life under the current theocratic regime of the great god Demos.
An Open Letter to Dr. Dennis Demos:
Dear Dr. Demos,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding man’s law. I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend their homophobia, for example, I simply remind him that our current hate speech mandates clearly state it to be an abomination to use words that indicate any opposition to the behavior of homo pervertens. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.
When I sacrifice chickens on the beach in south Florida, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the multiculturalists. The problem is the neighbors. They claim the spectacle is not pleasing to them. How should I deal with this? The same goes for some Muslim friends who like to sacrifice goats on their front lawn in California. How do we deal with the intolerance of the neighbors?
I would like to sell my daughter into porn slavery, as a recent article in Cosmopolitan suggested as a way to overcome her inhibitions. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
Imperial American foreign policy states that slavery is acceptable depending on what nation it occurs in. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Sudan but not Canada. Can you clarify?
I have a neighbor who insists on working for cash only, without reporting his income to IRS. How long should we let him rot in prison? Or should I just lock him up in my own basement?
A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish without FDA approval is an abomination, it is a lesser abomination than homosexual acts without a condom. I don’t agree. Can you settle this dispute?
I know that I may not approach the altar of man without a certified attorney accompanying me. I have to admit that I don’t have the money Do I have to be rich, or is there some wiggle room here?
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that man’s word is eternal, even though it changes all the time.
P.S. & N.B to everybody
1. The homo in homo pervertens above is Latin, not Greek. So we have not advanced far enough in our bravenewworld liberties to have me arrested yet. So just lay off.
2. On my first attempt at sending this, Eudora awarded me three jalapenos for my post. So maybe Eudora should lay off too.
Apologetics in the Void” are repostings from an on-going electronic discussion and debate I had some time ago with members of our local community, whose names I have changed. The list serve is called Vision 20/20, and hence the name “visionaries.” Reading just these posts probably feels like listening to one half of a phone conversation, but I don’t feel at liberty to publish what others have written. But I have been editing these posts (lightly) with intelligibility in mind.