beating a dead horse

***this post was started before i left and now i'm just posting it to get it out of the "draft" folder. it's not the complete diatribe i intended to write but you getm y point...***

i was a bit hesitant about posting this but i'm so bugged that i just can't get AWAY from it. it's everywhere on the news and it's just saturating everything i come in contact with in spite of the fact that i hardly watch any tv, it's still EVERYWHERE!!

so many may already know that terry schiavo has passed away. and i say, about time.

and i've had many questions for people who are "religious" and subscribe to this idea of "sanctity of life" or "culture of life" but you can't ask anyone these questions without getting screamed at or scoffing. and i really have these questions. and of course, because i'm not a born-again christian they don't have to talk to me about it cuz i'm going to hell. and i think, DUH! i know the busdriver!! that doesn't mean i don't have questions you morons.

*ahem*

anyway, i haven't written them down yet but i have verbally made my wishes clear to my grandma, which are in the case of major injury where i am in a vegetative state then they are to keep my on lifesupport until i'm a size 8, then unplug me.

don't look at me like that. i already tolllld you that i'm going to hell. sheesh.

anyway, seriously though, i have two thoughts/questions regarding terry schiavo and the political/religious hoohah encircling her.

1) this is in regards to this idea of "culture of life/sanctity of life." since when did christians claim this notion as their own? why is it only christians that think they espouse this idea as a group?
and, are they aware of how incredibly hypocritical they are? for example, and i've said this before, george bush has sent thousands of our own citizens to be killed and to KILL thousands of other humans across the globe in iraq, and under a false pretense. if sanctity of life was so important to him then why didn't he make double gawdamn sure he knew what the fuck he was talking about before sending them? also, this makes me think, well maybe there's only sanctity of life for those white christians in the united states and not for those brown islamic/muslim/shia/kurdish (enter non-christian religion here). also, george w. bush executed more criminals as governor than ANY other governor ever, even RETARDS. he had no problem whatsoever executing retards AND he even made a statement saying that he fully believed that that everyone there on death row deserved to be there and had full access to all the courts and they will be executed. in spite of the mounting evidence that many defense attorneys were extremely derelict in their duty and the criminal was RETARDED and obviously couldn't help much in their own defense. but, again, apparently only special sections of the population fall under "sanctity of life" protection.

i also have a problem with the sanctity of life not only being applicable to just a small segment of society but only relevant to people in general. i am a biologist and a conservationist: i study and work to PRESERVE LIFE. and it appalls me that christians believe they have been given dominion over life.
Bill Moyers
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1206-10.htm gave an excellent speech about the christian right and conservation.

2) if you're a "christian" and you've been born-again, and having done so are guaranteed eternity in heaven with god, then why is death something to be avoided or afraid of? answer me that!