 The Term "Meatball"
by
David M. Fitzpatrick
Last updated
Sunday, 26 February 2006
I don't remember when I first referred to
fundamentalist Xians as "meatballs," but I've been doing it for years
and it has stuck. Now, before any visiting Xians get all excited, I DO NOT
refer to any religious person as a meatball. I ONLY refer to fundamentalists
as such. Namely, I use the term if:
- He believes in his mythology at the expense
of logic, reason, and intellect, no matter the cost
- He thinks the rest of us should believe it as
well, usually obvious by making statements about such things as:
- How they can't understand how we can't
see what he does
- How he knows we're all going to Hell if
we don't accept Jesus as our Savior and be born again
- How millions of people of the same
religion as him, but a different denomination, are completely wrong
- He won't shut up about it, regardless of how
many times I've politely told them I don't want to discuss it (or how many
times I've reduced them to quivering masses of confusion after finally
agreeing to debate their religion with them, and them wishing we never
did)
I have loads of Xian friends; people can
believe in their fairy tales all they want and I'm fine with that. We simply agree
to disagree. Occasionally we have debates over the subject, but in the end
we remain friends. We accept each other and move on with our lives, which
seems to be the way it ought to be.
Meatballs don't seem to be able to do that. I'll respect someone's beliefs
until they suspend all logic and reason, judge me because I don't believe in
what they do, and incessantly whine about it until it goes beyond the point
of simply being annoying. Then, they're no longer religionists with
beliefs... they're damned annoying, and they're meatballs.
Meatball
sub: A group of meatballs.
Spaghetti dinner: An entire congregation of meatballs. |
