New Ideas and Different Perspectives
My name is Bishop Ateo. The Blue Snake
website consists of my own new ideas and different perspectives,
but I'm not posting my email address. I'm not ashamed of my radical, unpatriotic, blasphemous and non-conventional
way of looking at the world. I'm comfortable with
whatever I've written - at least at the time I wrote it. But
due to my other websites, I already get enough complaints from
the offended and emails from people hoping to save my soul.
My most provocative writings will be found here, and I just
don't want to deal with more negative feedback. If you disagree
with a thought, create a blog and say what you have to say. If
you're too offended by my views, stop reading. I don't force
my opinions on anyone, and nobody is forced to be here, so I
feel free to write whatever I like.
Recent Ideas, Thoughts and Opinions
Illegal Immigrants and Reagan - August 8, 2011
You might think that Reagan was like modern Republicans when
it comes to issues of immigration. Not a chance. About the worst
he could say was to call them "illegal tourists." He
advocated amnesty, and looked at illegal as simply people who
want a better life. Read my latest post here... Reagan
and Immigration
What About Torture to Save Lives? - July 10, 2011
Should we make allowances in the law for torturing in the
name of saving lives? I think it would be a terrible idea, and
yet I also think we should not feel that we are always bound
by every law. We need leaders who are subject to the laws of
the land yet have the courage to break them as necessary. Continues
here... Laws About Torture
True Prejudice Revealed by Gay Jesus - April 6, 2011
The Christian faiths of the world might struggle with their
idols being gay. Would all the good church-going folk all stick
with their Christianity if it was proven that Jesus was homosexual?
If not, what does this say about the tolerance that many of them
imagine they have for people of all persuasions? Continues here:
A Gay Jesus
The Worshipping of Evil - December 25, 2010
The god that Christians worship, or at least the god of those
Christians who claim the bible is sacred and is the word of God,
is evil. Worshipping Adolph Hitler would be no worse. Here's
a look at the evil intent of this "god." Continues
here: Evil God
Cultural Preservation Nonsense - October 6, 2010
What is being preserved and why should it be? Is there really
some reason to preserve traditions and cultures just because
they have been around a while? Why lament the loss of traditions
and cultures when those changes come about from voluntary choices?
Continues here: Cultural
Preservation
HIV AIDS and Military Spending - September 9, 2010
A program President Bush started in 2004 is keeping 2 million
people in Africa alive with AIDS. In fact, those with HIV can
now live long lives usign treatments that cost less than $300
per year. What if diverted some of our military spending to doing
just that? Continues here: AIDS
in Africa and Military Spending
More on the Meaning of Property Rights - August 17,
2010
...we allow for the taking of what is "ours." This
seems to negate the concept of property rights. It doesn't if
we see them as a matter of what is best for people - starting
with what is best for the individual owner - but not excluding
the interests of others. We seek our personal interests as individuals,
but a government seeks (we hope) to serve the interests of everyone,
or at least the people within it's jurisdiction. Thus we balance
property rights of the individual against what is best for...
Continues here: Meaning
of Property Rights
Note: You can find older posts here: Blue
Snake 2010 Posts
This Month's Quotes Worth Pondering
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but
in the expert's there are few. - Shunryu Suzuki
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when
they do it from religious convivtion. - Blaise Pascal
The creative individual has the capacity to free himself
from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are
caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the
rest of us accept. - John W. Gardner
More Pages of New Ideas and Different Perspectives
A Gay Jesus? - Would there be
fewer Christians?
Cultural Preservation Nonsense
- What should be preserved and why.
HIV AIDS in Africa - How millions
of lives and billions of dollars can be saved.
More on the Meaning
of Property Rights - What are the limits to ownership?
The Blue Snake in the Sky? - Where
the name of the site came from, and what it is about.
National Defense Strategy
- A radical new look.
A Definition of
Property Rights - And more on the origin.
Sand Castles and Property Rights
- How do we own things?
Fuzzy Thinking - Two examples
of cultural ideas based on fuzzy though processes.
Obama and Gays in the Military
- Desire to discriminate or just political cowardice?
Mourning a Loss - How much
should we suffer over the death of a loved one?
Memorial Day Nonsense
- What are we honoring?
Necessary Evil? - Is there
any truth to the concept?
Are Criminal Court Judges
the Criminals? - More often than we might think.
Is Human Survival Important?
- We want to survive, but why the human race?
Piss on the Flag - At least
metaphorically.
The American Flag is not My Flag
- Why no flag deserves our loyalty.
Radical Forgiveness -
It isn't a gift to the sinner.
Overcoming Negativity
- The how and why of dealing with the dark side of your mind.
Radical Budget Proposal -
Eliminate this 100 billion, add that 400 billion, balance it
all!
Health Care Plan - Give the
corporations their profits or go to jail.
Evil Bible Quotes - My commentary
on loathsome excerpts from the Old Testament. |
