When religious fanaticism by Jews kills Jews

The sad story in NYC, picked up around the world, is about SEVEN of EIGHT children killed.

We'll ignore the fanaticism of having that many children. Let's just say the odds don't always work for people that think the more kids they have, the better the odds of spreading their fabulous genes all over the world.

No, the key fact in THIS story, which involves Orthodox Jews (who normally don't have THAT many children, even spread over ten or twelve years) is that the destruction wasn't caused by anti-semites or Isis. It was caused by their own religion.

That's right. Unlike most every headline involving mass deaths, you can't blame THIS one on terrorists.

The Jews were not blown up. They were not put into ovens. They died because of a fucking HOT PALTE.

Pathetic isn't it? Downright tragic. Absolutely horrible.

RELIGIOUS FANATICISM KILLS.

From one of the many newspaper accounts: "The blaze began in the kitchen, when a hot plate that was left on, likely to keep food warm during the Sabbath without using the oven, caught fire."

Another account: "...the plate was likely kept on as it is a way to keep food warm during the Jewish Sabbath without using the oven. During the Sabbath, most Orthodox families will not light fires."

I know. Show me in the Bible or the Torah where it says that ovens can't be used on the Sabbath...but a hot plate CAN.

Most every story on this miserable event had to explain why in the world a middle class, if not affluent family, was fucking around with a hot plate.

Because God told them???

In shitty neighborhoods, of which there are many just a short bus ride from where THIS family lived, it's not uncommon for a fire to start because of a defective heater, or crappy electric blanket, or a faulty hot plate...all because a cheap fucking landlord wasn't supplying enough steam heat, or had turned off the gas or something.

NO. In THIS case, RELIGIOUS FANATICISM was the cause of death. The Orthodox Jewish mother and one surviving child are in the hospital. The father? Away on business. The whole incident would never have happened IF somebody didn't have the "smart" idea of out-witting GOD.

Or, let's make that G-D.

Yes, G-D, another example of RELIGIOUS FANATICISM and STUPIDITY. Orthodox Jews won't write GOD, they'll write G-D. We all know what it means, but a fucking hyphen is vital, and to not use it is a sin. Like, G-D might strike you down for it. Same as...G-D striking you down or using a hot plate?

We're talking just talking Jews here. There's weasel-bullshit in ALL religions. It's why pedophile priests think they have not sinned, or if they did, God forgives them. It's why the Muslims can murder anyone and think Allah is happy about it. It's any number of loophole games religious people play to "interpret" something in their favor.

You'd think ADULTS wouldn't play the games kids play: "God, I promise, I won't jerk off any more...uh, after I'm done with THIS issue of Playboy..."

Right now, in "Comments" sections of most every newspaper, kneejerks are refuting anyone who suggests that religion has killed seven people. "How dare you, at a time like this," speak the truth?

It's all, "let's pray for the children." Yeah, but let's pray for sanity, too.

"This is not a time to disparage someone's religion." When IS the time? When 20 kids are gunned down in a classroom, we hear, "Now is not the time to complain about gun control." Right, do it when everyone's calmed down and nobody cares anymore? No, that doesn't work.

Happily for the kneejerks, Orthodox Jews, as well as the Islam maniacs, Scientologists, Westboro Baptists and the Amish and the rest, will NEVER listen to reason. At best, a few will leave before they can be exploited or killed, but most will NOT.

And I ask, WHAT is it about RELIGION, that makes it off-limits for discussion or parody or disagreement? 2,000 years ago, even 200 years ago, fine, you want to believe God is in a cloud, along with angels, fine. NOW? Now we have proof there is NOTHING out there for BILLIONS OF MILES. Are these religious fanatics claiming God is now invisible, along with Moses, Jesus, Mohamed and L. Ron Hubbard and any other religious leaders? Where the fuck are the 40 virgins in heaven that greasy, ugly Muslims are fucking?

Among the insane notions in Orthodox Judaism, there's the idea that you can't tear paper on the Sabbath (so you spend Friday afternoon ripping sections of toilet paper off the roll). Ask the rabbi why the fuck G-D would care about this, and who knows what crazed answer you'd get. GOD, of course, is a fashion expert who believes in burkas, little beanies, satin dresses for Cardinals, and all kinds of other nitwit examples of show-and-tell.

So G-D believes you can't use electricity on the fucking sabbath. Hey, that's a step up from the asshole Amish who think God is against electricity at ALL times.

The "trick" (and let's NOT go there, girlfriend, with how sneaky Jews can be) is if you leave a hot plate on, it's, uh, not a real stove. Or if it's battery operated it's not using electricity. Or if you keep it on high, but then turn it off, it's still HOT but it's NOT on....

So what do we draw from this? That G-D saw this and got very, very pissed off?

Am I being cruel or am I asking a very good question? This is an Orthodox Jewish family who fully believed G-D would get them if they dared to use electricity on the sabbath...but thought they could bargain G-D down a bit by fucking around with a hot plate...and G-D said, "GOTCHA."

Sorry, but either you BELIEVE or you DON'T.

What IS the rabbi going to tell the survivors of this family, and the rest of the congregation??

It'll either be the old shrug of "G-d moves in mysterious ways" or "G-d LOVES it when Jews suffer" or maybe "G-d has a higher plan and needed these kids right this minute." The rabbi is NOT going to say "Jesus, I guess G-D really doesn't like sneaky shit where you try and get around His rules."

John Lennon sang it. "Imagine...no religion." Yes, imagine a happy family in Brooklyn, using electricity like everyone else; being alive and well.