"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov

My grandmother was a "casual" Baptist. She rarely went to church, I never heard her pray, and as far as I know, she never tried to proselytize anyone. Yet, she believed she was, and called herself, a Christian. Because of her lax attitude others may have believed she wasn't a Christian. That is how frivolous and fickle belief can be. Because she could not prove her beliefs nor did she impose her beliefs on us, her beliefs were easily ignored, they meant nothing to anyone else and died with her.

My grandmother was an intelligent woman, but as far as her religious beliefs were concerned, she was ignorant. She thought Jesus and the disciples were white and very much like Baptists. Should I have respected this ignorance? No, not at all. Should I have put her in her place because of her ignorant beliefs? No one had to, because she was not outspoken about her faith. Inadvertently, she was considerate of others and their beliefs or non-belief.

But what if my grandmother was determined to strap a bomb to her ass and blow up the local Kingdom Hall? What if all her efforts went into "correcting" others by pushing her Christian agenda? What if she denied others the right to marry because it was contrary to her beliefs? What if she wanted control over other peoples lives and bodies because of her beliefs? What if she was influenced to vote a certain way because of her beliefs and not for the good of her country? What if she thought that the color of her skin gave her special privilege over others and made her superior to them? Others would be forced to confront her ignorance and deal with her dangerous attitudes. The definition of ignorance is: "lack of knowledge or information". To respect someone's religious beliefs is to respect their ignorance, their lack of knowledge or information. To respect the beliefs of those who are willfully ignorant, the cult mind, is foolish and dangerous. These people have deluded themselves to the point of denying everything that is contrary to what they BELIEVE so that they may KNOW that ONLY what they BELIEVE is true. That is insanity.

The sane and rational, those who care about truth, reality, and life on this planet, are the only ones who can stop this insanity. If the crimes Trump has committed are not impeachable crimes, then what is? Those who refuse to impeach him are simply complicit in those crimes and are embracing a cult mindset.

I created an earlier post which deals with the religious and cult mind: "Humankind has evolved to the point that they are conscious of their own mortality."