Subsonic

[pasithea]

I stand by my post last night, save for one thing. It's too long. I've been thinking about how to condense it into a soundbyte. Something people might actually listen to. The best I've come up with so far is:

Religion is like trying to count to infinity or never counting past ten.

That gets to the core of it, what I want people to think about. It puts the message in an almost koan form. Even the most pious asshat might think about what I mean there because the hostility is hidden. People are generally quick to choose sides. I myself am quite guilty of this. I see an ambiguous comment and I want to pass judgement on the person so I think about the statement until I et what it is they're driving at with it.

The problem is that the above doesn't flow quite right and it's still not short enough to put on a bumper sticker. I think it's got the core info even if it loses some of the detail. What I need now is a prettier compression algorithm. (This is like making a GIF or JPG with words) Religion is like counting to infinity or always leaving off at ten. Better. 'trying' was too positive a word. Makes more a better understanding of the futility of it, while removing a hint of my personal bias. On the other hand, 'always' has a more positive spin than 'never' and 'leaving off' is less redundant than 'counting past'. Further masking my intent and making it flow better. Of course, saying 'Religion' is still a key that it's an agnostic or atheist statement, so it's not too ambiguous but no other word 'God', 'Dogma', 'Theology' works as well. I think if I change 'infinity' and 'ten' to their mathematical symbols, I have something that will fit on a bumper sticker. Something provoking enough to be read but not so provoking it gets my house firebombed. Something that will stick in someone's brain. Make them think and argue it internally. That's what I'm looking for. That's what I've been looking for for several years. I don't know if this is it, if this is THE think button, but it's a lot closer than I've ever been before.

On related to this post and maybe as a hint that I'm done with this thread, I've realized that for someone who tries to be an artist, I tend to not think very graphically so I thought I might try making an image that summarizes what I'm thinking about in my posts. Realistically, I don't know if I'll be able to keep it up but it's an interesting idea to try. Have to see how it goes. Though if this one is any indication, it's not going to go well. This is kinda a feeble drawing.