মুখের কথায় অবিশ্বাসীদেরকে হেদায়েত করতে ব্যর্থ হলে বিশ্বাসীরা বরাবরই “আপনার/আপনাদের জন্য আল্লাহর কাছে দোয়া করবো” জাতীয় বাণী দিয়ে থাকে। এমন ব্যক্তিদের উদ্দেশে ঝাড়ছেন আজ প্যাট কন্ডেল।
বরাবরের চেয়ে একটু কম শ্লেষাত্মক ও ঝাঁঝের তীব্রতা কিছুটা নমনীয় হলেও কম উপভোগ্য নয়। কারণ লক্ষ্যভেদী শব্দপ্রয়োগ ও তীক্ষ্ণ বাক্যবাণ তাঁর রক্তে-মজ্জায়।
কিছু নিদর্শন দেয়া যাক প্রতিবারের মতোই। এতে নিম্নগতিনেটপীড়িতদের জন্য কিছুটা সুবিধে হয়:
One of the prices you pay for being godless is that people will keep threatening to pray for you, which can be a little creepy, as you know they’re not praying for you to become happy and fulfilled, but for you to become religious, which is often far from the same thing.
They’re praying for their beliefs to have influence over your life. In other words, they’re not praying for you at all; they’re praying against you.
So can I say to the people who have said they’re praying for me, please don’t do it. You’re not doing any of any good, and frankly you are wasting your time.
I’m beyond redemption. I categorically reject God. I wholeheartedly deny the holy spirit, I’m fully resigned to eternal damnation, and I’m absolutely fine with it. You’ll be far better off praying for yourself because that’s what you’re doing anyway, and you never know, you might just get lucky.
… Religion wants you to feel that you deserve to be on your knees in penitence and submission praying for mercy. Religion wants life to be a fate worse than death. That’s why it makes such a virtue of misery. To suffer is to be holy, right?
Compared to that fate, a little earthly suffering is actually a good investment. It;s like money in the bank, and all it s going to cost you a pair of sore knees and a crippling guilt complex. What a deal. Seriously, pray for yourself.
… you don’t have to worry about me. I’m calling religion’s bluff, and I’m happily hurtling towards hell in a handcart with my feet up and smoking a cigar. Bring it on, baby, bring it on.
লক্ষ্য করুন, ভিডিওটি সাবটাইটেলসহ দেখার ব্যবস্থা আছে।
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