Dropping the God Bomb 2.0 chapters 1 and 2. Flame me with anything!

[Wonk]

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The protesters continued to pursue Greg from a distance. George yelled out, "You and your kind aren't gonna get away with the religious persecution you've been inflicting upon us! We're sick and tired of people like you robbing us of our freedom to worship!"

After coming to a dead stop, Greg exclaimed his disbelief, "Oh, my God!" One of his guards suggested that Greg keep moving, but he ignored the advice, turned to George and said, "Are you really that ignorant of your Judeo-Christian history?" Greg mockingly slapped his own forehead with the palm of his right hand and said, "Of course you are!" He dropped his hand and flippantly added, "And I guess if I were you I wouldn't want to know the truth either. But let me clue you in on something, Sunshine; you and yours were torturing and killing each other over the most trivial differences in interpretation of scripture for thousands of years before the first evolutionist ever crawled onto dry land! So, back off with the sanctimonious bullshit and go hunting for witches, or fellow Christians who fall short of your pious standards, and leave me alone." Greg turned and walked away, satisfied he had put them in their place.

"That answer ..." barked George while in close pursuit, "... has absolutely nothing to do with what's happening in this country right now! When our forefathers founded this country, they founded it on the principle of freedom of religion! It's people like you who are robbing us of our constitutional right to practice our religion as we see fit!"

"Oh, don't ..." mockingly replied Greg,"... give me that barf! You people have been beating that drum over the airwaves for decades now. I know that it helps your handler rake in the big bucks, but it doesn't exactly line up with reality, does it?"

"You don't know what you're talking about!" groused George. "Apparently you don't know anything about the founding of this country."

"All right, Georgie!" replied Greg while nodding and walking. "I know you and yours have your share of problems accurately representing history ..." Greg turned and started talking to George and his fellow protesters as if they were three years old "... and I really don't blame you as much as I do your teachers; people like Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and of course, let's not forget the honorable Reverend Jack Frye, who stole every idea he ever had from Pat Robertson."

George growled, "I resent that accusation!"

"Of course you do!" chuckled Greg. "But let's move on, all right? You say this country was founded on the principle of freedom of religion, right?"

"Right! And I'm proud of it!" gloated George, his hand over his heart.

"What about the principle of freedom from religion, Georgie? Wasn't that the principle our country was really founded upon?"

"There's no such thing!" scornfully countered George like Greg was being an idiot.

"Sure there is, Georgie! Remember? Our forefathers weren't running away from persecution at the hands of evolutionists; they were running away from their fellow Christians, because they didn't want political institutions like the Church of England running their lives; if you and your friends like Jack Frye had your way, you'd establish a theocracy, and persecute everyone who didn't wholeheartedly agree with your divine mandate, in the name of the land of the free! No one would have the right to practice their religion as they see fit. The America our founding fathers established would no longer exist." Greg turned and walked away again, and everyone followed, including a growing security contingent that included two police officers.

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Note to mods re: DU copyright rules. The publisher is giving away chapters 1 and 2 online for free so my large snip shouldn't be a problem.

on edit: Made the subject line more incendiary in the hopes of getting some kind of response.