If you are like me who used to get constant forwarded emails from family or friends that think you need to hear gibberish, I have now included a copy of my form letter for you to send back. It always never ceases to amaze me that these unbelievably intolerant and ridiculous emails come from those who consider themselves most opposed to ignorant fundamentalists. Please add to or embelish the email if you so desire.
This is a form letter:
You have received this reply because of the email you sent me regarding religion and/or terrorism.
Thank you for sharing a message of your faith with me. Please do not do it again. I understand that your faith brings you comfort. I understand that your faith gives you strength. I understand that your faith makes you empowered. I understand this.
What you need to understand is that I do not believe in your imaginary friend. To be frank, your belief in said imaginary friend makes me question your sanity. I will not be converted by any argument to believe in your imaginary friend, not in the least since they tend to include snakes or ignited shrubbery given to elocution, births that took place without intercourse or a 6000 year old Earth. As such, I ask that you understand that if you were to substitute the phrase "The ketchup bottle" for the words "god", "jesus" or "allah" in any argument you make to me you would be considered an insane person. Please, keep your ketchup to yourself. I am not interested. Any conversations you wish to share between you and your spiritual condiments are best kept to yourself. Please refrain from any attempt to share this nonsense with me as we both have better things to do.
If your message was not one of faith but merely an attempt to make me into a racist because you are afraid of terrorists, please read the above statement regarding my questioning of your sanity. I am Irish and am fully aware of the damage people did in the name of my ancestral home's "freedom". If Hussein or Mohammed is a terrorist name, than so is McGrath or O'Neil. I will no sooner judge the name Yusaf or Achmed than I will the names Seamus or Connor and I can't express more emphatically my desire for you to keep your hate-mongering to yourself.
Sincerely
insert name here
~It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear to be stupid then to open your mouth and remove all doubt~