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Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic Garden
Island of Kaua'i for over 40 years.
Bettejo is a regular opinion writer in the Garden Island news
and is the author of the famed novella, "The Scam."
Her latest fiction"Children of extinction"
is now released and available on Amazon!Bettejo has a gift of mingling the present, the past, and the future. |
Je Suis L’Homme
I'm an outspoken atheist, have been for years, but I don't claim to have come out of a closet. I was in a big room. Just me. No religion. An only child. Playfully-- one day--I knocked down the walls and set myself free.
My father had sent me to the nuns to be raised and I loved them. Wonderful teachers. They were all in love with my father who brought them flowers and made them smile. They were happy women. About in the fourth grade all my friends took First Communion. They wore white dresses and veils and married god or something--I never quite understood--and I felt left out. So I asked, "Could become a Catholic?" He answered. "Yes. When you're old enough to find out what it's all about."
When I found out what it was 'all about', I said, " I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole." So off I went in a thousand different directions. Strangely enough, it was an Irish Priest, Father O'Connell who I met--befriended, shared a beer with on the porch of the Manila Yacht Club-- who sent me on my way to freedom. He dubbed me a 'free soul'--a phrase I liked-- and knew nothing about, but the more I learned the more I loved the idea.
When the walls came down I found myself surrounded by other bipeds. Related to the apes. Chimps. Monkeys without tails. Darwin got in the act.
I found human beings. So beautiful. Skin white and black and brown and yellow and pink and every color in-between. Eyes blue and green and gray and brown, snapping and flashing with intelligence. Hair a vast assortment of shades. Red. Yellow. Black. Brown. They painted. They wrote. Composed music. Danced and sang. Young and old and in-between. Male and female and other preferences. Once I knew a homosexual stallion. (They're unipeds.) He liked boys not girls. Never bothered me.
Humans think, therefore we are. Carry no guns. Carry no flag. We're citizens of the world. "Breathes there no human with heart so dead who never to herself has said, This is my home, my planet earth."
So, if you chose to be a Klansman--hide your face and wear a white robe--burn a cross. Come out. We'll stand on the sidelines and watch you pass.
If you're a witch who needs to be exorcised, talk to Sarah Palin. She'll arrange one. We'll stand on the sidelines and watch.
If you 're a Nazi, wear a brown shirt-- easy to find--and goose step. Tattoo a swastika on your forehead for all we care. We'll stand on the sidelines and watch.
Strap on a bomb and blow yourself and others to smithereens. Why not start with each other? We'll stand on the sidelines and watch.
I'm proud to be related to the Chimp. Wonder if she's happy to be related to me?
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Bettejo breaking bread and
discussing life with her friend and mentor, Richard Dawkins. |
P.S.
For further reading about Kaua'i you may want to read"Dairy on a ferry."
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2014/04/dairy-on-ferry-james-kimo-rosen.html
Mr. Saylor lives on Kaua'i 6 months of the year....
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Newest video #6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsbZSzIQtHA
Bettejo's new priceless possession is Richard Dawkins' "Brief Candle in the Dark."
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1 comment:
Bettejo does a fine job of writing and of expressing her views. Like her, I have no religious beliefs but have always believed in my fellow man, at least in those who do so much good for our world. More deaths and wars have been created by religions, yes like ISIS, the Jim Jones or those long ago fanatics who sacrificed people by throwing them into volcanos to satisfy the fire gods or whatever, than by all other factions. The molesting of children by the Catholics has gone on for years and yet no one at the top including the Pope who had to have known about this criminal action did a thing about it except send the guilty ones to another part of the world to continue this terrible action. All this hypocrisy is certainly not benefiting the masses of the people in the world.
A group of billionaires are forming a club to give away their wealth to help alleviate poverty, disease and starvation around the world and THAT will do more good than all the religions have ever done. Or the real heroes amongst us, the Doctors Without Borders who risk their lives to help mankind wherever it needs help.
Just my opinion.
Glenn
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