Religion.......
I've never been religious, or seen anything in religion that would have any interest for me.
I often find that people are always quoting a passage from the bible or other good book, and then putting there own interpretation on that passage. The fact that, ... those same passages were written as someone else's interpretation never seems to get mentioned!!
So what is religion, i think the first religions were basically created by some very smart rulers from the very distant past. They had huge areas of territory that they couldn't possibly secure with manpower, What better way of controlling the people , than having the people control themselves!! About 10/15 years ago, someone came up with the same sort of theory, and published evidence to back his claims, I don't know whatever came out of that....
When you go back as far as you can, ...documented, or by stories past down the ages. There has been more wars, more deaths, and more pain caused by religions then all other causes put together. I understand that to be a documented fact, unless any of you here, can document against....
Now we have fundamentalists, mainly Muslim, but also from the other ranks of religion that either want to rule the world under the rules of their particular religion or want something equally as stupid. They are quite prepared to kill/slaughter themselves, and anyone else that gets in the way of there goals. These people (if you can call them that) genuinely believe, that purposely killing innocent people will martyr them to heaven!!!!! How can you ever argue with a mindset like that.... you can't and that's why they are so dangerous. So that, is my other argument with religion, That there is no argument, which means there's no room for commonsense either!
Never quite understood the reason, for so many needing to have religion in there lives. I've lived my life, and it's been a full one up till now, by believing in myself. I know what's right and whats wrong, i know how far i can go without breaking my own rules, even if i have to stretch them here and there at times. If i get into a jam, i get myself out of it, sometimes with the help of others, but still directed by myself. If i need someone or something to lean on, i lean on my partner, or work things out in my own mind, until i come up with a solution or an answer, ...ie: lean on myself.
Don't get me wrong, i have nothing against anyone believing in what ever they want to believe in, or what ever religion. So long as, there not hurting, or out to hurt anyone else, or trying to covert others to there way of thinking.
I may in the future tell the story of an Uncle that just loved to debate topics on religion, he was a first class debater and a master of the, off the cuff, one line humour. (as good as Bob Hope on any day, and on a good day...far better) How long that post will be, God only knows!! Oooooops, did i say god !
David......
