2/23/14
Some people i have come in contact with have assumed that i am on some kind of religious or spiritual quest. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have about as much spirituality as a styrofoam coffee cup.
While many religious organizations are responsible for a large amount of charity work, i feel they are basically just businesses. They seem designed to perpetuate themselves and go to great lengths in order to ensure their individual survival. Some things done in the name of religion such as great Art, and the preservation of important texts during the middle ages, have been hugely beneficial to humankind. Other more malicious acts committed with religious fervor throughout history, seem almost misanthropic.
I have read the Bible, the Qur'an, and many other religious writings. There is a lot of great wisdom in all of them. But the two main messages they all seem to have in common are: #1, Don't be a jerk. and #2, Appreciate everything.
I don't think any organization or individual has a right, religious or political, to force their beliefs on anyone else. I truly believe in putting ideas and beliefs out there by themselves, and then walking away. If they have merit, they will survive. If they don't, then they'll fade away.
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