We Must Ban Religion, for the Common Good
The time has come to get rid of religion, at least as an exterior force. In recent years it seems that religion has become the absolute criteria by which mankind judges its enemies and gives itself the right to kill them. There are thousands of variations to these cults of hatred and all ultimately end up destroying that which it professes to protect.

The Christian mythology based on the sacrifice of an almost cartoon-like character, has a rich history of intolerance and death. Most recently, in its covert actions in Muslim countries, its support of pseudo science that denies life giving therapies and research, its willingness to sacrifice mothers to the advantage of unwanted blastocells and its ongoing genocidal attacks around the world may not be the absolute leader in theo-cretinism, but it is a strong contender.

The Christian right has been, for a number of years, the center of what is both evil and enslaving in the United States. In its name, a vicious and tainted president has survived for two terms destroying the very foundations of our democracy. It allowed every one of our cherished freedoms to be stripped and discarded and winked at torture, illegal imprisonment and death squads.

On the other side we have the Muslim community based on an equally faulty interpretation of the acts and speeches of a bloodthirsty prophet. Loosely based on an equally frangible interpretation of a number of old folkloric texts, these descendants of Ismael also preach brotherhood, peace and the absolute respect for life. Along the way they have discarded any vestige of honor or integrity gladly embracing the concept of fratricidal and theological retaliation for whatever offense they may perceive.

Violently opposed to allowing anyone, including their own wives, mothers and daughters the right to think for themselves, they expect that at the very least we must allow them the opportunity to pray five times a day while denying us the right to have our own beliefs.

I will not even get into the flawed concept that now motivates the Jewish community. To oppose Judaism is to be a Hitler equivalent, with no grey area allowed. To follow the concept that they were given the land that they abandoned over two thousand years ago is to invite the future reclamation of America by the native Indians, or even putting the Mongols in front of the gates of Vienna. Real estate transactions spanning millennia are the stuff of dreams.

No seriously, in this incredible cocktail of warring mythologies, the only answer is to demand that religion be taken off the table. Who cares if your mythology demands that you bang your head on the ground five times a day, that you raise your demanding eyes to the heavens for some sort of boon or even that you whine about your sad fate? Who really cares?

Atheists will tell you that whatever mythology you embrace, you have already been diminished by its contact. By adhering to something as vague, as deadly and as ridiculous as the almighty power that is all around but never there, you lower yourself to the level of that ignorant shepherd who invented god to explain away things that have now become totally understandable.

And as for using religion to excuse murder, that is akin to a psychotic person’s ability to hear voices and to follow their dictates. The only difference is that the voices you hear are real; they come from your imam, priest, rabbi or your local politician. They are all saying the same damn thing: “Gott mit uns” regardless of the god you embrace and the killing he desires.

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