What is religion?

We all see religion differently. As I've pointed out repeatedly in this blog, it seems that nearly everyone feels they have the right to pick and choose which of the contradictory themes from within their Holy Book they will follow. Some Muslims point out that Islam is a religion of peace - and they point to passages in their Qur'an that support this theme. Other members of Islam commit suicide, stone sinners and wage jihad against anyone that pissed them off today - and they point to their favorite passages in the same book.

Christians? Same thing. Some see the hate, bitterness, discrimination, strict rules and intolerance of the Old Testament and wish to wage war with anything that is different from them. Others point to the love, sharing and nurturing taught (most of the time) by Christ in the New Testament. Take your pick - they're all delusional. If there ARE higher powers at work in this universe, and there may well be, we have not yet found them.

Following - some of the hate, bile and venom spewed out by some Christians in the US toward their fellow human beings - atheists - on just one blog. Just so you can get a better understanding of where religion can lead you.

Must Be the Clinton's Fault

Read more at Crooks and Liars (this is from the Fox News Service)...

We know, with a 70 percent level of certainty - which is huge in the world of intelligence - that in August of 2007, bin Laden was in a convoy headed south from Tora Bora. We had his butt, on camera, on satellite. We were listening to his conversations. We had the world’s best hunters/killers - Seal Team 6 - nearby. We had the world class Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) coordinating with the CIA and other agencies. We had unmanned drones overhead with missiles on their wings; we had the best Air Force on the planet, begging to drop one on the terrorist. We had him in our sights; we had done it. Nice job again guys - now, pull the damn trigger.

Unbelievably, and in my opinion, criminally, we did not kill Usama bin Laden.

You cannot make this crap up; truth is always stranger and more telling than fiction. Our government, the current administration and yes, our military leaders included, failed to kill bin Laden for no other reason than incompetence.

Did You Know - God is Grumpy

Some days you;ve got to figure, God just gets up on the wrong side of the bed.

A Cypress man charged in the death of a Southwest Airlines flight attendant said Saturday that he was doing God's work when he went to a Montrose-area bar last month, hunting for a gay man to kill.

"I believe I'm Elijah, called by God to be a prophet," said 26-year-old Terry Mark Mangum, charged with murder June 11. " ... I believe with all my heart that I was doing the right thing."

From Chron.com