Last night I posted a couple of cheap shots against religion. They were not well thought out, or well written. They were not particularly entertaining.
Since I’m no longer a crazy graduate student, I feel I need to actually back up my rants with some sort of civilized reasoning. I cannot afford to have my rapidly growing professional reputation eclipsed by careless blog posts. I also cannot afford to offend anyone in my rapidly expanding professional network.
Also, my mother-in-law occasionally reads this blog….so I better speak some sense!
Back to question at hand: what is my problem with religion?
I think it’s a very simple answer: I don’t think we should turn over our decision-making power to anyone else, ever. Especially if it’s a large, hypocritical, paternalistic, bigoted organization that was founded on falsehoods.
There I go again. I guess I have some deeper issues with all this stuff.
Let’s try a little experiment.
Do you feel a little uncomfortable about the idea of a Mormon becoming President, because you think it’s a crazy religion?
(If you said no, please read the Wikipedia entry about Mormons)
Besides the whole plural marriage thing, why do most people think Mormonism is crazy?
Because the whole religion makes no sense. Joseph Smith, a con artist from
Is Judaism any different?
Ever hear of Moses? Moses went up a mountain and came down with stone tablets commanding his people to live by 10 commandments.
Christianity has a God who is simultaneously Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
All religions (that I’ve heard of) are founded on ridiculous myth-like stories, and they’ve been run by power-hungry corrupt institutions.
People calm the existential angst in their heart with these crazy myths….I have no problem with that. But as soon as religion tells you what to think, it becomes a major problem. And the sooner people wake up and start thinking for themselves, the better off we’ll be.
I listened to an oldie but a goodie today on my commute, and it reminded me of the basic human spirit that makes life worth living. It’s called Killing In The Name Of, and it’s the end part I’m talking about.
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