The Feds spend over $2mil studying PRAYER??? Another reason religion pisses me off.
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The New York Times : "Intercessory prayer"
Religion pisses me off so much. To be clear - all religions piss me off - not just Christianity (though many of its current incarnations in the US are particularly good at the job) or Judaism or Islam (though some of this "ancient wisdom's" adherents aren't any better than the afore mentioned X-ians) or any other.
In a nutshell, teaching that faith is as or more important that observation and rational thought when attempting to assess reality is bullshit. It leads to things like President Bush going to war because he firmly believed that Hussein was a threat (and that God had called upon him so to do). It leads to the US government spending over $2mil to study the healing properties of prayer. It leads to messianic idiots deciding it's time to die along with their congregations of the deluded in Jonestowns, Wacos, and Jerusalems.
If somehow, by magic, religion could be wiped from the face of the earth by dawn tomorrow most - if not all- the world's wars would end within a year. And very few would start thereafter. In Ireland - the pathetic violence would have no justification - grown men, nay brave warriors, stoning little girls on their way to school in the belief that their flavor of superstition and mythology is so much better such actions are necessary would lose it's umph and negotiators could get down to the issue of who should govern. The problems in Israel would become issues of property and apartheid. In India the regular ritual of Hindus, Muslims, and Christians killing each other on droves wouldn't have any reason.
This is a little of why religion pisses me off. To be continued…
The New York Times : "Intercessory prayer"
Religion pisses me off so much. To be clear - all religions piss me off - not just Christianity (though many of its current incarnations in the US are particularly good at the job) or Judaism or Islam (though some of this "ancient wisdom's" adherents aren't any better than the afore mentioned X-ians) or any other.
In a nutshell, teaching that faith is as or more important that observation and rational thought when attempting to assess reality is bullshit. It leads to things like President Bush going to war because he firmly believed that Hussein was a threat (and that God had called upon him so to do). It leads to the US government spending over $2mil to study the healing properties of prayer. It leads to messianic idiots deciding it's time to die along with their congregations of the deluded in Jonestowns, Wacos, and Jerusalems.
If somehow, by magic, religion could be wiped from the face of the earth by dawn tomorrow most - if not all- the world's wars would end within a year. And very few would start thereafter. In Ireland - the pathetic violence would have no justification - grown men, nay brave warriors, stoning little girls on their way to school in the belief that their flavor of superstition and mythology is so much better such actions are necessary would lose it's umph and negotiators could get down to the issue of who should govern. The problems in Israel would become issues of property and apartheid. In India the regular ritual of Hindus, Muslims, and Christians killing each other on droves wouldn't have any reason.
This is a little of why religion pisses me off. To be continued…
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