Religion

I was looking over Margaux's list of controversial topics and I saw a lot of things I wanted to talk about, but I only have time to talk about one. I decided to talk about religion. I don't remember if it was on the list... but this is the thing I want to talk about.

Let me start out with one of my favorite quotes: "A religious war is like two kids fighting over who has the better imaginary friend."

I don't mind religion... I guess you could say I'm indifferent. What does bother me is when people get up their own asses with religion. Religion is important to some people and that can be a good thing. But there are two problems that I have with religion. First of all, why does someone need a book to tell them what is right and what is wrong? I know I'm not perfect, but I usually do the right thing and I don't need the threat of burning in an eternal lake of fire. But, then again, that's just me. The second thing that really bugs me is that people tend pick at their holy book and find itty bitty passages that don't really mean anything. These are storybooks that teach lessons. A fable in a manner of speaking. It has a lesson, but shouldn't be the laws to live by. The point of most of these books is to promote peace and love. Would Jesus approve of wars over religions? I don't think so. Oh well, that's my two cents anyway. I'm not done with this topic yet, but I'm getting tired. I'll post the rest tomorrow.

Oh, and one more thing... keep your religion out of my school and my government, and I'll keep intelligence out of your religion.

"When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."
-Abraham Lincoln

"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow."
-Anais Nin

Update:

I happen to be an active member of Peter Griffin's Church of the Fonz. So I will not comment either way for fear of a bias.