Faith of our fathers

There is a certain level of craziness that is considered normal and acceptable. I don't have to say anymore, and already you know I'm talking about religion. Why do you think that is? The crutch of the needy, and ego of the powerless? What is it that turns people into such needy fools? The delusion that by regret and tears, you're absolved from being such an asshole? But it's the social neediness that annoys me so much. I know for a fact that reading the Bible is on the top of everybody's list, that never ever gets done. Because if you actually read that thing, your faith would be crushed by the realization that god is a monster, who only talks to lunatics.

Everything must fit within an orderly fashion, even when it doesn't. That's the proof of God, and his control? There's a double edge there, that will cut you as bad going back as forward.

I know, I now have most of you so pissed off now, that you can hardly breath. You must turn away, before you have to confront REAL TRUTH! But it is not my intent to bash God, only religion. I don't think they are the same thing. Anyone who tells that Man was made in God's image, is an arrogant fool that knows nothing about biology. Here's a great revelation; you share 50% of your DNA with a carrot. Life is sliced that thin. There is a long way from a carrot to a man, or is there? If you did not share that much in common, than the carrot would not be a good food source.

My sister recites her prayer chant over each meal. Even though Jesus hated redundancy in prayer of recited scripts. She doesn't seem to worry so much about offending him. And I started wondering why this got started, and I realized that I live in a world post Louis Pasteur. We give thanks for our bounty without too many concerns of food safety. We understand that we must wash our hands with soap to keep from transmitting disease, and nearly everything in a jar or can has already been Pasteurized, and that our food is safest if raised to a temperature of 120 degrees inside, for several minutes. This is all 20 century thinking, and common knowledge, our great grand fathers did not know. Meals could be a death trap at any moment, as they still can, but are less likely so.

Religion always takes the side of moderation, or even BETTER PROHIBITION! Show God how much you love him by denial of sweats and pleasures. Remain stoic, firm, sober, grounded, humorless robot!
That is what God enjoys, seeing you suffer. That what religion always end up teaching! The more you make yourself suffer, the less God will have to punish you.

Facts are that Pasteurized Wine is good for you, as is Pasteurized BEER! Drinkers have longer lives than the sober. Turns out the oldest recipe in the world for beer is full of natural antibiotics. Drinkers almost never get sick from seafood. People who drink 4 to 5 cups of coffee per day, will never get Type II diabetes, which is not true for decafe drinkers!

But rather than learning self control, instead engage in denial the problem is you being a selfish asshole jerk with no self control. Survival on every level is about selfishness, and wronging each other. It's good to feel bad about that in hindsight. It's good to learn self control, and moderation, and spreading the wealth, and sharing in good things. Looking after each other, but come on, enjoy the last piece of cake! I believe that heaven belongs to though who share chips with the dog, rather than those who elevate themselves above the dog. They have as much right to the easy life, as you do.

The most ridiculous thing detested by religion is pride. Without Pride, you are not a good father or mother, you are not a patriot, you are not a good citizen. Even the thief has pride. You can not be honest and fair without pride.

The story of Moses and the Exodus is a fanciful tail, that doesn't match any history of Egypt and the kings list. There are stories of Pharaoh parting the Red Sea, 1000 years before Moses supposedly did, so let's not hang our hats on that. The story of Moses has such human frailty to it, how can it not be believable? But there is serious and real historical doubt to it. As well as an inconstant and silly God. Moses is the law giver, but the Torah was completed 500 years before the Exodus? The time line is all over the place, being anywhere from the time of Akhenaten to Ramesses II.

So the Bible is wrong about God creating the universe in 6 days, so what? If there is any lesson in life to be drawn from it, is about the arrogance of religion, over the reality of the world of natural law and order. You are responsible for yourself, both good and bad. Stop forming the universe into your image, and see all of it's wonder. Then maybe you realized that God does not look just like you, and you might not be the center of IT'S universe, and just maybe the Dolphin is?

Where the Bible is 100% correct was on one issue; The Love of Money is the ROOT of all evil. Is there any question of that? Even the myth of Midas told us that, and yet... (there's a huge can of worms right there- don't ever learn about Dionysus)