Just one of us...

Today I had the priviledge of riding to Concord Mills, NC with my best friend, and happened upon this wonderful book while at the local mall. The book is "The Atheist's Bible" and I must say that it was an incredible scim through--lots of good examples of sinners sinning against the "Holy Word of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Valentino and Dolce and Gabana". The authors have cleverly collected sayings from some of the world's most influential persons, living and benign, and combined them into a--gospel of sorts. Great stuff. I found one little blurp especially compelling: recorded as being said by Fredrick Douglass, "I prayed 20 years for freedom, and finally got a reply from my legs." That little statement got me thinking as to why religion ever got started. My personal theory is that religion was the first form of anti-depressant; our monkey cousins didn't want to sit around staring at bananas and thinking about their immediate death by alien attack...the only answer would be to pray to the aliens and ask them for mercy. Batabing bataboom, Judaism is born--the aliens never show up, and the banana is honored for its potassium. This is such a nice feeling that the Jews decide to walk upright, never eat pigs, and wash in olive oil.
I once heard that Sigmund Freud said, "There will only be peace on earth, when all religion is expelled." So yeah, those aren't the exact words, but you get the idea. The other night I went home and was talking with my dad about this quote, and was pretty shocked to hear that he believed it to be true (ME TOO DAD!! high five). How many roaches does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Probably the same number of Christians it would take praying until world peace came about. Sincerity, honesty, love, and truth, aren't things that come with a god. They are things that we have made a god out of. Look at the world, and the mess that religious pompousness has left in its wake. The world would be better off with congregations of Red Cross volunteers--and let me say that with the help of morphine, there is no need for a higher power to decrease your pain. Anyway, so my day in the shadow of life, love, and politics:
Life: What if God is just one of us?
Love: There is no mold for love, it comes in all different UPS vans.
Politics: Only you can prevent forest fires.

--all done in good humor