USA part 2, at a country near you

by **popesmokesdope** » Fri May 02, 2003 2:48 pm

I am not an \'atheist\', I believe God exists and I like to bad mouth Him.

by **popesmokesdope** » Fri May 02, 2003 3:15 pm

Wars are fought on ideologies and the conflict of ideologies. If religion is an ideology, then therein lies the answer. There are of course some who would like to believe that religion is not merely an ideology, but a higher truth, spoken by God Himself. Only when God comes down one day and kicks me in the ass and points me to one true religion (among the millions) will I ever believe that. Until then religion is just a way of rationalizing the universe around us and trying to find a meaning in its ways. Frankly, science does a better job and you don\'t hang for questioning science\'s answers. Man has always been a rational being, and a fundamentalist is only rationalizing in his own way his actions and what he believes. What makes religions dangerous is that they do not evolve with the human thought process, do not account for the changes that contradict an ideology and choose to counter them by just denying the existence of such contradictions. Militant Hinduism, Militant Islam, Militant Christianity, Militant Semitism can thus be explained. As long as education is denied and the mind is not allowed to expand, we will have to live with the consequences of fundamentalism. If religion is a thought process then my line of thinking is my own religion, which may not be palatable to many, and there lies the core of the problem. The only solution to the problem is that religion must be willing to discuss, accept and account for its limitations. It must be willing to acknowledge changes in the universe, changes in our knowledge base that contradict its preachings and deductions. [Contd...]

by **popesmokesdope** » Fri May 02, 2003 3:22 pm

[Contd...] Christians, Jews and Muslims are chewing each other\'s heads off and trying to prove to world who is holier than whom, by directly marauding the divinity of their counterpart\'s \"messenger/messiah\". This has been going on for like 2000 years, and it never seems to end. Then there is the Hindu-Muslim divide, though relatively recent - it is a blatant truth that spits on our face on how ugly things can get. Then my favourite, the European pagan/neo-pagan Vs Juedo-Christianity, resulting in arsenal, church-burning and other acts of the unspeakable. Revd Jerry Falwell and his cronies are as dangerous as any mullah Jihadi of the week. Jerry Falwell is a gentleman who pimps around with the idea of supremacy induced fundamentalism akin to KKK or WAR88, south USA. The sinhalese atrocities on ethnic tamils in the 80s are testament to the fact that even an ideology that declares itself to be the most peaceful and proves it over centuries, is vulnerable to subversion just like any other. There is a shit load of problems here in South India with the dalit Christians calling themsleves X-ians and hating everybody. The point is, fundamentalism in any form reeks of putresence, and should be eradicated from this filthy planet for a more harmonious living. Ayn Rand-ish .. ughh *shudders* !! I would call Rand pointless and boring. She has nil sense of humour, thinks egoism is what will change the world and writes a few thousand pages on that. The storylines are appalling and uninteresting, filled with new age philosophy which has for some reason garnered her legions of followers. [Contd... maybe later... pooped now!!]

by **popesmokesdope** » Fri May 02, 2003 3:38 pm

The final word is Religious Tolerance. If anyone has any problem regarding others\' religion/faith/culture/language/race/colour, then they should leaarn to live with it. Live your life and leave me alone. Blurred are the fringes of reality and perception. Oh, and regarding the Utopian school of thought, I guess that\'s the best policy to endorse, at least in these forums. Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block
of the universe. <br>
- Frank Zappa

by **Arch** » Sat May 03, 2003 2:02 am

yes! i knew u wud say all of these, almost

except for the \'mouthing God\', whoa!! Anyways, wud change, as u grow. I have observed growth since u moved to hyderabad to todate. Would love to reply to u right away, but, .. got the weekend ahead. gtg.

by **Kiran** » Sat May 03, 2003 2:34 am

agree with the religious tolerance. But what do u do when another person/group/country tries to rub his/their values/ideologies on you when u r as tolerant as Buddha (this has nothing to do with the current Iraq war...i believe the morality factor was only a blanket for other more mortal reasons)

by **Arch** » Sat May 03, 2003 2:51 am

aarrgghhh ! go to WAR and maybe die ! lie low, take it lying down, allow them to walk all over you in the name of tolerance, go on to the streets and take part in anti-whatevr protests, dharna, satyagrah or well? ahem.. ?

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