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July 12, 2004
Politics and Religion
Ok, so a lot of my blogs touch on religion. But hey, religion is such a large part of society. So many laws, rules, guidelines and such are formed by and around religious beliefs. Deal with it.
I recently saw Farenheit 9/11 and it reminded me so much of why religion is so pervasive. Of politics and religion, which one relies on vague interpretations, obfuscations of the truth, unprovable conjecture, and outright falsehoods? Right, both of them! Which one of them is built around the philosophy that a select few know what's right for the rest of us? Right, both of them! Of religion and politics, which form (AKA political party or governmental structure or religious sect) is the right one for you? Right, none of them!
Both religion and politics rush to tell you what's right for you while simultaneously holding their collective hands out prompting you to pay them for such a service, yet neither are tailored to you, personally. Now obviously, there's just too many people to have either so personalized, but both are so blatantly over-generalized and sanitized that they're simply feeble attempts to placate everyone.
Politics and religion both ignore the truism, "You can't please everyone all of the time," and yet try to do exactly that. Both are murderers of rational thought and any extensive talk on either subject numbs the brain and glazes the eyes to the point where you could even watch a movie like "White Chicks" without feeling the desire to do something drastic with a sharp implement.
What's depressing is that neither will change and neither will be seperate. They are both part of the same amorphus body of sewage, corruption and brainwashing with only one viable way to deal with it: consume in small doses and add copious amounts of free-thinking and individuality.
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