Rant 41 - 10/2/12 Subject: Hiding behind religion

Rant number 41


So - religion. A touchy subject.


To begin with, I must say that I have no problem with anyones religion (I almost said beliefs then, but actually - the beliefs is exactly the part I have an issue with.) I have friends of various different religions and faiths, both devout and disinterested. I'm not singling out anyone here.


I believe wholeheartedly that all religions are quintessentially pretty similar. This is not a fact that people like however, its true. Whether god or gods, pope or plain pews. All religions are designed to instill a set of ideals which are - by definition pretty similar once again. (I understand that the above may offend someone however, read the rest of the post. If you are still bothered - I don't really care)


Although there are various theories about religion being a good way to control people (and it is) another thing that I would like to believe about all religions is that, somewhere along the lines, they are all about good intentions. If they weren't, they wouldn't have made it this far - surely.


And with this in mind, this is why I get so fucking livid about people who do something disgusting then says that God/Allah or whoever you wish to cite told them to do so via their holy book.


When looking at the bible, the Quran or whatever. You've got to remember that these books are thousands of years old and were written by people. God did not pick up his laptop and whack out a copy of the bible a couple of thousand of years ago.


Now you can argue that people were acting as his conduit in this respect however,


there is still no way that such a book could be written without some kind of bias from humans - not to mention humans in the ancient world.


As such, your scripture - which is often open to interpretation anyway is not the direct word of god.


Ipso facto: You can't persecute someone because your magic book says so.


Today, 3 Muslim men were jailed for putting up posters stating that gay people should receive the death penalty. Come again!?


What kind of person thinks that that is acceptable behavior - or genuinely believes this kind of thing? Assholes.


Now this would be one thing on its own. Its sickening, revolting behavior - but not unique.
What they said after however, made my blood boil!
By all accounts: 'they were simply doing their duty as Muslims to condemn sinful behavior in society'
I really hope that they receive the ultimate irony in the showers (twice a night and 3 times on weekends.)


And this is not just a tirade about Islam. Because the christians do it too, the Hindu's do - and all the other religions do too. 


Religion should be about good values and faith. Too often though its about hate and persecution. Homophobes hide behind religion, terrorists site religion as the reason for how they behave - hell, even complete psychopaths on death row say that god told them to.


Its sad, it really is. 


A message to anyone out there who behaves in this way: 
The next time you want to do something hateful, to persecute someone, to hurt them because they are different from you - do it off your own back YOU FUCKING COWARD. Your god or gods does not want you to behave in this way.


You people make me sick!


Rant over.