This posting is more this old curmudgeon thinking out loud than anything else… so take it in that spirit.
I am not a fan of religion. In my calculus the amount of harm that religion has done far outweighs any good that can be attributed to it. Given that the basis of any religion is essentially unprovable (hence we talk about faith), the amount of prosecution, violence, even killing and wars, suppression of other beliefs and non-believers, etc. done in the name religion, in the name of God, is incredible. The history I am most familiar is of the history of the Catholic Church, not because I am Catholic, but it because it longest and best documented. This history continually makes me cringe the more I learn about it. Protestants, Muslims, Hindus and probably many others religions do not get a pass on this horrible chronicle either.
In spite of having said the above, I totally understand the impulse to be religious. Hell, at times Continue reading “Our Father, Which Art at Red Lobster… “
