As a Canadian, I am deeply offended that we are not eligible to be slaves. That is discrimination and I am going to take this to the International Human Rights Commission.

Sir Ooragoth,

i have responded in kind...you will find it in your message box...

what an amazing grasp of life you have...the world is your oyster...wink wink

respectfully,

smackdat

i stand corrected Sir Ooragoth...regarding a Buddhist Holy War....however, many a Dalai Lama (reincarnations) have been killed or have had to flee Tibet because of religious violence....

if you would be so kind Sir Ooragoth...would you pm me and share your religious beliefs if you are comfortable, of course, are you Buddhist? i am curious as i do not follow an easy path myself regarding my spiritual beliefs...

respectfully,

smackdat

I think Chris Rock put it best in "Dogma" when he said "Jesus has some really good ideas but the problem was someone made a religion out of it."

I agree with most of what you said smackdat, and would like to add, relgion is deeply personal the idea that there is or even can be an orginization that has any right or even just thinks it does, to tell people what and how to believe is so ludicrous as to be, ironically, almost beyond belief. I am of course speaking of the Catholic church, my proof of this is buddism, when was the last time you heard of a buddist holy war?

P.

Mmm...Sir Ooragoth - brave of heart - dipped His toe in the holy water...and here i go...with the Goddess along side me….

Religion is the “opium of the masses” and it is what has separated the poor from the rich for centuries. I believe every “religion" is true in one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically, however, when it gets stuck in its own metaphors as stated above interpreting them as facts, as articulated by Dr Laura Schlesinger then you get into trouble.

“Religion is an illusion and derives its strength from the fact it falls within our own instinctual desires”. i believe S. Freud made that statement in one of his books. Anyways i digress and must get back on track, bear with me please.

We have just enough religion to make us hate each other, but not enough to love each other. It is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful for centuries. Organized religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress. If you do not believe me go ask someone who has been molested by a trusted “servant of god” or the gay or lesbian, because of their sexuality, cannot become a member of some churches or aspire to become “servant of god”.

The fact that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason, that my friend, that is the true perversion.

And so, off the soap box i go…running…because the problem with writing about religion is you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people and then they come after you with machetes.

respectfully,

smackdat

P.S. i thank you Sir PeJay for the opportunity...you knew i could not resist...wink wink

I love it!

I've always said that with any religion you have to take it with a spoonfull of salt, the bible is no different. YOu have to take the good parts like "thou shal not kill" and "thou shall honor thy mother and father" but things that we know inherently to be wrong you have to abandon it was written 2000 years ago back when the earth was still flat, medicine had more to do with the movement of the stars when you were born than the symptoms you had and half the time leaders were whoever could beat up the most people, and half of the book was written about things that happened even longer before it was written than its been since it was written! People who use religion to justify bigotry are nothing but control freaks trying to control the world around them because they are terrified that they don't understand anything. Bravo Professor Kauffman Bravo and bravo to you PeJay for posting this.

P.

As Moses said when he came down from the mountain, "Take two tablets and call me in the morning."

mange tak for sharing Sir PeJay

oh how i would love to meet James M. Kauffman, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus, Dept. Of
Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education University of Virginia

i can ascribe to his way of thinking (smiles)

respectfully.

smackdat