| What do you feel when you see a photo of a smiling | | | | so called good reputation in my area, and asked them |
| child or one dying from malnutrition somewhere in the | | | | if they could help the old gentleman. Their answer |
| third world? Do you feel compassion, sadness or | | | | was that if I did not belong to their congregation |
| what do you feel? Of course you should feel | | | | they could not help. |
| compassion and sadness because the feeling should | | | | Talk about exclusive religion! That church is not the |
| be that there, but for the grace of God goes I. | | | | only one I came across in my life, with that attitude. |
| Should the fabric of civilization and society not be a | | | | Now was that not a trade mark of the pharisees in |
| common belief in what is good for all of us. The | | | | the Christian Bible who thought themselves above |
| tragedy is that the exact same thing that should | | | | the so called sinners? |
| bring us together in a common goal or purpose in a | | | | The fabric of life and creation runs through each and |
| united world is actually dividing us and that is religion | | | | everyone on this planet and we have a God given |
| and a false belief system. | | | | task to help each other. We who pride ourselves on |
| Religious fanaticism and intolerance has been dividing | | | | what we achieved to build civilization are now |
| the nations of this God given planet for ages and I | | | | breaking down that same civilization by turning our |
| belief it is the one factor that is keeping younger | | | | backs on all the barbaric things that is happening |
| generations from wanting to belief in religion. | | | | unchecked in this, "our world". |
| Who wants to belief in the sort of religion that is | | | | All kinds of perversions like rape, child abuse and |
| judgmental and unforgiving? The sort of religion that | | | | pornography, murder, drug dealing to name but a |
| is like an exclusive club where you don't belong if you | | | | few are in business, unchecked by laws and society |
| do not follow their doctrine to the letter or question | | | | at large. What do we do? We whine about the |
| anything they preach. | | | | politicians we appointed while we sit back in our |
| A while ago I met an old man who used to be a | | | | lounge chairs and watch these perversions |
| concert pianist and who after being forcefully retired | | | | re-enacted in soaps on television. |
| for being too old fell on bad times. He still has a lot to | | | | Our so called civilization is the new Rome and I |
| offer to society because his skill at playing the piano | | | | wonder who is playing the fiddle this time around |
| has not diminished. | | | | while this Rome is burning? |
| I contacted one of the charismatic churches with a | | | | |