Let's say, "I believe," in something... in life after death, in the Holy Trinity, in Allah, in Reincarnation and Karma... maybe I believe in Pixies or Unicorns or Extra-terrestrial visitors who come and tend my garden.Now, what's the difference here?
Well the first three examples of Religious Belief (and that's all they are, beliefs) will get you put in court if you call them out as IDIOTS and MORONS and STOOGES for believing such tripe.
The latter three, well you can troll those tin-foil-hat loons all you want, and they (probably) deserve it.
I realize that 'in this country' we swear on the King James version of the Holy Bible in Court of Law, and that's a shame. It really is. People lie in court all the time. They even hire lawyers to ensure that only certain aspects of 'the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth' are heard. There are pre-trial hearings and vetting of Twelve Good Men.
So, the system's stacked AGAINST truth, and more concerned with Profit.
In fact, it always makes me chuckle a little inside, where the puke rises into the mouth seconds later, when I hear talk of Religious Profits (Prophets).
All those dumb asses on their knees to a State Sponsored 'imaginary friend' would be bad enough, but when it's LEGISLATED where you can't point out their flock idiocy, that should piss everybody off.
Take, even, your common or garden Harvest Festivals that some 'pagan' societies used to hold in honor of Mother Nature or the Sun or the Moon... they were doing that which they 'believed' was right and proper and had some relevance to the way their world of weather gods swept through the cosmos. They were wrong. But they believed it. Many still do.
If you BELIEVE that strongly in something, you shouldn't have Legal Bouncers holding back the common voice of critical sarcasm. I believe this should be a Free Planet, stripped of all that nonsense. I'm not wrong in believing that, nor am I necessarily right. It's just belief. It's just hope, and promise for our children's children.
