About Religion;
Religion is an almost worldwide belief in the
existence of some kind of individual/being/thing –supposedly the creator of
humankind – that made us , cares for us , grants us our wishes and ultimately
sends us up/down to some safe and happy
place when we die , dependant on our behaviour or the strength of our
convictions. Of course there is not one single piece of evidence
that any such thing or person exists ,but nevertheless most human beings believe this theory to some greater or lesser degree.
The major reason of course for this entirely unsupported
belief is that of wishful thinking. Most of us feel much better having some
recognised belief that we live on in some form or another instead of turning to
dust – as in fact that’s what really happens to us all. And of
course there is always the relentless
degree of brainwashing from well meaning parents/society in general to follow
the standard belief.
I would describe this form of belief in simple
terms as a major curse of human life’ and one which looks like having no sign
of either reducing or completely disappearing in the near future. Without having the benefit of any of the
scientific information available today we can forgive those that held this view
in the past – but we now know for
certain that this simple viewpoint is nowhere near the real truth.
There is of course no
heaven or hell – and the scientific
alternative now accepted by most people under the age of about 30 in the UK at
least is that we are all made of some
kind of matter– flesh , bones and the lot – and that we eventually return to
matter when we die. Modern day
scientific research indicates quite clearly that space goes on and on to what
we can only understand as infinity – and it is crass stupidity to believe
anything else – so that’s about that.
Religious mania at
about every level has always existed in society in some form or another – however how to deal with this is a
continuing problem .
Protestants and
Catholics , the ones most common in the UK as well the dozens of other
recognised known groups go on about their business without causing any
inconvenience to the rest of society in general who mainly let them get on with
it.
However, a mild belief
in some kind of religion does little harm to anyone. At the lower end of the
scale of ‘say’ 1-10 it has a soothing and peace inducing
effect – but unfortunately at the top end it can produce a form of clinical insanity,
its radical and extremist followers setting
out to kill and do away with anyone that disagrees with them.
We have this problem at the moment in the UK and not
only in this country but practically all over the world with some followers of the
Islamist religion, more commonly known as Muslims. In it’s
original ancient form Islam
was basically a peaceful style of worship, which the vast majority of
its followers maintain today. It is radically different from our own Christian
religion which although in the past was not so different from Islam but has now
settled into a more relaxed version which most people in the UK at least follow.
However Islam is
primarily a male dominated religion in a mostly male dominated section of
society, wherever it is practised. Even
in liberated parts of the world – like the UK for example-many Muslim women are
encouraged by their family members to wear the kind of clothing that at one end
of the scale relies for some kind of
headscarf when out of the home to the other radical end which requires a
special outfit in a plain black material that covers them from head to toe
except for the eyes.
But it’s not all bad
news as many younger Muslim girls and even some older women too are rejecting
this style for more modern fashion – and they mostly look very good in them.
Obviously many men
from traditional backgrounds are not very happy with this lessening diminution
to their powers of domination ,especially the younger members of society. They say that anyone that that does not
agree with this insane mantra should be done away with – and they are happy to kill themselves in the process along
with anyone that happen to be standing next to them at the time.
These radicals are
usually young men and are of course all clinically insane – and just like their
kind that used to be held in mental institutions for the dangerously
insane are as such unable to recognise
their illness. However , over the coming years we are bound to see a massive
amount of change as women of all races and beliefs gradually assert themselves.
As a percentage of the
overall population , the Muslim community in GB is very small - just about 3.5
million of them throughout the whole country – but they do tend to get far more
publicity than they really deserve. Those few who are radical and extremist can do a great of harm and do collect a
massive amount of media interest which tends to attract other young
impressionable young men – and some women too.
Women are LIFE; It’s nothing to do with religion of course,
but the fact is that women are life and they themselves are only just
beginning to realize it. Men only
bring to the table a few grams of sperm - basically just about enough to determine the sex of the
child and few minor characteristics - and the sooner we all recognise this fact
, the better it will be for society as a whole.
