Bens short essay on religion

this is a short essay on religion. It was fun to write. i hope you enjoy.

Don't get me wrong, and start to think that i'm a christian basher, becasue i'm not, but I haven't got the time to listen to the religious right bum on about hell, abortion and gay marriage. It annoys me a great deal. The anger that is prevalent in "the religion of peace" scares me. The fact that no-one wants to acknowledge this anger scares me more. People are too busy damning Islam and the terrorists who are destroying it to stop and take a look behind them at the looming threat of Fundamentalist Christianity. People, probably you, my dear reader, look at countries like Lebanon and say, "look at those damn Muslims, wrecking the place." Even though Lebanon has a pretty much 50/50 split between Islam and Christianity. So, if Christianity really is the religion of peace, why is it destroying a country from the inside out, or at least, destroying half a country. And terrorism isn't just an Islamic problem, as the media would have us believe. What about the conflict in Northen Ireland? Protestants and Catholics. What about the Ergun? The Jewish terrorists of the forties. Look at any terrorists organisation and you will see a number of religions. it's just, because Al Qaeda hit us the hardest, we feel it our moral obligation to destroy Islam. Islam is not the problem. Islam is a religion that stresses peaceful resolution. Al Qaeda is a terrorist organisation. It believes that it is doing Allah's work. No one else does, maybe some hardline Muslims. only yesterday, I heard some stupid --- down the street say "Look, they captured another Muslim terrorist. We should just round 'em all up and send them home." I pointed out that Al Qaeda had been planning its attack on the west for nearly as long as i've been alive. They sent sleeper cells all around the world long before the planes hit. There are still an estimated 70-100 Al Qaeda operatives in America (thankyou CIA), most of which are believed to have been sent here in the early nineties.
So back to my original rant, the Christian Right in my opinion is the problem. The fundamentalists who planted the nail bomb outside an abortion clinic, killing two pregnant ladies and their unborn babies (fetusus, if you wanna get technical.)
Their logic: Those women were pro-abortion therefore anti-god. That means (and i quote the testament here) "die".
my logic: by killing two unborn babies and two mothers, you just committed quadruple homicide, putting you in gods bad-books. (Thou shalt not murder, wow, i really know my Bible). And so it is, the Fundies get all the power of Washington, all the guns of the US Army, all the support of most of the people, and none of the blame for the current state of affairs. They palm that off to people like me who disagree with them.

So just before i go, i want to share one last example with you. One last injustice which got me to write this lengthy article.

The scene: Michigan.
The date: October 31st, 2003
The characters: "Mary" the schoolgirl, and "Richard" the principle. As well as twelve jurors, one state courtroom and a judge named "Frank"

Mary, a Wiccan, decided to celebrate Samhain (more commonly referred to as halloween, and one of the most important holy days on the Wiccan calendar). To celebrate, she wore a pentagram around her neck. Richard, the principle, and a "good christian" took offence to this. He suspended her for five days for "wearing inappropriate attire" when Mary explained it was religous Richard... didn't care. Upset, Mary and her parents sought legal advice. They were informed there was nothing to be done. So, mary accepted her suspension and then went back to school. Then she noticed that alot of students were wearing crosses around there necks. So she wore her pentagram again, and again got taken to richards office. Richard again suspended her, this time for ten days. Mary pointed out the fact that students were wearing crosses. Richard pointed out that it was a religious symbol and therefore he couldn't do anything. mary also pointed out hers was a religous symbol. He said it wasn't. The state of Michigan said otherwise, so suddenly mary had a case.
So began the Mary vs Richards school case. After three days in court the twelve jurors came back informing the world (or at least the courtroom) that a pentagram was a religous symbol. Richard was forced to back down, mary was given the right to wear her pentagram. "Frank" however, scolded her.
"It is sad that religioins such as this still operate in Christian America." he said.

Well, that was a marathon to write, and i doubt anybody is going to read it, but at least its off my chest.

PS: I don't dislike all christians. I am friends with alot of christians and muslims and jews. i just don't like the right, the fundamentalists, the terrorists and washington.