Einstein On Religion
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Religions are merely ideas, it's the people who follow them (including those who claim leadership within them) who commit all actions. They can use religion as an excuse for anything, just atheists could use nihilism as an excuse (not trying to say all atheists are nihilists, but it's the quickest example that came to mind). Organized religion has become a second-level politic, but in reality they have the same framework and the same ability to sway anyone's ethics or morals in the favor of its most influential leader. I don't blame religion for any of my problems, nor do I blame atheists for any of my problems as someone with some religious views (my views are very complicated, but in the end I get trashed by both the religious and non). Just because Jerry Falwell said that the Iraquis deserve to be given judgement by the US doesn't mean I hate Christians, and just because China's government imprisons and executes missionaries of many faiths (I know a few missionaries personally who were captive for over 5 years) doesn't make me hate the Chinese. I think the people who made the decisions to do such things (Bush, et al) are horrible leaders for any group of people but instead of focusing our energy on defaming anyone who is related to them through religion, political stance, skin color, or whatever we should simply recognize why we believe what we do, put it out there for others, and when people ignore you because they prefer their own beliefs just leave it alone...
Now, I did type this during class and it is finals week which means I've only slept about 1-2hrs a night for the past three+ nights, so if a sentence completely doesn't make sense, let me know since I probably didn't mean to type "We should teach tolerance... towards slaughtering Muslims", mmmkay? Hopefully the basic idea gets across, because all this religious/antireligious bickering is some of the most childish stuff I've had to deal with in my life between my parents, family, and friends.