religious woe

The time has come, it was rather ineviteble, to talk about religion. In Sweden we don't talk about religion that much. It's not tabu, it's just very very infected. There are many religious groups in sweden as it is in every "western" country. So the chance of pissing someone off is pretty high.

Why is that? Why do we have such diversity in beliefs? Why isn't there a single truth? My answer: Because such a truth does not exist.

If I were to believe, I would say that God is a cruel son of a bitch, or an incompetent fool. 5000 years ago he had long ago abandoned all the people of the planet Tellus (perhaps he had other projects on other planets, I don't know) except a small minority scattered across the middle east. They were the only ones who had his love. 3000 years later he disbanded (if you are a christian) these beloved people of his to promote a new group of people called christians, after a guy who they believed was his son (perhaps he thought this was kind of cute). But, 600 years later he changed his mind once more. Just a bit south of Jerusalem a new prophet had gained some followers. Now these guys were fascinating. They had it going. With a before unseen speed and fiercity they laid the whole southern part of the world He cared about under their feet. This was it he thought, these guys would quench all rivalries and diversity. But once again he was wrong. During the time from 300 to 1000 the christians had laid the whole of the northern part of the world he cared about under their feet. And from this point I think he gave up. Both sides fought in his name and made their own rules. They even, to his horror, reinvented him and everything about him and his history and purpose. He didn't have anything to work with anymore.

I do not however believe in any diety except perhaps nature. Nature doesn't have a mythology, which is nice becasue I don't believe in any such thing.

The reason for this post is the very infected discussion going on the questional but very funny blog, Mohammad and me. That blog will certainly be a muse for further talks, from my side, about topics related to religion.