Terrorist acts in Scotland and England…I’m sure we’ll get the “if only all religion were banned” comments…If only the masses were as intelligent like we are…if only the “stupid” masses didn’t believe in their God, all would be ok in the world…

Well, I’m not going that far, and I never do. It’s not the theists that’s the problem, its the strict followers of the violent religions (particularly Islam and Christianity) — those who honestly think their preacher is 100% right and will do whatever he says — they are the problem. Power corrupts.People can believe whatever they want, but yes, the world would be better off without certain sects of certain religions. I recently made a post about Scientology, and how Germany has banned it (and certain totally-straight-but-somewhat-letigious individuals). How do you relate the two? Do we as a world community have the right (duty?) to regulate dangerous religions and cults, or do we allow total religious freedom and deal with terrorists, fanatics, and scams? How do we decide what is dangerous, and how do we deal with the fact that these same fanatice view us as the dangerous ones?

Paris Hilton finds God in Prison.She’s out of prison and ready to party. Use your god-given psychic powers to predict how long this religion sticks, now that it’s not political anymore.My bet: she NEVER MENTIONS GOD AGAIN (until the next time she gets arrested)

Well folks, it was bound to happen some day, and after two full years it has happened today.I got nothing to say.There. I said it. I got nothing. It’s Friday, It’s hot, and I got nothing.So use this space to vent a bit about what you think. OPEN SUBJECT!I remember when I was in high school, and the teachers would occasionally come in hung over, and we’d have a BS day. Now I know how they feel. Please pass the beer.

ATLANTA, Georgia: Pro wrestler Chris Benoit allegedly suffocated his 7-year-old son and placed a Bible next to the body before using an exercise machine to hang himself, authorities said on Tuesday. Law enforcement officials believe Daniel Benoit was killed on Saturday, one day after Benoit also allegedly strangled his 43-year-old wife, Nancy, in the upstairs family room of their luxury rural home. Another Bible was placed next to her lifeless body which was wrapped in a towel, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Tuesday. The three bodies were found in separate rooms of the house on Green Meadow Lane in Peachtree City in what police are calling a double-murder suicide that stretched through the weekend. “Bizarre. That’s the only way I can describe this,” Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told the Fayette Daily News. “What’s most bizarre to me is the timing and the circumstances. Not just that a man could kill his own 7-year-old son but that he could have stayed in the same house with the bodies. “And then there’s the placement of the Bibles. I can’t understand this.”

Folks, this is not brain surgery. Religion makes one think there is life after death, and so killing is not as bad! Benoit put the Bibles there in some insane attempt to help his family in the afterlife! This is a very clear place where religion’s false promises hurt people. So many times I’ve been asked “So what if people believe what is false? It doesn’t hurt anyone!”But the fact is it DOES hurt, because it makes life LESS valuable if one thinks there is more life after death. Benoit obviously didn’t think he extinguished his family’s existance, merely pushed them into the afterlife.Remember — Religion hurts! If Benoit had been an Atheist, there’s a good possibility his family may still be alive.

Germany has banned Tom Cruise from shooting scenes at military sites for his film about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler because the Hollywood actor is a member of the Church of Scientology. Cruise was to play the part of Claus von Stauffenberg, a member of the German nobility who attempted to assassinate Hitler in July 1944. The film, entitled Valkyrie, is due to go on release next year and its makers planned to start shooting in Berlin next month.However, Germany’s Defence Ministry formally banned the actor, who is also one of the movie’s producers, from filming at authentic military sites in the German capital which are central to the movie’s plot.”The film-makers will not be allowed to film at German military sites if Count Stauffenberg is played by Tom Cruise, who has publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult,” Harald Kammerbauer, a Defence Ministry spokesman, said yesterday.

Usually I am a big proponent of freedom of religion, and frankly if this were any other religion I’d be upset. But Scientology is NOT a religion — it’s a money-making scheme that CLAIMS to be a religion. It is criminal in nature, ruining lives, and families as it takes their money. I immediately lose respect for any member of this organization — including Cruise, Travolta, and Ally. There is no reason to respect such an organization.Bravo, Germany!