An Age Of Reason

Reason is a logical answer for actions. However, I don't see much reason in the world today, especially when it comes to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. What really gets under my skin, is that our President supports israel's genocide of the Palestinians. Who the hell can justify the killing of 500 people, when only 5 israelis have died?

Not to mention our President-elect Barack Obama silently supports the Palestinian massacre, all in the name of "defense". Israel must "defend" itself from the rockets the Palestinians shoot across the border. The US and israel label Hamas as a terrorist organization, even though the Palestinians democratically elected the group into power. Oh, and have you seen the Palestinian army? Boy, it is dangerous!! The Palestinians don't own any naval ships, don't have any 21st century smart bombs, nor do they have any tanks...but israel does...all the Palestinians can fight with are rocks and 1980s made rockets. Yet, the Palestinians are TERRORISTS.

Terrorists are merely what the "other" side thinks. America thinks the Tali ban and Iraqis are "terrorists"...so the killing of thousands upon thousands of civilians are justified...because we Americans must defend ourselves from TERRORISM. Same with israel...when all it boils down to is the slow extinction of the Iraqis, Afghanis and Palestinians...because the extermination of the "other" side is the only way colonialism works. Iraqi security will only happen when all Iraqis flee or are dead, same with Palestine, the Palestinians will either flee or be massacred to ensure israel security.

This whole war on Gaza has been wrongfully blamed on Palestinians. Israel started it this time. Here's some background information from foxnews.com:

1. In 2005, illegal Jewish settlements in Gaza were emptied by israel forces. Israel captured the land in 1967, and it promised the US it would evict these illegal settlers from their homes as part of a peace deal. However, israel has not evicted the illegal settlers from the West Bank. Extremist Jews believe the West Bank is their "god given" land, however israel has promised the US it will expel these settlements in the West Bank. But, israel continues to approve the contruction of these illegal settlements, even though they have to give the land back to Palestine. (Why do the jews build on land it must give back according to the 2005 peace deal???)

2. On December 2, 2008, the israel high court demanded the eviction of an illegally occupied house in the city of Hebron, in the West Bank. The jews were pissed and lit the whole street on fire, threw acid on Palestinians, and fought israel police. But, they were removed. This pissed of Palestinians in Gaza, and they started hurling rockets into israel. The West Bank can't hurl rockets into israel, because israel occupies the land...so Gazans fight for the Palestinians in the West Bank.

The Palestinians want their land, the US has brokered a peace deal in which israel must give back the land, but israel has not given back the land, and continues to build settlements on Palestinian land. So, what choice do the Palestinians have, but to fight? isreal is not keeping its promises, it is not keeping to the peace deal of 2005--so why should Palestine follow the rules?

All the while, the US supports israel. Even though israel has NOT kept their promises to the US they made in 2005....why.....because just like the extremist jews in israel, there are extremist christians in America who believe the construction of israel, back to its biblical borders, is a sign of the second coming of Christ. Israel must be protected and built, because once it is, the MESSIAH will come!

I think this is pure bullshit, and it pisses me off more than anything in the world. Sure, I used to be a good Christian girl, before I came to the Age of Reason. There is no God.

For one, how can a whole class of people believe an invisible man lives in the sky, and gave man kind 10 rules to follow, and if the rules aren't followed, then man kind burns in hell? Why did God only give these rules to Moses? Why does God only appear to men? Cause God has to be a man, cause a woman couldn't mess the world up this bad. Women give and nurture life, men taketh away life.

Not to mention, God supposedly thinks life is sacred. How does God think life sacred when He is the cause of every major war on earth for past 2000+ years? Jews, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, all fight cause God told them so...killing others is justified by God. What happened to that "Thou shalt not kill" rule? Guess they are all going to hell! But, religious people don't believe that...those that kill the religion's enemies are martyrs and go to heaven...sounds like hypocrisy to me.

Then you have this whole concept of the second coming of Christ. Just how damn bad does the world have to get before Christ comes to save us all? If he hasn't come yet, chances are his ass isn't coming at all. God sold the world to evil when he gave his only begotten son to save mankind from sin. Jesus Christ is nothing but an excuse for Christians to say, "I can be evil because Jesus gave his life so I can go to heaven". The Messiah for Jews gives them a reason to be bad, because the Messiah will come down from the sky to save them from their bad ways. It's never ok to be evil! Each day you have a choice to be good or bad, and praying for forgiveness on Sunday morning doesn't make you good, it makes you a hypocrite!

Yea, and God is really bad with money. Billions and billions of dollars are given to the church each year, but God still needs more. More money for what? Wars, feed the hungry, house the homeless, fight disease...hello...poverty has increased 17% in the last 10 years, and the church isn't doing a damn thing to stop it, but religious folks give their money anyway. Churches, namely the Vatican, controls 1/3 of the world's wealth. 1/3 of the world's wealth, that's enough to feed all the starving people in the world. But does the Vatican do that? Hell to the no...they hoard the money and convince you to give more, more, more!!!

Sure, I believe there is a higher power, and that higher power is my brain, my intellect. The Creator of man kind gave us all the power to THINK. The power to INNOVATE. The power to make this world better. The heavens are not going to part, and this invisible man is not going to come down and save us. We the people have, and have always had, the power to save ourselves. Religion is nothing but the enslavement of people from birth to death. Religion has good rules, but even religion doesn't follow their own 10 commandments. Religion divides humans, not uniting them. The most segregated hour in the United States is Sunday morning from 11am to 12pm, the Blacks go to the Black church, the Whites to the White ones, the Hispanics to theirs, church doesn't unite...and what is church? A fashion show! People show up in their Sunday best to do nothing but compare clothing, there is no humility in church.

Religion is a failure. Mankind will fail because religion dictates mankind must fail in order to be saved by the Messiah. One day, when the Messiah never comes, we'll realize we've always had the power.