My problem is not so much with religion or the lack thereof (aetheism, etc). It should be a persons universal right to believe in and practice whichever religion they choose, as it is equally the right of someone to be an aetheist if they so believe that way.
My problem is with all this 'so-called' political correctness. It has created far greater intolerance, divisions that are now chasms, and hatred between people, races, colours and creeds who at one time were able to co-exist more peacefully.
When governments and self appointed moral consciences for the community intervene to tell us what we can and cannot say, what we can and cannot do regarding our faith and religious beliefs, we as a world are in trouble. Truth is, these self proclaimed 'do-gooders' are destroying the fabric of society with their text book educations....with little or no knowledge of the real world because their heads are too far up their asses. Hitler and Stalin were both self proclaimed do-gooders, and take a look back to the devastation and havoc they wreaked upon the world.
Hitler also proclaimed himself to be a Christian and declared a holy war on the jews, saying that they were unclean and guilty of all original sin, etc, etc. Truth be known, Hitler didn't have a religious bone in his body...the real reason for persecuting the Jews was economic, in that Germany was bankrupt and owed huge war reparations, whilst the European Jewish population was wealth and had resources through being sound businessmen/women. Put simply, he wanted what was theirs, along with the resources of other counrties that Germany was lacking.....war his answer to mass unemployment and job creation. The same goes with many other wars fought in the name of religion....'the you got what we want agenda, and we ain't payin' fer it, so we're a comin ta git it' God never had anything to do with it....man just used his name to validate evil intent.
Clear and living example of that resides in Iraq! During his regime he was clearly non-religious and persecuted many of varying religious beliefs...now he's on trial for his crimes against humanity, he clutches his Kuran in court and mumbles prayers. In other words, religion as a convenience, not through faith
