Satan??? oh my!!

Submitted by Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi (United States), Sep 24, 2009 at 00:33

I do not believe in any satan and neither do my folk. Most of us see this fabrication as a way of excusing human beings for betraying their responsibilities. It's easer to blame some supposed supernatural power over which one has no control than it is to shoulder the burden of responsibility for ones own actions. Unfortunately this same tactic was adopted by the Christians much to the dismay of those of us who sought a life of our own out side of the church. In this, I see little difference between Christianity in its history and todays Islam. The same mistakes are just being repeated this time by a different set of peoples yet with the same intent in mind. That intent being to subject all peoples to a set world view which deamonizes some for the sake of advancing an ideology which is counter to the very nature of their humanity. If it was not for these spurious religions we would have advanced much further in our civilization given the same amount of time to evolve. From the begining, it has been the fanaticism of the religious segments that has set us one against another. This must stop.

From a cultural anthropological world view I can appreciate the necessary functions that a religion performs in a society but the passions that religious furvor unleash are like a fire. If fire is contained in a proper receptical it can serve our well being but if it escapes from its confinement it can destroy us. So like is religion. The fire of Islam is a fire that has escaped its proper receptical and now seeks to burn the house down. We must call out the fire police to again contain it.

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