This little meme has been making the rounds on Facebook ...
It seems as if nowadays many people's religious beliefs serve less as a guide to an upright and moral personal life than as a cudgel with which to beat those who express a different set of beliefs, or no beliefs at all:
Conservative Christians try to impose on everyone else a muscular Christianity they believe (falsely, as it happens) was written into the Constitution;
Aggressive atheists feel the need to loudly show their disdain for the deeply-felt beliefs of others;
Radical Muslims believe it's their duty to kill those who don't worship as they do;
Some Ultra-Orthodox Jews make life miserable for others by demanding accommodation of their insistence on strict separation of the sexes, to the great embarrassment and inconvenience of everyone else;
And every one of them absolutely, positively believes - beyond all doubt, reason, and compassion - that they, and only they, are right.
Perhaps if we just went back to the Golden Rule, things would be a lot better ... but I think that train sailed long ago.
More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
4 comments:
These are great. Remember that little number called separation of church and state. Whatever happened to that?
The nail head has been hit.
I think the second cartoon should be posted in every house of worship. If only...
Both cartoons are on target!
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