a different slant, maybe

I'm thinking how destructive it would be if the world truly ran according to religious precepts.

Consider the bloody wars just to determine which religion would rule. Course, that's the way all religions were started...who ever won the war, won the 'peace'. and wrote the history books...and the bibles.

while 'do unto others' is a neat idea...consider what happens when the ones who loose the war, decide to do unto others all over again?!?

Isn't it better to allow everyone to think, act and believe as they choose? without imposing someone else's values on them?

what would happen if public displays and discussions were banned? not worship, not discussions in the home, not discussions in religious schools. just dispensing with all public conduct that would include going door to door trying to convert strangers to your way of thinking. that would include public prayers in public buildings...not the silent prayer made by so many students, for instance, who have just learned there's to be a pop quiz they didn't study for...but those that open political events, sports functions, class assembly...that sort of thing. pray in church, pray at home, pray anywhere as long as its quietly.

perhaps, then, the public would be able to concentrate on solving some of the problems that are currently plaguing society. like poverty. like homelessness. like hunger. the little things that mean so much.

just something to think about