Of those 3 religion quotes, only one showed naivete:
"After September 11, the face of God was a blank slate for me. God could not be counted on in the way I thought God could be counted on." - Rev. Joseph Griesedieck, Episcopal priest.
I would think he would know better.
" It's amazing how good religion is at mobilizing people to do awful, murderous things."
The unintended consequences of "Love they neighbor"?
A large fraction of people simply cannot live without a Big Daddy In The Sky. The reasons are many and varied, but that seems to be the bottom line.
Don't let them tell you there are no atheists in foxholes. I've been in that foxhole and God didn't even cross my mind. It wasn't until days later, in thinking about what had happened, that it occurred to me that I had not only not yelled out to God to save me, but had not even thought of anything along that line.
Certainly, a great and prideful people cannot allow thousands to be murdered in the most vicious, reprehensible, and insulting manner in their homeland without responding to it with a long term plan of resolve. That, at least, is beyond dispute.
Your faith in humanity is touching. Naive, but touching.
Hubris in Greek. "Pride cometh before a fall" in OT. That's where I think the US is at now. When you're finally convinced that NOTHING, but NOTHING, can touch you, that's when you make that fatal misstep that starts the downhill slide. |
