Jesus Told Me To

Today Congressman King announced that he is going forward with his hearings about radicalized Muslims in America. It is wrong, short-sighted, stupid, and racist. He seems to think that only Muslims can engage in terrorism, when in fact a belief in ANY mythical being can produce such extreme violence. Anything is permissible if god tells you to do it, right?

Muslims certainly get plenty of attention when something happens, but they are far from the only players in this game. Christians, boasting that 'God is love,' are all too willing to fall into the trap of destroying anyone that doesn't conform to the saved ones game plan.

The blind irony is that the hearings are on the heels of the bombing and shootings in Norway, long presumed a safe country. Yet it wasn't a Muslim that killed scores of people, including children at camp , it was a righteous christian. If that information was too timely to get to Mr King, there are plenty of other examples. It wasn't Muslims that blew up Oklahoma City's Murrah Center, burned down the Branch Davidian complex with children inside, or shot Dr Tiller (in church, no less!).

Welcome to the world of equal opportunity hate. It isn't Islam, or even Christianity, that is to blame. When you believe that your actions will be judged by their righteousness in an afterlife, and that anybody that doesn't believe as you do won't be there, then you have no reason to NOT kill infidels. Blind religious faith, of any stripe, is dangerous.

When was the last time you heard of somebody that tried to start a war in the name of atheism?

The people that attempt to start race wars, or religious wars, always assume that god is on their side, and forget that the other side believes the same thing. The battle isn't between Christians and Muslims; it is between humanity and inhumanity.