Those pesky little bugs, those that infect the mind and body, often brought on by our own habits, found running rampant on the Net, in history, in pounds of paper used in treatises, in pronouncements from "authorities" who spew from pulpits, news broadcasts, blogs, winding up as "memes" and that are often given far more weight than they deserve are convertible viruses that are called "holy" or "spiritual".

Crosses burnt on lawns, leaders assassinated as they transgress, beheadings under holy law, those laws that are now being used to make people afraid, ritual wars, those underpinning the troubles in Ireland or the conflict in the Middle East, children abused,
and bloodshed are all brought forth in the name of religion.

Isn't it time to look for alternatives such as rationality, humanistic concerns, and thinking outside of the prison of dogma and vague, misty generalities such as a god or spirituality?