Rig...do you mind if I call you "Rig"... ;-) ...it's quicker and easier to type... I'm borrowing a habit from Ron here...or is it Don? Well, anyway...

I have always assumed that if there IS a God...then he, she or it is on everyone's side. It's not "God" who takes sides. It's people who create and are ON all the opposing sides! ;-) People have a simply tremendous talent for dividing themselves up into mutually competitive sides and fighting over things uselessly with each other.

Note, for example, how willing you are to divide the world into the "religious" people and the "non-religious" people, declare the first group to be the world's number one problem, and proceed to fight about it with people. That's silly.

In this respect you are behaving just like any religious fanatic who declares atheists to be the world's biggest problem and proceeds to fight about it with people. Equally silly. You're both emotionally f**ked over the issue (and I say that with a smile, okay?).

Now to blame any of that on God...or to claim that God is in support of any of it is just plain silly! But people do it, because they want to imagine that great cosmic forces are on their side. This tells you nothing about great cosmic forces, but it tells you much about the human ego. ;-)

People are fools. They find all kinds of ludicrous reasons to justify their destructive competitive foolishness, and claiming the support of God is one of their favorites. But there are OTHER claims which are equally pernicious and damaging! One is "this will be very profitable" (for a select few). Another is "it's the patriotic thing to do" (a great justification for killing other people). Another is "it's your sworn duty" (to do something insane for some command structure). Another is "my dad did it this way" (and your dad may have been an idiot). Another is "this will make me popular" (yes, among a peer group composed of morons). Another is "it's the law!" (but the law may be an entirely stupid and very wrongful law that was enacted by idiots for idiotic reasons...like our present marijuana laws, for example).

Your singling out of religion as the world's number one problem reveals nothing more than your own personal obsession WITH religion. So what happened to you? Did a bunch of crazy priests and nuns attack you at a tender age and scourge your bare bottom with willow branches or what the heck is behind this particular hangup you've got?

Examine yourSELF for a change, man! The buck stops with you. You can't free the world, but you can free Riginslinger. ;-)