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Random Thoughts 15/04/2002...

I am not a religious man, so if I offend you or your beliefs, I apologise, I mean only to highlight my version of the truth. To me, once a man who believed he'd found belief in Christianity, I fail to see the commitment people show to God, Allah, or any of the gods. Science was the turning point in my life, as I became proficient and highly interested in physics, chemistry and biology, palaeontology being my subject of choice at the time. Since then, it is safe to say that my mind has opened; yet I remain a staunch atheist and sceptic. In the past decade there have been at least three major conflicts based on religion. The first two being Bosnia and Kosovo against the Muslim Albanians, a conflict I cannot fully comment on seems Bosnia was more about race, but it is quite obvious that religion played a part. The other is the one currently raging at the moment, the Intifada in Israel/Palestine. I consider Northern Ireland to be almost purely territorial now, so I have chosen to leave it out, also it is terrorism/freedom fighting and based on single acts rather than all-out conflict.

Israel and the Palestinian people have been fighting for years, but the core reason behind the fighting is mostly based on religious/racial prejudice. Why does religion, the supposed preaching of peace and goodwill, lead to such bloody violence? One where civilians are neither safe from the military or freedom fighters/terrorists. I agree, the motivations are also territorial, the Palestinians wanting their own state, just as the Jews were granted by a UN resolution to give them Israel. I also see the fact that the Islamic world is large with many Islamic nations to the Jew's single nation of Israel. I can see the territorial side and some of the religious aspects, but it is still killing in the name of religion, mainly relating that to the Islamic extremists, but I also say this because I have heard many Israelis saying that the whole idea of them leaving their homes to escape the fighting is actually some subconscious effort at anti-Semitism. My message for the day, if there is truly one besides making you think, is to consider the fact that religion is not a way of life, but merely their for moral guidance. Don't put your life on the line for a simple quote, passage, reading, whatever of whatever holy book your religion hold's dear. Thank you...

SISSpy...