Religious apocalypse

When it really comes down to it, something will eventually wipe us all out. But what will do it? What will bring on our ultimate demise?

There are so many conflicting opinions on how it could happen. Will it be a meteor perhaps? Or maybe an invasion of little green men from Mars? Could it be Global warming? Who really knows, maybe the space petunia will incur it's terrible wrath upon us! All of those are great ways to go, but do you know which apocalypse scenario is my absolute favorite? Religious war of apocalyptic proportions!!!!!!!!!!!

Now before you go calling me a blasphemer for not embracing your faith, let me put things into perspective. Your faith is but a drop in an ocean of faiths. There have been thousands of different belief systems throughout history, and thousands of gods worshiped. So just picking one and going with it seems like a thing that only the most insane people would do. And yet every single day, someone dies or is otherwise persecuted in the name of (insert random deity here.) I dare say that killing or persecuting a real flesh and blood person is never warranted. But isn't it all the more horrendous, and even insulting to our humanity, when it is over a belief? Not even a fact! But a belief...

Well friends, there are fanatics out there. They are most likely wearing ridiculous looking outfits and uttering absurd chants, performing rituals, and a great variety of other silly things. And the worst part is, they want you dead. It doesn't matter how nice a person you are. You do not tote the same symbols, wear the same clothes, and read from the same ancient book of nonsense that they do. For those reasons, you must die. Does that sound crazy to you? Well, that is the collective logic of religion in a nutshell. Believe whatever we do or pay the ultimate price.

So many awful diseases have decimated the earth in past years. But the disease that frightens me most is not rabies, or ebola, or even the aids, it is religion. This most heinous of maladies thrives in an very common environment, the mind of a person who is incapable of critical thought. Yes, in the mind of an intelligent person, it can be ok. But when you introduce religion to a populace that consists mostly of radicals and followers, you have a perfect recipe for disaster.

Remember, your faith is only one of thousands. Before you go killing anyone for not embracing it, consider this. Had you been raised in a different nation, in a different family, you would probably have gotten your "wisdom" from a completely different book. And that person that you currently are, let's call him/her "current you." Well sir or madam, your current you would be a blasphemer in the eyes of that alternate reality you. And the alternate you might even want you dead, all because of some @#$%^ he or she read in a book...

So is it rational to kill for the sake of religion? Some think so! And they are acquiring new and more advanced weaponry every single day. Go ahead and bet on your global warming or alien invasions. But it seems like religion fueled Armageddon will much more likely be our undoing.