Religion is the Opera of the Masses

Singing a Song for the Ages

Humans are natural joiners. We herd. "Girl, I herd that!"

I believe that as part of our evolution, we turned inter-personal grooming into religious devotion. Which is why women are more in tune with the fine points of religion.

Before we could 'think' or 'reason' we sat around plucking fleas from off each other's backs. Once we found the power to reason, we began plucking dieties to put onto our backs. All that reasoning ability had to go some where. Read up on all the creation myths that exist. Just because we could reason doesn't mean that any of us got it right. I remain partial to the Navajo version, with the earth riding on the back of a turtle. And there are even wilder myths out there! Can you say L. Ron Hubbard, or El Rubbard?

Religion will be the death of the human race. Someone needs to find a cure for it. But I don't think Pres. Bush is likely to fund any research on a cure for religion.