I suspect, sadly, that ideology is an intrinsic part of the human psyche.  Remove religion, and something else (“All hail the Power of the Proletariet!” “My country, right or wrong!”) will fill in the gap.

Agreed, and yes I didn’t read heavily into the Pope’s speech before commenting, and I apologize for that.  But I still feel as though it seems that many religions bicker over legitimacy and this cause way more problems then should have been caused in the first place.

But why the hell talk sh*t in the first place.  And you can tell me it was to prove a point or whatever, but it didn’t take long for the pope to apologize.  Spelling out to me that he didn’t use his brain before he spoke.

I suspect that Benedict really didn’t consider that an academic footnote in a speech at a German university would cause the reaction it did.  It wasn’t the centerpiece of his address, and if, in retrospect, it was an error, I think it was a fairly honest one.

I tell ya what though.  To solve 60% of the world’s problems, how about we abolish all belief systems.  Some say just religion, but I think it is the belief structure that creates radical fundamentalism.  If people instead think there is a God, there would be less fundamentalism.  Because a thought is easier to let go of then a belief.

I suspect, sadly, that ideology is an intrinsic part of the human psyche.  Remove religion, and something else (“All hail the Power of the Proletariet!” “My country, right or wrong!”) will fill in the gap.

Why non of the Muslims ask himself what is he doing?

Some do.  There are a few, not enough, who actively oppose jihad.  I wish them luck.

Then there’s the violent moron contingent: Al-Qa’ida threatens jihad over Pope’s remarks.  They’ll kill you for saying that they are violent.

It’s stupid.  Who gives a sh*t?  You all have cool bikes move on.  Should muslims get upset when someone talks sh*t about their God or religion?  Hell no!  But why the hell talk sh*t in the first place.  And you can tell me it was to prove a point or whatever, but it didn’t take long for the pope to apologize.  Spelling out to me that he didn’t use his brain before he spoke.

I tell ya what though.  To solve 60% of the world’s problems, how about we abolish all belief systems.  Some say just religion, but I think it is the belief structure that creates radical fundamentalism.  If people instead think there is a God, there would be less fundamentalism.  Because a thought is easier to let go of then a belief.

I don’t care if Benedict got up there and said*, “You suck, and your Prophet sucks, and, oh, yeah, he ate McDonalds Bacon Cheeseburgers, too!”  Violent response to peoples’ words is what we usually expect to see from juveniles, not mature adults.

Rrg.

* The fact that Benedict’s speech was far less provocative than that just makes it all the worse.