1. Nato accuses Taliban of using children in suicide missions

Comment #53713 by JoseGarcia on July 2, 2007 at 7:34 pm

I have accidentally discovered this forum, and cannot walk away without adding my two cents. I am a Mexican American living in the States, since I was thirteen I realized all religions were basically arguing over who had the best imaginary friend. If you believed in god, why not superman? Anyway, on the subject at hand... While Muslim extremism is, in my mind, some of the most cruel in the world today, I am very aware that these forms of ignorant violence and stupidity have been here far longer than any of the big three religions (Christianity, Judaism, or Islam). What can be done? I ask you. You cannot change minds that have been washed clean of reason and replaced by blind "faith". I ask this knowing there is no real answer. Maybe nothing. I have no hope that things will change soon. I know that I will not make any friends saying this, but I can only think of one thing that could "clear the slate". Complete erasure of that which is held as "sacred" by the blind faithful. No more "holy sites". No more "sacred ground". No more completely antiquated and ridicules properties which demand blood be spilled to hold on to, land which holds no value other than ancient memories which are best left to the sand to decay away. Religion is fallacy. Why does no one have faith in man, and in what we can achieve. If we could only abandon the spiritual crutch which the old believe they must force upon the young, then could there be room for reason. If there were no Jerusalem, would there still be war over the crater that once held it? Maybe my thoughts could be called "evil", but I have no doubt that if you remove the "holy" from the earth, then all you would have is a blank slate. From that slate, maybe we could reach a consensus. That all life is worth saving. That no one deserves the right to claim who lives or dies. Muslim fanatics, Christian extremists, radical cultists. All claim that there views are the only ones with merit, and therefore have veto rights over all our lives. To all of them I say: "you have no right. You have no honor. You have no soul. You are the evil which your hart has condemned, and therefore become. Go die alone, if you believe in your god so much." -Jose