I never thought the seeds of anarchy would ve been sewn by religious people. Of course, I didn t get that right away. It took me years to come to that realization. At this stage in my life, I ve become much less concerned with what a person s religion is as I am how they exercise it. I m no longer an atheist, as that required too much effort on purposefully renouncing things as wrong or right.
Atheism inspires a devotion which is religious in itself.
Accordingly, I m an agnostic who regards religion as little more than a fashion statement. It s most often a cloak for certain behaviors, and is flouted more by insecure, weak-minded people than by those who have a true spirituality. Religion is still used as a justification for lashing out at scapegoats through our own panic. Religion is also used as a premise for sewing the seeds of revolution in our communities. God and Jesus are concepts which have been appropriated by both the cruel and the faithful, and I try to see beyond the titles which mask an individual s motivations.