The Fundamentalists' Guide to the Lost Weekend

The BBC has a good article on the problems between the Sunnis and the Shias, which I think is a prime example of people behaving badly all the way around, and for centuries at that. It’s just one more reason why I say that if you want world peace, abolish organized religion. The problem with having a god tell you how to behave is in the way you interpret that god, or in the god itself. If we need to worship someone, let’s worship someone fun, like Sammy Davis, Jr. He qualifies as he’s dead, he’s famous, and best of all, he was wasted half the time. To most of the religious fundamentalist in the world, no matter what religion, the words, "have another round," means a round of bullets. We'd be better off if they thought it meant cocktails.