Religious Drugs
So I was thinking about the slim possibility of eventually going for a job for an authority which maintains border crossing systems and other similar systems. Then I got to thinking, gee, I wonder what the border guards would say about my views on the lack of need for such security. I bet most of them would find me crazy, being that many are likely brainwashed with training videos about 'terror'. Don't get me wrong, I am a typical slave, and will do my job in order to bring home money. I would never do anything to compromise a system I was responsible for. That being said I imagine I would be watched very carefully.
This led me to a thought process which had a very interesting ending point, and that made me decide to write about this. So let us begin...
Okay, so countries,especially Canada and the United States of America, do not really need to worry about each-other, or each-others law abiding citizens. So why the security? Well of course we have the infamous 9/11 and the 'War on Terror' to thank for that. Never mind that I think it is ridiculous that a country can declare a war on an adjective, with no specific enemies outlined clearly. How many countries have we illegally invaded so far since this war on terror was 'declared'? I feel bad for our troops being used as pawns in such games.
So we beefed up security in a response to terrorist threats. In doing so we have removed a lot of liberties and the government is continuing to push legislation to remove more of our freedoms. This isn't just happening in the States either, it is happening all over! The UK is quite far ahead of the States in terms of removing its citizens freedoms. But is this all really required? Does it help lower the chances of terrorism? My guess is no, it doesn't. In fact I believe that it increases the rate of terrorism. People generally want to live free, pleasant lives. When people interfere with their own sphere of peaceful life, then they tend to get mad at those people. In most cases 'terrorism' on an international basis is caused by religion. Mainly religious extremists. Wars against religions have been fought since man began writing on cave walls! This is nothing new. In today's world, there are fewer and fewer religious people I believe. But the extremist groups are more prolific. Those who do follow a religion are more prone to being sucked into an extremist group of some sort, whether it be an extremist Christian group, or an extremist Islamic group. The Internet, the same tool that educates many in the ways of a scientific belief, is a popular tool for extremists to spread the word.
So why not let the religious groups fight each-other and kill each-other off? Well that isn't always the best idea. Such things usually end badly, and many innocent people end up dying. But my original thought was 'oh hey, yeah why don't we let them fight each-other?'. Then I remembered that in most cases the supposed terrorist attacks had no religious relevance at all. In international terrorist attacks, usually there is a religious motive. Some religious leaders wedding, or a Jewish coffee shop, or a Muslim school... Here the attacks are always centered or targeting government buildings or public establishments. This seems odd to me. Not only does it reinforce the evidence towards them being false flag events - pulled off in order to falsely scare the public into such removal of freedoms, but it also doesn't fit into the scheme of the international religious terrorist model.
So lets say that the terrorist events in North America were indeed pulled off by Al-Qaeda. Why would they target such targets? Are they mad at Americans? Or are they mad at our Government. I would believe that, if this was the case, then it would of been an attack on our Government, likely due to international policies. So why would a religious group be mad at the Government? Well, despite the fact that they claim church and state is separated in this country, it traditionally isn't. America has always been a Christian prevalent country, and led mostly by Christians as I understand. So perhaps it is a religious war?
That leads me back to a few steps again and says well, with increased security, and lacking freedoms, people who aren't religious will also stand up against the Government. They will also attack government and public spaces, and likely will also be labeled as terrorists.
So obviously the right thing to do would be to restore the freedoms we had, and lax security. Also separating church and state would be good. But what about those religious people who go around fighting each-other? Hmmm...
And here is where I had a thought that inspired me to write this post... Religious leaders are like drug dealers. They each peddle their own wares in hopes of gaining favor in the community. The more people they can preach to, the more money comes rolling in, and the more manpower they have to continue to spread the word. Religion is like a drug.
Sure you have mild forms, of peace going religious people who are not bigoted and generally happy joyous people. Those are kinda like your pot smokers. It isn't a bad thing, and likely the group they belong to is fairly tame and likely not hurting anyone. They likely do some good in fact. But some religious people can be quite nasty, and that is usually ingrained in them through their preachers. I believe that seldom is the case where a person develops religious thoughts of hate towards another group of people without some outside influence. So why not come down on extremist preachers like we do drug dealers? Surely religion (if this is a religious war) has claimed a significant number of lives over the years that it could be considered as dangerous as the drug trade, or perhaps worse?
A preacher is a pusher of faith. I think many people will gladly and justly find their own path to faith through their own self exploration and learning about their belief system; then wanting to classify it as something, they may discover that they fit into what appears to be a religious category. I think that if left alone, many people will self convert themselves without the need of a preacher. But having faith blindly pushed down peoples throats - which often intended to be 'spreading the good word' may in fact be what causes hate and short sightedness. My advice is to let people believe what they will, and promote free thinking.
Food for thought.