Politics

Politics is a corrupt institution. The only way to ensure that politicians serve the citizens is to pick the officials like we pick jurors in a trial. Randomly. "Fuck Senate duty AGAIN!?!?!" Why do we pick jurors randomly from the population? To ensure no BIAS! Any candidate for office who is willing to take 100 Million dollars in campaign contributions from corporations who have a vested interest in getting a return on their financial election donations is a corrupt fuck.

Are you a Republican? Are you a Democrat? What color is your state?

How pathetic and sad and a terrible horrid example of the failure of our glorious government in the U.S.

To label states red or blue, to say that in all of our infinite wisdom and knowledge we are one party away from a dictatorship.

Two Party System is the ultimate epitome of 1984. You vote for the Bonesman on the left, or you vote for the Bonesman on the right.

Whoever wins, we lose.

BUT what bothers me the very most about politics is religion. More so than financial corruption, more so than keeping it in your pants during your term. More so than the fact that we only have two political parties.

Religion in politics is our biggest failure.

If this is read somehow long after our political system falls, you who read this will know religion and only religion was our downfall.

We use the Scientific method to measure everything in our world. The Television you watch, the keyboard and plastic you are typing on, the electricity powering it all.

We use the Scientific Method to measure everything in our world.....except that is for the special clause on page 452, subparagh G, that states Religion is exempt from the Scientific Method.

Those in POWER in GOVERNMENT pray to imaginary beings. 95% of the Human Population of my Planet (Earth) pray to an imaginary being(s). I am only one of an estimated very small percent. Current estimates put our numbers (atheists) at only 5% of the population of this planet. There are a great many agnostics and spiritualists but very very few Atheists.

My Country rose to power very rapidly. Our landmass was discovered late in the game but it became very powerful due to our amazing government. That government is behind us now.

When we rose to power rapidly we allowed the free exchange of ideas regardless of the idea. Regardless of how daring it was. Slowly we have removed the chains of slavery from those of different breed, sex, sexuality. We try very hard to keep paving uphill towards equality for all.

# Christianity: 2.1 billion
# Islam: 1.5 billion
# Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
# Hinduism: 900 million
# Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
# Buddhism: 376 million
# primal-indigenous: 300 million
# African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
# Sikhism: 23 million
# Juche: 19 million
# Spiritism: 15 million
# Judaism: 14 million
# Baha'i: 7 million
# Jainism: 4.2 million
# Shinto: 4 million
# Cao Dai: 4 million
# Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
# Tenrikyo: 2 million
# Neo-Paganism: 1 million
# Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
# Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
# Scientology: 500 thousand

What a fucking unbelievable statistic. All of these different religions and no one ever looks around the room to see what everyone else believes and why they believe it? Religion is like a comfort food for the slow fat death.

The reason religion is allowed to exist is because is somehow bypasses the Scientific Method.

Our Government Bypasses Logic to allow fantasy to dictate Law. Our President currently is most certainly a closet Atheist. He is a very intelligent man. Not to say he is not a corrupt Mob bitch Lawyer errr....President. Lets just pretend the Mob DIDN'T buy the plot of land next to his house for free. Anyway moving on.

We use a method of determining how religion plays into our Government called the "Separation of Church and State". This does NOT happen. The majority of our politicians have what is known as an Agenda. They are not in office to serve THE people, they are in office to serve THEIR people.

Just look around at the world and see how devastating religion is. Israel a nation that calls itself a "Jewish Nation" is populated MOSTLY by those who follow the Jewish Religion. Right next door and pretty much all around them are nations that call themselves "Muslim Nations" and pass laws based on their religious beliefs. These countries will destroy each other very soon. Neither country will ever be anything but a one religion country and that is their downfall.

I am done ranting. Here are some quotes from Sam Harris.

"According to the most common interpretation of biblical prophecy, Jesus will return only after things have gone horribly awry. Imagine the consequences if any significant component of the U.S. government believed that the world was about to end and that its ending would be glorious. The fact that nearly half of the American population apparently believes this should be considered a moral and intellectual emergency."
— Sam Harris

-"The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was talking to God through his hairdryer, this would precipitate a national emergency. I fail to see how the addition of a hairdryer makes the claim more ridiculous or offensive."
— Sam Harris (Letter to a Christian Nation)

"I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs."
— Sam Harris (Letter to a Christian Nation)

"In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist." We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens have traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs."
— Sam Harris (Letter to a Christian Nation)