I found Jesus in Salt Lake...But I could not find his private line to GWB

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

-John Lennon-

I am going to start this weeks entry with an apology. Last week's entry was very anti-mormon in sentiment, and that was very unfair. Mormonism is not the only religion that deserves to be picked on, they all do, and for this I apologize. And yes, Temple Square is as scary as it sounds, hence the above picture.

I think it is high time that someone spoke out for all the reasonable people that live in this country and around the world. Religion is a plague that has haunted humanity for too long. It is the number-one reason for death and destruction in the history of our little blip of time on this planet. Science has completely disproved god in any form that is currently endorsed by any of the world's religions. So in my eyes anyone that believes in organized religion is delusional. It doesn't mean I don't still want to be your friend or treat you with respect.

It just means that I view you as someone who has thrown out reason and the search for truth in favor of faith. Faith is nothing more than blindly believing what you are told; you are nothing but a sheep. And not in the flock of god, but instead in the flock of whatever religious zealot human you have chosen to follow. You can never truly be free, because your mind is shackled by fairy tales and driven by power and profit. There is not one single shred of evidence that any of the miracles in any of the holy books ever happened. You can call it faith; I call it lunacy. You might as well worship Peter Pan, another great work of fiction.

I am not talking about atheist Jews, or people who become Christians for the community of it, but even this is a slippery slope. Some of you may have been brainwashed into the flock at such a young age that you know no better, and for you I feel sorry. There should never be any type of religious child, as they are too young to choose for themselves. But if you actually truly study the facts of science it may not be too late to unshackle your mind. For some it is too late and you will have wasted much of your life's time and energy praying and performing ridiculous rituals in the name of a nonexistent god, not to mention giving your money away to child molesting priests.

Are human beings really so greedy as to have to believe in more than this beautiful little life we have the privilege of living? I think not. I sometimes wonder what would happen if all the people that spent their time every Saturday and Sunday praying in a Temple, Church, or house in Waco, instead took that time and used it to try to promote peace and love to their fellow man. Not in the name of God, because that just creates problems, but instead in the name of the human race, because that is what everyone deserves. The world would be a much happier place.

I am bringing this up because at the moment we are being led, blindly, by a schizophrenic, religious madman named George W. Bush. He has killed more innocent people than most dictators that we loathe, yet we stand by idly and let him do it in the name of God and Oil. Which brings me to another point: Troops are being sent back to Iraq for a third time. I realize it is not your choice if you are in the armed forces to be sent back, but at some point soldiers become personally responsible for the acts they commit.

Look at all the soldiers in Vietnam who took responsibility for their actions and refused to fight any longer even if it did mean jail time. I would say the time is now to refuse to fight. The American people have your back. If you are being sent back for a third time refuse to go. If you do go, know that I, along with a growing number of Americans, do not support you. You are not fighting for freedom, you are fighting for money. And know that if you are going to get a college education or for another such reason, it will be at the expense of the deaths of thousands upon thousands of innocent Iraqi lives that you have gained these rewards. They call this blood money.

The estimated body count of innocent Iraqis on Iraqbodycount.net is minimum 62,760 and maximum 68,786. U.S. soldier causalities are around 3,000. Sounds like there is a whole lot of Iraqi-family target practice going on (aka murder). Soldiers that continue to fight are either mercenaries, people with bloodlust or just too dumb to realize they are part of one of the worst atrocities in American history, and none of them deserve respect or support. It may seem harsh but we have lost a war that should have never been started in the first place. The people that started it should be tried as war criminals and our country should be ashamed that we didn't speak up earlier, I know I am. Peace!

Dan Wilder