Stubborn Secularity

Hidey ho Gelbs, since you're off in Mexico doing your thing and pissing off communists everywhere, thought I'd let you in on a little tiff on the hill recently. The all and ever knowing Bullsheet documented a righteous debate between secularity and religion, but what was this cause of this dissonance? The upstart Denison Secular Student Alliance, responsible for posters splayed across campus shouting the faults of Religion as a town crier in the Dark Ages.

The argument for secularism is simple as near as it has been displayed to me, "Religion is responsible for all of the world's conflict": a blanket statement in a world of absolute hyperbole, so it fits in quite well. The problem with this blanket statement lies in its implications, and what this implies is that there has been no war or conflict EVER in the history of society by way of political aspiration or liberty. No this has NEVER happened NOT EVEN ONCE. If you honestly believe this is true, then I should not be forced to listen to an ignorant and ill-informed opinion. Multiple Revolutions in South America (Calling all Castros again) have come as a result of economic injustice. Then the argument follows that the injustices fueling the war must have been as a result of religion. This is not true, absolutely and positively false. What Secularists are referring to is Religion captured in the hands of bigotry. Hitler was not a fervent Catholic, but he'll be damned if the Church will oppose him in his own country. And so the clerical collars followed Hitler in his demonic work. Human cowardice should not be mistaken for the ineptitude of religion.

I myself do not affiliate with any specific religion, but that does not mean I look down on those who do. Religious organizations have the ability to support a community, but also the ability to destroy its humanity. The fate of religion and spirituality lies in the hands of humans, they cannot be destroyed and thus must be harnessed properly. Besides, secularists are also making the assumption that conflict is a bad thing...