Another Bad Idea

I visit several blogs daily, generally not to get more informed, but to be entertained. One I do recommend is called "Vox Popoli", posted by a very astute and intelligent individual. Vox Day (nom de plume), has posted many excellent articles on everything from politics to feminism with his own particular touch of satire and sarcasm, both quite welcome in today's feminized PC enviornment. It's a blog where you get informed while being entertained, quite rare, since most blogs are nothing more than ego filled rants like this one.

Problem for me is that it's--in essense--a "born-again" Christian type of blog that has snookered me into commenting on religion in general, something I usually never do. When you ask those folks why they believe in an all-powerful but invisible and entirely absent entity (often angry and jealous, prone to mayhem and destruction of us and our entire enviornment), the response is always quotes and more quotes from the Bible, or the Torah, or the Koran, but never an answer, other than some vague mention of "faith" or just "because". Mentioning that the bible (and all other religious tomes) were written by men, you are informed that those writers were "inspiried" by God, as if that's supposed to end the debate. And who told them that? More men, each and every one with agendas and all with a large bag full of "issues".

Vox's most interesting intellectual gyrations are his efforts to use logic as a tool to support his religious views. Without a doubt, logic and religion are mutually exclusive, but he gets an A+ for trying. After all, any born-again Christian is nothing if not a salesman.

So, the bad idea is discussing religion at all on any blog, including this one. I can't imagine another entry here on the subject... it's back to politics and the scummy weasels we can find in all levels of our "democracy".

Or not...

I just may drop politics entirely and just make comments on the human condition. that's a field full of juicy targets, or--as Vox says--a "target rich enviornment".