Like Art, Religion Is An

I Remind Myself That My Pain Is Not Unique. Everybody Suffers.

Some People Simply Bury Their Heads In The Sand And Refuse To Think About The Sorrow Of The World, But This Is An Unwise Course, Because, If We Are Entirely Unprepared, The Tragedy Of Life Can Be Devastating.

Even Before 9/11 I Was Gripped By A Sense Of Dread: Our Lack Of Criticism About What We Were Doing In The Middle East - The Slagging Off Of A Whole Religious Tradition.

The Awful Atrocities Of Religion Happened When People Assume That God Shares Your Likes And Dislikes. The Crusaders When Into Battle To Kill Muslims And Jews And Cried, "god Will's It." That Was Their Battle Cry. Obviously God Willed No Such Thing. The Crusaders Were Simply Projecting Onto A Deity They'd Created On Their Own Image And Likeness, All Their Hatred And Loathing Of These Faiths And Made It Endorse Some Of Their Most Awful Prejudices And Lethal Prejudices.

I Like Silence; I'm A Gregarious Loner And Without The Solitude, I Lose My Gregariousness.