What darkness lies inside...

Thanks to the Music Genome Project, which takes the form of a music service called Pandora. I've been listening to quite a bit of new music that I like, but haven't been exposed to.

My typical line up of Linkin Park, Evanescence, 3 Doors Down, Paramore and Lacuna Coil are now injected with names like Leaves Eyes, Flyleaf, and Sirenia.

Anyways, I've only recently realized that one of my favorite flyleaf songs... 'Cassie' is about which is a tribute to Cassie Barnell, one of the victims of the Columbine Massacre.

I spent a portion of my lunch browsing though all the stuff about it. I know, there's been plenty of people who have thought alot about that day. But it got me thinking about religion a little bit. I'm not exactly a very religious person, but in the same breath I'm respectful of those who are.

However, all this does come to a point.

The one mark of relgion is they are usually very nice to people who think like they do. However, when it comes to people who don't necessarily think like them they are noticeably less kind. Ironically, the same can be said of a lack of religion.

This is summed up by the reports that the Columbine shooters asked people if they believed in God be for killing them?

It rings all to familiar with the attitude that religious zealots had with people they deemed witches. Asking them to embrace God, shortly before burning them.

The on startling fact about all this... if every religion teaches us the same basic principals ... to live a good life, and to respect life... why is it that there are more people killed in the name of religion, then there are people that are saved by it.

There's been a bunch of movies about AI taking over, iRobot, the Matrix... pretty much what it boils down to is that ... the biggest threat to our own lives ... is ourself.

People use any excuse they can think of to kill other human beings, and one of the top items on that list is religion. Which is a bit odd considering there's not a religion in existence today that teaches violence is an answer.

... anyways the moral of my story is ...

Less zeal.
More logic and understanding.

After all even a zealot spouting atheistic ideals, is still a zealot.