Religious Intolerance

   So the crack pot minister Terry Jones has finally followed through on his threat to burn a Quran, the Muslim holy book.  As the minister of the Dove World Outreach Center, a small fundamentalist Christian church in Florida, he professes to be a man of God.  I can’t speak for his god, but I have to believe that my God would not be pleased by Jones’ actions.

   Religion is a very personal thing that relies totally on faith.  As such, I can’t understand how anyone can be 100% sure they are right in their faith, and if you don’t share it, then you are 100% wrong in yours.  I believe God made man more humble than this. 

   Just as Americans dislike and can’t understand many Middle East governments and cultures that are controlled so much by religion, I have the same feeling here about my government and culture.  In several state legislatures there are moves to outlaw Sharia law, but at the same time pass laws that have to do with a particular religious belief.  While opposing the idea of government being controlled by the Muslim religion, many people would support our government being controlled by the Christian religion. 

 
   Religions are made by man, not by God, and faith is but one man’s beliefs.  When governments are controlled by religious beliefs, intolerance is sure to become the law of the land.  This is not good in any country of the world including the USA