Tainted Religion: The Justification for Evil

If it weren't for some of religion's most twisted influences, mankind would be better off.

Let's face it, religion hasn't had the world's best track record. I'm not saying that we should even get rid of religion, in fact, I think that religion does great services. But there are times when religion goes horribly wrong.

Take, for example, the Crusades. Using religion, the Pope and many European and Middle Eastern leaders justified killing each other to death, creating a hostile environment and tension that lasts to this day.

Or look towards Nazi Germany. Someone following a particular religion was enough to justify their deaths. In fact, not only was following that religion harmful, but this opened up the way for a vast multitude of people's death to be justified. Everyone from Slavic peoples, to different political parties, to people of different sexualities were murdered.

Even worse is when religion is used to justify actions that promote one religion over another. When communities in places like Dover, Pennsylvania decides that teaching intelligent design, they are willingly putting forth an idea that advocates the belief of a higher being, or a god. Not only are they insulting scientists with an unproven and untested theory, they are specifically promoting monotheistic religions like Christianity over others such as Buddhism. At this point they are no longer being tolerant of other viewpoints from other religions, defeating their purpose.

Religions can be good, and yet at the same time religious causes have been the main reasons for most of the world's conflicts. From Al Qaida to the Middle East to Bosnia to terrorism to just general discontent, the abuse of religious ideals has created the failing world as we know it. We must put all religions under heavier scrutiny, and only then will they be able to truly serve their purpose without being twisted for evil causes.

Americas are the (second) biggest cowards on the battlefield

Today we do something different. Something, shall we say, less serious.

Americans are the biggest cowards on the battlefield. This is evident throughout the history of America. For example, the revolutionary war. The British fought like the Swedish, everybody line up, and shoot. In the end, you would basically make a shotgun machinegun. Constant fire, lots of rounds. Etc. Us Americans were like, "I don't wanna die!" and came up with a new way of fighting. In the trees! Behind rocks! Everywhere! Just not infront of your fire. And with this, we actually won the Revolutionary war. When George Washington crossed the Trenton river, we were also cowards. They are all asleep, not ready, not deployed. And we won. Guys in the other countries are probably saying, "Those barbaric Americans! They won't stand up and fight properly!"

Fuck no. We'll get owned.

American militeristic weapons also support this fact. For example, bullet proof armor. Yes, we were the one's who developed it. We didn't want to die. It was efficient, it did save lives, people didn't die, but we are still cowards. Yes, it was for the better, and we are a ton stronger, but really. We can't face the risks like everybody else did at that time. We got under kevlar.

Or nightvision. Developed by, guess who? You know it, and your right. Us, Americans. Now we can see in the dark, and you can't. So when your all sleeping, we will rush you, and kill you. It's worse now. Because it can be midnight, and your throat would be slit.

You see, Americans are cowards on the battle field. Well, second, first is the French. But we don't retreat, instead, we make things that you can't beat. We don't fight on your grounds, you fight on our grounds. Your AK can't go through our body armor? You can't see us in the night? You all wanna line up and fight? Tough. We're good at killing people. Just not in the conventional way.

Ah yes.
And we lost the War of 1812. No, it wasn't a stalemate. We didn't win. We got owned. This proves that the British at the time did have a better army. We just won the last battle...which was after the peace treaty was signed.