Religion Is Bunk

When it comes to religion, I am generally with Richard Dawkins. I may be an agnostic when it comes to the concept of a supreme-being but I am totally opposed to the idea of religion. There are thousands of religions on this planet and there always have been. All are based on teachings that range from the merely curious to medieval fantasy and absurdity. One problem which all of them rarely try to address is the slight problem of why my religion is right and yours is wrong. If they just existed in their own little worlds bothering no one, they could, as far as I am concerned, believe what they like. I am, fundamentally, a libertarian. But libertarianism does have the over-rider "provided that it does not impinge on other people's rights." And that is where most religions bite the dust. We, in Britain, have had nearly 2,000 years of mayhem and wars provoked or encouraged by Christianity. That is now over as far as the UK is concerned because very few people are religious - except in Northern Ireland. After all the killings of the last 40 years, the populace still insists on rioting on or about 12th July when the Protestants march around the Catholic areas celebrating the defeat of Catholics under King James II by the Dutch King William III of the House of Orange in 1690. That is 320 years ago and apart from the annual riots is of almost no contemprary significance to anything. But it's about religion. If we ignore Northern Ireland, it is the turn - again - of Islam. No doubt when that religion fades, we will have more medieval claptrap to organise the killing of another few million people.
There were headlines today that there is serious trouble in Lewes gaol because some Muslim prisoners were "accidentally" fed with non halal meat. Shock! Horror! Now it seems that the question of whether you can eat non-halal meat or not depends on who interprets the contents of the Koran. Does it matter? Would it not be more of an issue to decide if the truly religious should be eating meat at all? In this world of political correctness, the Establishment is prepared to pander to the fads and idiosyncrasies of any individual - particularly, if they are from the immigrant ethnic minority population. I think anyone who is in prison should have to eat the food provided for all prisoners obtained from the usual sources and prepared in the usual way.
To help out, I have included a picture, above, of a piece of ordinary meat alongside a piece of halal meat. Am I a racist? Possibly. Am I a anti-religionist? Certainly.
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