Thoughts for today... Religion or what I choose to call B.S. (Belief Systems) has been the cause of wars suffering pain strife all over the world. Putting brother against brother sister against sister family against family etc. All this for what? Pleasing a God/Gods who they (Believers) have no real or true knowledge of or about. All they (Believers) know is what they have been told by those who keep them and their minds locked in a place of confinement. The time has come to free yourselves from “RELIGIOUS” enslavement and become a free minded person. Read the following with an open mind … What is religion and what does it mean? Here are some thoughts from famous people. Butterfly McQueen "As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion." “The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.”- Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865). Albert Einstein “I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religion than it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.”“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own — a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism.” Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich -Napoleon Bonapart To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself. -Sophy Burnham

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. -Steven Weinberg (1933 - ), quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999 When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible. -George Burns (1896 - 1996) A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. -James Feibleman The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. -Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890) Your comments are always welcome