Do Not Disavow

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Do Not Disavow By: Rick Davis   When Charlemagne established law Salic in barb’rous land, The gospel flourished, and he saw Christ’s praise on every hand.   (“Do you approve his methods now?”) I do not disavow.   King Godfrey took Jerusalem From bloody paynim hands And brought a halt to Musselmen Invading Christian lands.   (“He did some mean things anyhow!”) I do not disavow.   King Richard with his scarlet shield And passant lions ‘bossed Rode forth again unto the field To regain what was lost.   (“His deeds at Acre you allow?”) I do not disavow.   Unto the Germans Luther brought The gospel full restored, And Calvin at Geneva taught The glory of the Lord.   (“The Jews? Servetus? Holy cow!”) I do not disavow.   Stonewall and Lee like knights of old Fought for their native soil, The true and lovely to uphold Against the tyrant’s spoil.   (“Those vile racists broke their vow!”) I do not disavow.   Men
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Imagine No Religion

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While cruising on the interwebs the other day, I ran across this image:


Do you see what they did there? Apparently if there were no religion, the twin towers would still be there because, hey, no Muslim terrorists to knock them down. This got me to thinking about what the world would be like with no religion. What if society were fundamentally atheistic with no religious beliefs whatever? Can't you and John Lennon imagine all the people...living for today?


Wait a minute! I don't have to imagine a society with no religion. Several such societies have actually existed in our world. So, imagine with me, if you would, the following countries with no nasty, ugly religion to get in the way. Countries like:

France:


Russia:


North Korea:


China:


Kinda makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside doesn't it?

Comments

Erica said…
I love the argument that religion is the cause of all problems. It's not like people fight over anything and everything else. :-)
18 October, 2012 21:10
Rick Davis said…
Yep. I always like to remind people that the Spanish Inquisition killed a grand total of 5,000 people over the course of its 354 years. Ooh the evils of relgion!

The atheistic, anti-religious Reign of Terror in France killed somewhere between 16,000 and 40,000 people in the course of about 10 months.
19 October, 2012 06:47
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