Pope on the Ropes: Muslims take it to the Streets..Again

The battle lines are slowly being drawn between three of the worlds major religions. Although the Judeo-Christian alliance has sometimes been tenuous and strained (pogroms, the holocaust, Mel Gibson, etc), they remain united in the face of their theological nemesis: Islam

Pope Benedict XVI has recently given a lecture, during which he quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor who, when comparing Islam with Christianity said: "Everything Mohammad brought was evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." Of course the Pope was trying to examine religious violence in the world and was making passing reference to the concept of Jihad.

Well his comments have created quite a stir throughout the Muslim world. He has been condemned by governments and Mullahs, accused of reviving the Crusades, and generally stirring up and causing violence.

It might be just me but...don't the Muslims seem to get stirred up and violent about any non-believer saying anything about them? And don't all their leaders, and the mobs that surround them, continuously call for the death of America, the West, and for Islam to take over the world? And don't Muslims, who go dancing into the streets whenever some Jihaddist manages to blow himself and numerous innocent victims into the next life, seem to glorify and revere the violence that is being done in their name?

Now, as some of you might have guessed, I am not a religious person. There are far too many people in this world purporting to talk with, and for, God (whatever that is). I don't believe a word of it. From BennyXVI, to Dubya, to Mullah Omar, I don't think that any of these so-called spiritual people are genuine, at best they are misguided or deluded. The sooner they all shut up and drop the pretence of being guided by some "supernatural" invisible being, who hates all people who do not obey or worship him in the way set out by these so-called priests and believers, the better. We might as well be fighting, killing, and dying for the Easter Bunny or Zeus. Humanity is mad and there is little hope for us as long as we hang on to these myths, which are all based on our innate fear of death.

Grow up people!!! For God's sake.