@Rox: Guns don't kill people. Evil brains with masculine muscles, beer-induced mass mania, sexual prowess, of pure bones and flesh, with loose trigger fingers kill people...(and evil kittens who have mastered mind control, in the hopes of destroying those pose a threat to their well being)
@TakaM: I just read that thing about the creation museum. I must say: Wow. How do things like this even get funded? Not to start any religious quarrels, but I just can't fathom why people, especially large numbers here in America, choose to deny scientific theories, like Evolution with theology as their back up. The Bible has many holes in it, and has been changed to fit the current times. Yet some people still believe every word of it! Even the Catholic church have ADMITTED to certain hiccups of the bible (for example, the ordeal with the "Red sea" being parted, when a mistranslation showed it to be the "Reed Sea" which tends to shallow to walkable levels during certain parts of the year...).
I'm not saying "don't believe in God, he's not real." Neither am I choosing whose religion is plausible, or even possibly acceptable. All of them have their quarks. I just wish every one would look past the obvious and realize that nearly all these ancient religions follow the basic rules of thumb: Don't kill, Don't steal, Don't lie, and the above all most important(in my opinion), Happiness.
I believe in evolution, but I also believe that there is still some force or life form out there that gave not just us life, but everything else. It's name, in human translation, we'll just call "it" God. How it works, nobody knows. I just wish people were more open to increasing knowledge, rather than greed. Hell, even Einstein felt a closer curiosity to the mysteries of God, as he gained more knowledge in Scientific theories.(Not Scientology...Don't even get me started on that...ugh.)
My parents are very religious, as they came from a small, VERY poor village in Mexico, therein which good education was sparse. They always wished me to join them at church, but I just never felt the need. It wasn't my thing. However,one day they took off to some church retrieval (which I still don't agree with) for 3 days. When they came back, I greeted them at the door and I found my mother glowing; Not in the metaphorical sense, but LITERALLY glowing (not joking)!! I saw that she was so happy from the trip, that quite possibly, it released chemicals within her body causing her skin to illuminate. It was strange, but right then and there I realized that although I have a STRONG distrust for leaders, especially pushers of the faith, that maybe this whole religious thing ain't so bad after all. If this is what really made her happy, than why fuck it up. Let her be.
Happiness...find it, don't fuck it up, and never let anybody take it away from you....