You know what's crazy? The other night I was talking to my sister about religion. She knows almost nothing about it. My parents don't really give a shit one way or the other. I'm more or less atheist, but I have the decency not to force my opinions on children.
As a result, her whole life she's gone without any real knowledge of religion. She hears snippets of it, of course. She knows who Jesus was, she has a vague knowledge of some of the stories in the bible, but ultimately, she's a person who hasn't been influenced one way or the other.
I just thought it was kind of cool. Her snap judgment is to assume religion is the biggest crock of shit ever, which I think anyone who wasn't brainwashed as a child would agree.
God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New--the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.
-Mark Twain
If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
-Albert Einstein