T problem of humanity in a nutshell 26 3 2

we can all have a take on this one

Mine is to do with these ancient texts say from much of the pre-history when man was more the savage than he is today...
when all these biblical texts came into being: the Holy Bible, for Christianity, the the Koran for Islam and the Talmud for Judaism. Not to mention the more Eastern religions of Budism, Hinduism, etc., etc., etc., plus the main ones breaking down into subsidiary ones: Christianity into Catholicism and Protentism; Islam into Shia and Sunni; Judaism into Reform and Orthodox.
Already it will be apparent the sub-divisions are legion.
Without naming any of those beliefs that don't hold to any of the above: atheism, agnosticism, humanism, etc., etc., etc...
But for my 87 years I dallaied with a few of them, but, after subjecting myself to getting a blessing of a priest or minister of a Christian Church, aged 27, I kicked them all into touch, to go with ppl like Bertrand Russell who, and here I may be mis-quoting him: If I can't see something , can't hear, see, smell, or touch it, or taste it, it doesn't exist, except to those who want power over us.

And for me the world has come to a cross-roads wherein, if the world and its ppl continue to accept this edict, eg that the Zios are God's chosen ppl, we're all the rest of us in line to perish like the poor men, women, and children of Palestine have, since with their money and lies they occupied that area of the Middle East, they are in the process of renaming Israel, for starters.

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