People with gods kill other people

Our world is in terrible shape because people believe ancient fables, Bronze and Iron Age myths, imaginary gods stories, morally reprehensible scriptures, and the venal priests, preachers, and imams spewing their narrow-minded malarkey of hate. They put malevolent, life-denying dogmas before reason, science and human prosperity.

They demand we live in a past of superstitions, cowering in fear of divine retribution with belief in fictitious hells, and command their followers to be holy instruments of those make-believe deities by killing your neighbors for not accepting their beliefs. They spew anachronistic statements suitable for the ages of burning-atthe-stake, witch-hunts and religious genocide.

You can believe what you want. But keep it out of government and public schools. It’s not progress. It’s religious clap-trap overflowing with mental poverty and immorality.

Look around. The world is not in turmoil because it rejects your religious claims of truth; it’s because your followers act on your warped absurdities presented as divine revelations.

The world has real problems that require real solutions. The solutions aren’t found in fairy tales. It’s time for a new enlightenment.

Gods don’t kill people. People with gods kill people. Stephen Greenfield Cleveland, Tenn.