This story begins with a prayer. A rather unconventional one. To a rather unconventional deity:

Asphaulta, Asphaulta, goddess of grace, please will you grant me a parking space?

WTF?!?

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I spent years with really nasty thoughts about Old Testament and judaism for introducing a very ugly idea to humanity. The idea that we were all born with some kind of error. An error that we're not guilty for, that we inherited from our oldest predecessors. Yeah, I'm talking about the original sin. 

But it's easy to say the ugly words about something. I had to learn that even the ugly ideas are worth exploring. I had to learn that original sin was not just babbling of crazy prophets in the desert. There is so much more to it. Read more…

In the last post we explored why monotheism so easily slips in the fundamentalism and causes so much hatred and trouble in the world. By its foundation in one and only god, it has to be monopolistic. 

But it wouldn't be fair not to mention the good side of monotheism. Or better, to say why the development of monotheistic religions was a great step in the evolution of the human thought. Read more…

Religious fundamentalism came with monotheism. There were no holy wars before it. Sure, ancient times were cruel, wars between nations were raging, but they were motivated and justified by the economy not the ideology. 

Comparing to our era, those times had an enormous religious exchange and tolerance. Different cultures explored the known world and other cultures. E.G. Egyptian pantheon was known to and influenced the Greeks. And its followers were not treated as infidels. Now, what's so different about monotheism? Read more…

If I had a nickel each time somebody informed me that Jesus died for my sins, I'd be a very rich sinner. 

I'd really hate to say this to Jesus, but I'll tell you: he died for nothing. It was a great move and a noble idea, but the result is far from achieved. To understand that we should explore this story from the beginning. Read more…

Some people love talking about religion. More than that, they love quarreling about religion. Two most prominent subjects being

1. my god/dess is better than yours
2. god do/esn't exist

Which would be all nice if 97.5% of all the words spoken and written weren't completely meaningless. That is, if the people asked themselves one simple question: WTF are we talking about? Read more…

Can you imagine the pope behind the bars? Now, in the beginning of the 21st century? If not, you're certainly not alone. Many people can't. It would be a fairly new thing in history. Though they were poisoned, stabbed with daggers and swords, some even kept locked in their rooms, popes don't get arrested and put on trial. If yes, you are not alone as well. Atheist activists Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins started a campaign to have the Pope arrested for the crimes against humanity when he visits the UK later this year.

On one side there is something that is almost imaginable. On the other is the principle that almost everybody is equal in front of the law. Behind it all is, as always, dirty politics.  Read more…