My point is that religion should not be the target of people's disparaging comments. Many of you would agree that the bible is an imperfect, contradictory text, as it is written by man through "divine inspiration." If such a thing exists is irrelevant. None of us know the true path our spirits must take, just as none of us know what worlds await us in our afterlife. Logic simply doesn't apply, and our only hope to unearth the truth is through deep, circuitous speculation. Even in thought--we are limited to what our senses have gathered. And beneath it all, the whole purpose of it all is to have an enriched life. Half my mind thinks that someone who is wholly devoted to God's Word must be a kook. Remember the pasty guy from the DaVinci Code? How much more devoted can you be? And still, even he succumbs to the weakness of flesh! I realize it's only a movie but there were puritan, God-fearing people who'd punish themselves for the mercy of God.

Now, the bible doesn't demand your blood for the sins you have committed. It asks for merely your faith. Suspicious how such an ancient text has remained convenient for a changing society, is it not?