The Problem with Religion

by The Attorney in Religion, April 8, 2008

The problem with religion is people. People are imperfect and engage in hypocrisy, while preaching against that which they are, themselves, guilty.

Aside from the religion and politics synergy, in day to day living I have seen examples that demonstrate the problem of which I am writing. I was raised in a West Texas town that has been said to be the buckle of the Bible Belt. In this town, there exists not one adult media store. A Hooter’s restaurant opened there a few years back and was subsequently “run out of town” due to the protestations of the areas religious members. Interestingly enough many of those very same people who protested, or perhaps their husbands, would frequent that very Hooter’s establishment. If you drive just outside the city limits, where the adult bookstore is found, you will see brand new BMWs, Cadillacs, Mercedes and the like parked just behind the privacy fence at the bookstore. Come Sunday morning those same BMWs, Cadillacs and Mercedes are parked outside the First Baptist Church, or some other Church (I am not singling Baptist out).

I have seen many 360 pages where people profess to be “God Fearing” and devout Christians. Yet on many of those pages there are pics or avatars of scantly clad men and women, naked men and women, tons of sexual innuendo and a vile viciousness toward others. While these people are presumably attempting to confess their faith in God by their words, what they are in actuality doing is demonstrating their insincerity through their deeds. If you think I am speaking of you perhaps there is good reason.

I am not saying that people should not have naked men and women on their 360 pages. I am not saying that people should not have fun with sexual innuendo. I am not saying that everyone has to be nice. I am not passing judgment. What I am suggesting is that if you choose to make the representation that you are holy, “God Fearing”, and devout to your religion, perhaps in your deeds you should exhibit an attempt, at the very least, to reflect your profession.