The Power of Nightmares

Perhaps I was meant to move to Scotland. To live in and be exposed to a new culture with different norms, values and beliefs. I am thrilled about all that I am reading and watching and learning about. I am also discovering a that I am able to discern my political views and philosophy in new and constructive ways now that I am out of the confines of American media. I am astounded at how frequently I am confronted with the realization that I feel like I have been leading to and spouting off about for a long long time. Religion will make people do crazy things. Isn't it odd, that, in our identities in this world, when we are born we CANNOT CHOOSE: race, gender, sexual orientation, class (although you can move from this), physical appearance, etc. BUT, although we can be born into a religion, it is, in my opinion, the single greatest factor to cause grief and havoc on this world. We (generally speaking) actively choose to pursue a faith (catholics, protestants, born-again, muslim, jews, etc), and, a great deal a people will pursue that faith to such fanatical heights that they use religion to justify the Killing or removal of others. It would seem, if one from space lets say, took a cursory glance at our world, that people allover the world are trying to kill everyone else so they can be the last ones here. What sparked this latest rant? The Power of Nightmares on BBC2. Now that is a documentary that should be shown in the states, but I doubt it will.