In another dazzling display of stupid humans following religion, an inmate in Texas gouged his eyes out because of Mark 9:27 ("And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.")
Why was he in jail? He cut the hearts out of his 20 year old wife, 4 year old son, and 1 year old daughter.
Now, I'm not trying to say religion is dumb (despite the fact that it is responsible for all conflicts and death since the beginning of humanity -- even if it wasn't persecuting sinners, it was claiming some random spot of land because you believe your diety gave you the right to, etc etc). Anyhow, I still think it has its redeeming values. Being raised a Christian I still hold close to heart the idea of being kind to fellow humans (and all the other humanistic type crap), whether I believe in God or not, it's just nice......to be nice.
Posted by Jim at April 7, 2004 03:44 PMwith his hands too, thats pretty impressive
Posted by: Justin at April 8, 2004 09:31 AM