Prisoner To Bad Religion

    There are serious ecological problems that threaten the very survival of the human race. It is not possible to keep poisoning the oceans and lands with plastics and a myriad of other life choking trash and contaminants and expect humans to thrive. It is not possible to have continued ecological degradation combined with an exploding human population and expect a bright future for humanity. It is only a matter of time before humans destroy themselves either from nuclear weapons or from destroying the environment beyond repair.
     Yet rather than face the destruction we are bringing upon ourselves, many people could care less. Religion does not help when it enables people to ignore the realities of this world. It is okay to destroy earth and each other, many believe, because there is a better world after life on this one.
     Respecting religions must not include uncritical acceptance of destructive religious beliefs and impulses. We cannot have religious wars and expect to survive. Religions should not exist to perpetuate themselves and remain forever untouched and unreformed, no matter how much harm and evil they cause.
     We cannot be married to failed beliefs and ideologies from centuries past, believing that they hold the answer for present times. They do not.
      Faith and religion are not one and the same. When religion promotes bigotry, supremacy, intolerance, hate, and violence, it should be resisted. Religion should exist to help people be better human beings; kinder, more compassionate and braver. It should not be turning people into a bunch of hate filled violent fanatics.