Painful Extrapolation of Religion

This is a post inspired by many thought processes, but that has been a long time coming. I realize that I have not posted opinion rants for a long while, but feel that it is necessary now that my thoughts have come to order. It should be noted, however, that the origin of this thought process was spurred from an episode of "The Colbert Report." Yes, a satirical, comedy-based news program has led me to certain revelations.

I will start by posting the link to the video here (the portion I want you to watch beings at 1:01 and ends at 1:38). I warn you, before opening and watching the video, that it is part of a post from an overly preachy channel called "The Liberal Viewer." Let it be known prior to watching the video that I do not, in any way, shape or form, support "The Liberal viewer," and in fact condemn it as spam and accuse it of turning all issues towards the extreme. Please only consider the brief clip of "The Colbert Report," and completely disregard the nonsense provocation of "The Liberal Viewer." It was simply the only place I was able to find the clip of Colbert.

I will not regurgitate what Colbert plainly stated in this clip, as it is obvious that I agree with him. I will, however, elaborate my own opinion, and lending to my theory that organized religion is as corrupt as it was in early Europe.

Sure the Pope no longer relies on selfishness and lies, and no longer conducts sins as his predecessors once did, but the modern church is corrupt nonetheless. I have my beliefs. I do not parade around announcing my beliefs to those who do not ask to hear them, but they do exist. I do not, however, believe it IS in fact necessary to parade and advertise my own system of beliefs and morality in order to prove that it does exist. This is one of my reasons for rejecting organized religion. I feel that many people feel that they are more religious or a bigger part of their religious communities simply because they attend church on a weekly basis. What they do not promote is the fact that many of these "dedicated" religious people, or even the "extremists," do not truly follow their religion. Allow me to elude to the original video. A modern-day extremist would condemn homosexuality, abortions and other such activities. Where in the respective Bible does it do so? Who are we to extrapolate from the Bible and to then pass judgement as "the will of God?" It is mindless and it stems from the basic human condition that humans are 1) never satisfied, and 2) always striving to be right, no matter the cost.

The "organized" church forces theories and mindsets down its "community's" throat. Many of these mindsets are not actually mentioned in any respective Bible. Most are constructed by modern-day religious leaders. Does this seem reasonable?

I also believe that it is truly impossible to follow a church or religion's teachings without wavering. We earn values and morals through life experience. We do not gain all of our life teachings from one man preaching to the sky. Because of this, no two men will have the same morals. Men can intend to do good and intend to have a positive impact on the world. However, without sharing common specific goals, common moralities or common fundamental beliefs, the church would have you believe that two men who share the common struggle for what is right are too different to be the same. Why can't men waver, so long as they do fight for what they consider to be right? Who's to say that one man is wrong for considering something right while another man considers it wrong? They were raised and grew to believe in different points of view. They do not share a single mindset. Isn't that part of the wonders of the Christian God? That all men are created equal, but also consistently unique?

Believe what you will, but I will continue to do so in private, and by my own terms.

Kudos to mankind, we have failed.