holiday thoughts

Had a full-on weekend..frankfurt on friday, heidelberg saturday, and rudesheim today. de main destintation was de oldest castle (stone) in germany..dating back to where da first king of all germany was appointed. i took da guided tour and am glad i did.. today in rudesheim i visited a lot of places, one of which was the medieval torture museum.

The castle has endured a lot since it was built..wars, expansion, conversion, different occupiers [even da english was there at one point] and so on. The torture museum exhibits different tools used during the medieval time, who did it, to who, why, and so on..

In this article i am talking mainly about the following religions [in no particular order] Catholic, Protestants, Islam, Judaism, and the concept of religion in general.

So at these 2 occasions, i was reminded again how the concept of "religion" been working throughout the different eras of mankind..altho these 2 days have been mainly on the medieval, gothic - renaissance, but as u noe, the same picture of "religious" conflicts have been around since da beginning of time to this day.. destruction of civilisation, forced conversion of society and churches, "repentance" by torture, torture and burning of women accused of witchery, or to anyone questioning the state's religious doctrine. For women, they dint even hav any say in any religious institution back than. In fact, some religious institutions todAy still do not allow women to be in higher positions [Yes modern christians on ur horses, im talking about u too...]

everyone of u will hav a say on this..and yes i do noe dat diff institutions from the same religion have different policies on any matter..which ironically..only convinces me how inapplicable the concept is in building a more harmonious society..

i realy..and i mean realy...dun want to identify myself as one of these people..i was one for a long time..in da ministry and all.. but the more mature and learned i am [i do not claim to noe everything about all religion..neither am i da wisest amongst all of u], the more i think religion, any, is not contributing to world peace.. granted, men will still kill others over many things if not religions, it has however, contributed to the cause for way too long..

[yes2 religions dont kill people, people kill people, its nvr da religion, its da people..yah da yah da yahda.. open ur eyes!!! it has been a great cause to slaughter fellow mankind throughout da ages!!!]

i wana post some pictures up..jus so u noe wad im talkin about..mayb on later days..am passing out soon after miles of hiking..i think im rambling..