Unbiased God

Am I the only one who thinks religion is bullshit? Or more specifically religious people?

I hear them on the TV, they're in the newspaper articles, they're in my life. They're on bumper stickers, on songs and in my bloody philosophy class.  They preach about their ways. They say they're way is the only way. That I'm missing out. That I am wrong. That I'm cynical. That I am cursed. That I'm going to hell. But wait! They have the get-out-of-hell free card....just convert :)

Let me tell you something. You are not a better than me because you believe in something I don't.  You are not a better person because you condemn others. You don't have a better chance at going to heaven because you follow scriptures. You are not a better person because you say everyone else is damned. You are not a better person for judging someone if they're homosexual, or of a different faith, or because they believe in science.

You are not a better person if you use the "word of God" to kill another person, to stone a woman to death, to bomb a country, to make someone feel like they are hopeless. You're not closer to God than anyone else just because you think you've found the "right" path.

You don't have a better chance at Heaven if you push ideas on other people. If you put fear and restrictions on others. If you coerce someone into something they did not want themselves.

And most of all. It doesn't matter how much praying, or yoga, or meditation you practice, if you can't follow simple morals and have good intentions towards others, you are still in the preschool stage of enlightenment. You can do all the religious practices you want.

But in the end are you a good person?
Because my nameless, religionless, unbiased God, he cares about that the most.