More religious crap

Just in case it looked like I was done talking about religion...

So. Christianity. Any system which bases itself on the perfection of an individual is setting itself up for problems, because humans do not have the capacity to be perfect (again, depends on your definition of perfect, but here it means toeing all the various moral guidelines at all times). The fact that we cannot be perfect is addressed, as I see it, like this: it is explained through original sin and is allowed through forgiveness. But, if you can be absolved of whatever you do, then it's like tearing up a bartab: someone drank, someone's gotta get paid, and I know because there's a bunch of empties 'round your seat. If we allow saints and those guys to be held up as having achieved their ultimate theological potential, then the idea of human perfection is possible (while at the same time impossible because we are, according to the same beliefs, born imperfect, and that sin ain't going anywhere). When you can't be born with a clean slate, something is seriously wrong.

The US constitution contains a clause saying that each landowner gets an extra 1/2 vote for every slave they own. Things change. Others cease to apply. What we believe and how we interpret any given thing changes with the times, and it's wrong to think that anything's gonna hold up through the ages or be too literal minded when it comes to forever.

I'm so sorry. I'll try to be funny again soon, I promise.