How about a nice game of chess?

We've had the wars of religion, the war between science and religion, demythologizing God, "Honest to God", The Historical Jesus material, biblical studies and criticism, the academic study of religion, the archeology and history of religion, the sociology and psychology of religion, and even the New Atheists. But some how, it's not relevant. How could so many religious people be so stupid?

The elephant in the parlor is religious fraud used for power and control. With 4,200 religions and 30,000 Christian denominations, at least some of them use fraud as a weapon. But notice that any discussion of this topic is taboo. We are all enablers.

It finally occurred to me.

In the 1983 movie WarGames, the supercomputer WOPR is tricked into analyzing tic-tac-toe to alleviate the Global Thermonuclear War game. WOPR observes that "the only winning move is not to play".

The only winning move in religion is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?

Gary Young
Proud Individual