Simple Thinking

I'm not going to try and debunk religion. Too many people have already done that. Those of a religious mind are fully capable of ignoring or glossing over those arguments. What I am going to attempt to do is to instill just a bit of thought in their minds.

Let's start with a parable, shall we?

There was a man; we'll call him Mr Jones. Mr Jones had three sons. The eldest son he showered with love and affection. The young man always got the best food, the best clothes, was sent to the best schools, and was constantly told how much he was loved. On the boy's birthday, Mr Jones threw lavish parties with hundreds of guests in exotic locations. In short, the boy had everything.

The two younger sons, however, Mr Jones kept locked up in a dark, damp basement. There was not ventilation, no heat, no air conditioning. The boys were chained to a wall by their ankles, and could move at most a few feet. He fed them very little, and what food they got was tainted with animal droppings, mold and insects. They got just barely enough stagnant, slimy green water to keep them alive. Twice a day, Mr Jones went down to that basement with a whip and beat the boys until they collapsed from the pain. He then poured salt in their wounds.

When his treatment of these two boys was discovered, the police detective who first interviewed him asked him "Why? Why did you treat one son so well, and yet were so horrible to the other two?"

Mr Jones smiled, "Simple: he was lucky enough to be born first!"


I doubt that any reasonably sane human being from any culture would consider Mr Jones to be a good man, let alone a good and loving father. Even a devout Christian would be hard pressed to find any redeeming qualities in the man.

Remember Mr Jones, we'll get back to him.