I originally wrote this back in 2007, two years before the game came out. My guess I inspired it, though it pissed the Muslims off.
It is widely known that religion will kill you. And in the course of human events..it has. More people have died, since the advent of consciousness, in the name of {Insert your Deity here} than anything else.
We’re all tired of the war in Iraq. It’s not about Oil, or WMD, or taking Saddam out. It’s about Israel and who supports her. I say her as Judaism is passed down through the mother’s side, and well, being that Moses got lost for 40 years in the desert…anyway…we’ll stick with my theory, my blog.
Is there a good answer at this point in time? No. No matter what Dubya comes up with, no matter what your party affiliation, it’s a no win situation. We’re screwed, blued and tattooed.
Or what any Trekker knows as the Kobayashi Maru. (Yep, I grew up on Star Trek) For those of you not familiar with the term, I will convey the meaning for you from Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan quotes. Thank you IMDB.com and for some trivia Lt. Saavik was played by the young Kirstie Alley way (weigh?)before she needed Jenny Craig.
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So basically my point is, we need some Original Thinking to get out of this mess. Now I’m not talking about changing politics -that’s another game show for another day and for all intense purposes, this is the best country to live in IMHO.
All my WWRSD has to do with is, creating a universal belief system. Think about it in these terms courtesy DBW. We’re all climbing the same mountain, but taking different paths.
It was supposed to be a solo journey. Somewhere along the way we all started arguing whose path was best, or right, or if you were an extremist Muslim, take the shortcut after booby trapping the other paths and go collect your virgins. The point that was lost was it was all an uphill climb to begin with, we stumble and fall along the way, to reach the zenith. So let’s take a shot at globally agreeing that we all need to get to the top of the mountain, and here’s my way.
My vision for this would have to incorporate Physical Skill, Knowledge, Luck, Talent and of course a Lightening & Elimination Round. The Winner of said competition gets to decide which belief system we follow and is recognized as the Grand Poobah of all and picks the proverbial path to follow. Now, this isn’t a game to be played overnight, that would be irresponsible and we need television coverage and someone to fill the Amish in. Damn, this is getting complicated. Anyway, it will eventually get down to a playoff like the NFL and this being the age that it is by the time I have this posted I’m sure there will be a fantasy draft for your favorite religions. Oooh, I got the Quakers!!
To make it interesting you have to turn over the questions to the people who have no beliefs, since they won’t care who wins anyway. We’ll call them our Impartial Jury. This will be made up of the Agnostics and Atheists. The Judges will be the Unitarians, since they really don’t care what you believe as long as you believe in something.
Now as tension and tempers rise, we will need an outlet for our aggression. That’s where we keep the extremists who will never accept world order or peace. We will refer to them as “Acceptable Losses.” Now don’t get all high and mighty here, that’s a term used by our own Government so deal with it. However, they will have a choice before termination to accept the potential winner or die for their personal beliefs now. Whatever. It’s really just for suspense – we all know they won’t accept the answer; we’ll just get creative in their demise during the commercial break.
Now I’m still fleshing this out, so bear with me. See the entire Catholic regime could be eliminated right off the bat with ” I’ll take Sex Secrets at the Vatican for 200″ and for those who get through that unscathed we’ll turn to the musical portion of our contest. First up we have the Mormon Tabernacle Choir against the Women of the Wailing Wall. Do you see where I am going with this? Note to self, put a call out to Simon Cowels agent and Ryan Seacrest for availability.
Ok, it’s a little insane right now and sounds more like a treatment for the Studio Execs over at Fox, but you have to admit, it does have some merit and would bring our men and women home from overseas. No muss no fuss, just at the end we all agree on one thing.
Sure it’s been done before, thanks to Henry VIII and his need for the church to recognize his divorce. Since they wouldn’t play it his way, he just made his own religion, hence the COE. But he failed to take it global, so now they are just another contender.
Now I’m not real sure if the actual figure heads are going to have to get down and dirty. Somehow watching the Pope go one on one with the Archbishop of Canterbury could bring some comic relief if we had them in a dance off, or maybe a quick round of Texas Hold ‘em, where the purses run high from all those stashed offertory plates and tithing.
I’m open to some positive ideas and challenges to work this all out. It’s all about Peace and Purpose folks. Peace in our lives and Purpose in our soul. The true meaning of life. But let’s give our generations to come an ideal life, where we don’t keep sending our loved ones to die for a three thousand year old battle. In the mean time, I’ll get this thought out there, and see what the bookies in Vegas say. 😉
i was naked when i wrote this 