Been Awhile, But Jasper's Back

Dear Wayward Traveler,

The stars called and I sailed forward, but I've kept an account of my notes for your education into the mystery called life. I hope you haven't given up on me due to my lengthy absence, but life is a tricky bitch filled with many a complication.

Let me explain...

I witnessed a galaxy give birth. It wasn't as messy as most would have you think, but it did give a whole new meaning to the Big Bang Theory. I gathered with the other spectators, popcorn in hand (a vice of mine), and witnessed what could only be described as a miracle. Like a jar of marbles spilling out of nowhere, the darkness let loose a thunderous sound and shot forth thousands of planets and suns. Well, they will be when they mature. For now, they're rocketing into the great unknown to find their place.

Why do I tell you this?

Because we're all looking for that miracle to explain things and we get frustrated when we don't find it. Many people turn to religion and they find happiness in these teachings. The problem is that they then push these beliefs onto others. What they found working for them must, according to their backwater logic, work for everyone not illuminated enough to discover this already.

Religion. The Achilles' heel of mankind. The tragic flaw that will bring civilization to its knees. While on their knees, will mankind beg forgiveness or wear out the knees of its collective jeans in supplication to the god they think stands before them? Is it vanity or ego that drives a species to desire the love of a creator? What if their god loves dogs more than humans? Would they accept this defeat in the hierarchy or wave it off as nonsense?

Who are we to know the mind of their god?

Good question. If we, as mortals, can not fathom the mindset of a deity, then who are these humans who claim to speak for him? God wrote these laws on tablets and then revised them into a leather bound book. In his infinite wisdom, he placed his thoughts on parchment that only a handful could see? Why not send out a collective thought to tell everyone what's going on? A Deity Bulletin -- "Today, I'm thinking we all donate to charity."

Why not?

Because of human greed. Yes, people need to feel special and connected to a higher power. One sheep separates himself from the flock, takes a few classes, and promotes himself as channeler to the heavens. Like any schmuck from backwater Iowa couldn't do the same. These people aren't special and they have no knowledge that can't be found on the internet. And they make laws and rules bound by their simplistic human egos.

Case in point.

California just banned gay marriage. Again. Supporters of this claim that it's "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." Fine, but what happened to Lillith? Yes, Adam's first wife, the one who, because she wasn't his type, got revised out of the bible. Revised? Doesn't this challenge god's perfection? Of course. How? By showing that mankind is flawed in its logic.

Once again humans are pushing their belief system onto others. Because most people aren't gay, they feel no one should be. Well, most people aren't black or Jewish either. Should we get rid of them? Most people don't have lactose intolerance. Should we banish those who can't digest dairy? If a loud mouth group of people don't like chocolate ice cream, should we allow them to banish that because it's not vanilla?

Big Brother is watching. And he's not happy. This is the same infallible logic that claims when some moron jumps into a zoo environment, gets attacked by the territorial animal, the animal should be put to sleep.

Why can't stupid people be put to sleep?

Who decides, you say? I do. What makes me qualified to determine stupidity? I have a channel to a higher power. Prove it? Look around you. Do you see a lot of people doing stupid things? Yes? Then i'm right. Prove I have the connection to something larger than me that i refuse to accept is your flawed god? Ok. Take this simple test.

1. You believe in your god created life on this planet with a snap of his fingers (or a giant fart) and then went on sabbatical for thousands of years. What if I said there's a giant teapot floating around the heavens that pours life onto planets? It's invisible, so you can't see it, but you have to believe it's there on faith. Would you accept this?

2. If the answer to question one is "no", then you're stupid.

See how easy this is? Look, bottom line is people use religion to shelter their hatred. They used it in the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Holocaust, 9-11, etc. They used their fear of others to round of Japanese-Americans, lynch African-Americans, keep the woman down, and now their new target is gays.

Republicans blame democrats. Democrats blame republicans. Blah blah blah. The cycle of finger pointing continues. Nobody looks in the mirror and says, "Yes, I hate other people just because they're different." If they do, they probably are straightening their bed sheet so the eye holes are perfectly aligned.

Join me in forming a new party, one that accepts people for who they are no matter race, religion, or creed. Join me in taking back this country from those who have desecrated it's values and raped its ideals.

Join me in forming the American Party.

JvP