Celebrating Religious Diversity, Not Fighting Over It

UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, I am not a good christian.. (see previous article below) I am a good person who admires and loves the work of the dear lord, and leaves it at that. Religion of the organized sort begins as a tiny seed, and grows into a mighty tree, branches lengthening and twisting, the accumulation of accretion producing a mass of tangled incomprehensibility. First, our dear friend, a teacher whom we revered and from whom we learned much, was tortured to death after a sham of a trial on "trumped up" charges. We miss him dearly. He must have died for some greater cause, otherwise, our lord would never have allowed it. Therefor, he was raised from the dead, and although he was only dead for three days, his death is the price he magnanimously paid for our transgressions. it becomes a tangled web of confused doctrine. For proof of this, one might wish to read the many interesting books by the great historian of early Christian history, Bart Ehrman. Better yet, type into google the term "evil and disgusting passages in the Bible". The bible is by far the most disgusting, bloody book I have ever read, my apologies to Stephen King. The varieties of early Christianity were as numerous then in the first three centuries between the nailing to the cross and the council of Nicea, as now, unbelievably. Was Jesus a man, or a god? Or was he both? Details, details. The Christian faith is a tree of many branches, a coat of many colors, and at the end of every branch is a believer, inventing his own religion. And this is as it should be, to each her own religiosity. If only we would all come to terms with that fact, and accept it, and rejoice in it, rather than turn it into a reason to hate one another and to keep Muslims out of the country. We monotheists would do well to keep to our own side of the mountain, and to continue our climb. Most of the early Christians were polytheists. Since we all glory in the beauty of our individual religiosities, why not celebrate this rather than fight over it? It is not necessary to impose our beliefs on others to reaffirm their validity! Is not life short enough? should we not join hands with those who go our way?, asked Goethe. We should, as we should accept our differences without further dispute. When I realized that everyone invents his own religion, intoned Goethe, I decided to invent mine. Goethe probably thought he was doing no more than stating the obvious. The obvious is worthy of restating, if it is obviously true.