SOME STUPID THINGS PEOPLE DO . . .

People love kicks that kill them.  The mountains of evidence of the harmful effects of smoking, drinking, and drugs do not deter people from indulging.  "Harmful effects happen to other people, but will never happen to me."  is the attitude.  I suppose this is true.  Hospitals and rehab centers are full of  other people.

Baseball caps and running shoes in winter?  These items are fine in spring, summer and fall.   But in winter with knee-deep, blowing  snow and subzero temperatures, many people are still wearing baseball caps and running shoes!   "It's the style," they say.  Common sense takes a back seat when it comes to being in style.

Nonconformists will join groups to be with other nonconformists.

People will preach that racism and hatred are wrong, but hate racists.

People love going out to restaurants to order homemade food.  How can homemade food be made in any place except the home?                  

Zen calendars for sale?  Zen stresses The Eternal Now.  Doesn't a calendar go against Zen philosophy?  Do people need twenty-four pages of pictures, words, boxes and numbers to remind them that time does not exist?  Apparently so.

People will wear makeup to make themselves look natural.  They wear makeup to make themselves look as if they are not wearing any makeup?

And finally there are those people who blog about stupid things people do.  These bloggers think they are superior to other people, and that they are above and beyond doing stupid things.  How stupid is that?

BURNING THE QUR'AN

     Why all the fuss over simple confusion?  Reverend Terry Jones is confused because he thinks he is doing God's work by burning the Qur'an.  Muslims are confused because they think a fellow human being can hurt or destroy what the Qur'an represents.  Political and religious leaders are confused because they, too, believe that what the Qur'an represents can be attacked.  Is this much ado about  madness?

     The Qur'an, The Bible, and any other holy book,  are symbols and symbols only.  They are not what they represent.  What they represent is beyond offense, harm and destruction.  Can you imagine if this was not so?

"Almighty God is Great, but He was hospitalized today when someone burned His Holy Book . . . "

      A restaurant's menu is not its food.

      What harm will be done by Reverend Jones?  Only the Qur'ans he burns will be destroyed.  He may contribute to global warming.  But other than that,  Islam will survive and so will Allah. 

     Reverend Jones thinks he is doing something significant.  Good for him.    After his "significant" act, he can celebrate, with his congregation,  at a local restaurant by eating the menu. 

     Are aliens watching us and laughing?