Prayers for no Prayers

In response to the terrorist attack in New Zealand today, 3/15/2019, that target our Muslim brothers and sisters.

I know religion is a good thing. 

That it can be. 

I know it can comfort and soothe a grief stricken body.

That it can provide answers to questions we all wish we knew. 

That it can be a community of commitment and serving each other. 

It can be good. 

But when did it become so thirsty?

Why does it seek souls and blood and blind following?

I know rhetoric can vary. 

That sects can dilute the holy water and taint it. 

That people can twist something good and make it a terrorist attack.

But if any sort of religion leads to this, 

Maybe it all should go. 

If there are the acts that stem from a holy branch, the tree needs to be cut down. 

To get rid of religion?

An impossible thing, I know. 

It's embedded in our DNA, that is, according to where we are born. 

But I've lost my religion, 

And I'm still a good person.

A better person, actually. 

So I know that it's possible to weed out. 

I believe that we would be a better race. If this wasn't a race at all.

To be the best, the most religious, the holiest. 

It's such a tragic disgrace.