Religulous Page #12

second coming of Jesus Christ.

It seems peaceful,

but this is the very spot where

a lot of Christians believe

life on earth will end.

The irony of religion

is that because

of its power to divert man

to destructive courses,

the world actually

could come to an end.

A lot of people

in this country believe

in end times.

There will be this great

reckoning, the Rapture.

- Do you believe that?

- I do.

But if you believe that the world is

gonna come to an end,

and perhaps any day now,

does it not drain

one's motivation

to improve life on earth

while we're here?

The plain fact is,

religion must die

for mankind to live.

The hour is getting very late

to be able to indulge

in having key decisions made

by religious people,

by irrationalists, by those

who would steer the ship of state

not by a compass,

but by the equivalent

of reading the entrails

of a chicken.

George Bush prayed

a lot about Iraq,

but he didn't learn

a lot about it.

I don't know that much

about politics,

I'll vote for President Bush

because of his faith.

Faith means making

a virtue out of not thinking.

It's nothing to brag about.

And those who preach faith

and enable and elevate it

are our intellectual slaveholders,

keeping mankind in a bondage

to fantasy and nonsense

that has spawned and justified

so much lunacy and destruction.

Religion is dangerous

because it allows human beings

who don't have all the answers

to think that they do.

Most people would think

it's wonderful when someone says,

"I'm willing, Lord.

I'll do whatever You want me to do."

Except that since there

are no gods actually talking to us,

that void is filled in by people

with their own corruptions,

- limitations and agendas.

- It's going to happen,

and I'm not saying

necessarily nuclear...

The Lord didn't say nuclear...

but I do believe it'll

be something like that.

And anyone who tells you

they know...

they just know

what happens when you die,

I promise you, you don't.

How can I be so sure?

Because I don't know,

and you do not possess

mental powers that I do not.

The only appropriate attitude

for man to have

about the big questions

is not the arrogant certitude

that is the hallmark of religion,

but doubt. Doubt is humble,

and that's what

man needs to be,

considering that human history

is just a litany

of getting sh*t dead wrong.

Jesus is coming back

to rescue the Jews,

because he is

the only one that can.

The believer goes in the paradise.

Unbeliever, they will go to hell.

The Jews are the only reason

that I am a Christian.

- I love them.

- But you're not gonna take them

- to heaven with you, are you?

- I'm gonna go in the Rapture,

and I'm gonna come back

on a white horse.

So you think Jesus

will end this earth at some point,

maybe in your lifetime?

One always hopes.

This is a sign, and that is a sign.

If a nuclear bomb went off,

and it seemed like that was

exactly what it had said,

balls of fire or something,

you wouldn't look on that

as necessarily a bad thing.

I know I'll be with God.

This is why rational people,

anti-religionists,

must end their timidity

and come out of the closet

and assert themselves.

And those who consider themselves

only moderately religious

really need to look

in the mirror and realize

that the solace and comfort

that religion brings you

actually comes

at a terrible price.

It says in the last days

there'll be wars, rumors of wars.

The Bible prophesies

from the Book of Revelation...

they're going to be fulfilled!

Can this be accomplished

without violence?

- No.

- Islam ruling the world,

global jihad.

- Who will win out?

- We'll win.

That's for God to decide

on Judgment Day.

If you belonged to a political

party or a social club

that was tied

to as much bigotry, misogyny,

homophobia, violence

and sheer ignorance

as religion is,

you'd resign in protest.

To do otherwise is

to be an enabler,

a Mafia wife,

with the true devils of extremism

that draw their legitimacy

from the billions

of their fellow travelers.

If the world does come

to an end here or wherever,

or if it limps into the future,

decimated by the effects

of a religion-inspired

nuclear terrorism,

let's remember

what the real problem was:

That we learned how

to precipitate mass death

before we got past

the neurological disorder

of wishing for it.

That's it. Grow up or die.

We are in a conflict

between good and evil.

See you in heaven.

Who knows?

Yeah, exactly.

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