Peace Man

When I was Christian I held the belief that our world could never know peace until the "Prince of Peace" came back. He would usher in peace and we would live happily ever after. The End. What a stupid man I was.
Here I was, gleaning foreign policy from a dessert tribe's scribbling; people who thought the world was flat. (Not to mention that this hope was based on the idea that Jesus was the end of this prophesy.)
But now I know we can have peace in our lives as well as our Country and our world. We have the capability to grow food and feed everyone on this planet. We have the technology to extend medical care to each and every person who needs it. We have the ability to house and care for each and every person alive today.
Then what is the problem?
We can't get along with one another.
Why?
Religion!
Ask yourself honest questions. Why are we fighting in the Middle East? In Afghanistan? In Iraq? Because someone thinks a "Man in the Sky" (spooky children) told them they could have some land? No matter what side your foam finger is for, that doesn't sit right with reason.
Come on! Open your eyes. We could be a peaceful world working together, but instead we have perpetuated idiotic, crusty ideology from ignorant Iron Aged men, to another generation.
Frustrating!