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This morning I was watching CSPAN-3s American History TV. A program called "history of Islam in America".

The discussion turned to a poll about the likelihood of Americans to vote in a president based on religious affiliation. Not surprisingly, Muslims scored in lowest with 68% saying they'd never vote for a Muslim. This made me think about how I'd never have voted for Mitt Romney, a Mormon. I considered my reasoning. It's not a simple refusal to reject the man because his brand of religion is weird; hell, I'm ordained in two weird religions myself, and have invented another just for fun.

I do feel that Mormonism is Christianity pushing the wacko theology envelope, but is only getting closer to my point. Christianity in all its flavors is at best delusional. All of the monotheistic faiths are similarly not to be trusted as a means to navigating reality. The only faith I give any credit to is Buddhism, and not all the flavors.

There's that old saw about defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over again the same way, all the while failing, but somehow expecting a different result this time. This time, for purposes of this quasi-rant, would be the religion of choice.

It is clear that science and reason are the best tools we have as humans to analyze just about everything. I have faith that were the scientific method to be rigorously applied to most human endeavors, the results of these works would be wonderful beyond my own feeble imaginings. A side effect would necessarily a rise in our collective sanity.