"Do unto others as you would want them to do onto you."
                                             -Luke 6:31

    For those of you who've never read the Bible (or can't quote it
word-for-word, at least), those are the words of the Big Cheese
himself, Jesus Christ.  Even if you're not a Christian (which I know
full well that many aren't), they're still pretty damn good words
to live by.  If onyl because if you treat people like shit, then
eventually it'll come back and bite you in the ass.  Hard.
    Now, all religions have them, but the hypocrites seem to flock
to Christianity more than any other.  Maybe because they figure they
can sin all they want and use Jesus as a "Get Out of Hell Free" 
card.  Needless to say, that's not the way it works, but we'll ignore
that for right now.  The worst type of hypocrisy is the Christians
that will take you to task over saying "hell" (and Heaven help you if
you should say "fuck" or "goddamn"), yet treat their fellow man like 
garbage.  These are the same morons that, a thousand or so years ago,
were helping the Inquisitors hunt down heathens and witches so that
they could shatter their arms and legs with hammers and weave their
broken limbs into gigantic wheels.  
    This is especially true in the South, where I live.  "Christians"
here will thump their bibles, command you to go the church, and quote
line and verse from the gospels while in the same breath pledging 
their hatred for the "niggers" and the "fags".   Why, even preachers 
stand up on the pulpit, and scream about hellfire and brimstone, and 
how those who do not "repent" (that is, agree exactly with what 
they're saying) will burn in eternal damnation.  These people will 
even outright murder someone in the name of Jesus (who was, by the 
way, a pacifist), because perhaps they have a differing sexual 
preference.  There's a quote from the same Bible that these people 
claim to revere, one from Jesus himself when he was asked the way 
unto heaven.  Jesus said two things: to love God, and to love thy 
neighbor like thyself.  Not to kill him in cold blood, not to abuse 
her because she is different, but TO LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF.  
In other words, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."  
The Golden Rule.  If you don't want to be killed for being straight, 
don't kill someone else for being gay.  If you don't want to be 
tormented for your religion, don't do so to those who are unwilling 
to listen.  Remember, what goes around, comes around ... either in 
this life, or the next.
     This isn't meant to be a sermon, and it isn't.  I could care
less if whether you're Baptist or Catholic, Hindu or Taoist, whether
you worship Jesus or Allah or Yog-Sothoth.  But the fact of the 
matter is, if you're going to preach it, make sure you practice it
as well.  
     Stay Hungry.

---The Anarkist