Jon Stewart did an interview over here and it really highlights why I like the guy. We both have a similar view on religion and politics… and we hate hypocrisy.
From the interview:
“Religion makes sense to me. I have trouble with dogma more than I have trouble with religion. I think the best thing religion does is give people a sense of place, purpose, and compassion. My quibble with it is when it’s described as the only way to have those things instilled. You can be moral and not be religious, you can be compassionate, you can be empathetic—you can have all those wonderful qualities. When it begins to be judged as purely based on religion, then you’re suggesting a world where Star Jones goes to heaven but Gandhi doesn’t.”
I too am religious, but not to the point where I think everyone else who doesn’t think like me is wrong. If anything, I think my religion has a lot of things wrong and really has lost it’s true purpose, but that’s a whole different post.
I was going to reiterate what he said about religion, but I think he said it pretty well so there’s no need for me to say anything else.
