Religion Wars - part one

So I've realized I'm basically as religious as a piece of burnt toast. It's not that I don't want to or I don't see myself being a more spiritual person, it's just that I have sort of left that part of me behind while further developing other characteristics and traits. Seeing as I have nothing better to do these days I think it is time I pick a set of beliefs or see which one matches my own and stick with it a while and see how it goes.

So first off, what exactly is a religion -

"A religion is a set of beliefs and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual, and religious law." - Wikipedia (i.e. my current religion)

So thats what a religion is. So in order to compare different religions to each other I am going to set aside some categories based on what a religion is.

Categories are as follows

1. Beliefs - What do they belief in? Is it sweet, lame, stupid etc.
2. Religious Law - The rules, they decent and fair or just foolish
3. Practices/ Traditions - What does this religion do once your in it
4. The Cosmos/ Claims- views on the universe and how it began
   
5. Mythology -the nuts stuff
   

Pretty basic, your stand 5 gauge comparison. Lets take a look at who we have competing for the title of "Best Religion".

• Judaism
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Christianity

Looks like its going to be a good fight with 25% odds for each religion going into this one.
Stay tuned as we begin round 1 for the title of Best Religion.

-brett
the fat flamingo

The Quest of Self Improvment

So im sitting at a Tim Hortons with my friends launching insults across the table as we normally do seeing who can out smart the other one with their string of mother insults and tom foolery. It was at this moment I realized what had become of our sense of humor and conversations. So in a effort to better myself I decided I would see how long I could last by not insulting my friends. This includes the phrases "fag", "noob", "idiot", "super noob", "lame tard", "chain chomp" and "Waters".

My friends thought this was such a good idea they decided to add to it. The time length for the challenge is 1 month. If I break before then I will simply receive a swift kick to my happy sack from the largest and most built member of the group (i.e. chris bone). If I am successful I will receive a free meal.

To monitor how much time remains in the challenge a count down clock has been added to the blog know as the "Insult Countdown". I will keep you post on my status in the challenge.

-brett
the fat flamingo

Political Cartoon #1