Confessions of a "Religon Designer"

I confess to have stolen more quotes and thoughts and purely elegant little starbursts of writings from the Book of Revelation than anything else in the English language. Not because I am a biblical scholar, or because of any religious faith, but because I love the wild power of the language and the purity of the madness that governs it and makes it music.

Which is why I love religion. I could make up religions all day. In an ideal world, I'd be a religion designer. I'd like people come up to me and say, "I need a religion". I'd go talk to them for awhile, and I'd design a religion for them. That would be a great job. There's a need for people like that. Fortunately, seeing that one can't actually do it, I get paid for sort of creating them anyway.

I wanted to explain my perceived anarchistic tendencies. I have a high respect for Law & Order and the need to live under some form of system that protects society. However recent events have given me a little disrespect for those that are elected to uphold the system. My disrespect for law in fact may only be the manifestation of a burning desire for justice. Order, like law, to be respected, must deserve respect. Disrespect for an order that does not deserve respect ought not to be condemned as degeneration, but commended as a healthy regeneration. What concerns me is that lawyers and judges too often regard "order" as a shield for the protection of privilege.

However with the new breed of visionaries, those who want change and are prepared to make change happen, then I believe we can get what, as I see it, a world fit for all to live in. A world that really is egalitarian. Dare to challenge the convenient status quo and all the elitism it brings. Question the bastards at every opportunity because soon the world will be so full of pollution and disease that it won't matter who makes the decisions.

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