If power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, then the omnipotent creator of heaven and earth must be the most evil son-of-a-bitch who ever lived. Non-Christians, we are told, are damned to hell because they have not accepted Christ as their personal savior. Non-Catholics, we are told, are damned to hell because they have rejected God’s Holy Church. And Catholics, we are told, are damned to hell for bowing down to and worshipping graven images. The irony of organized religious thought is the damnation of all, regardless of belief or quality of life.
It has often been said by scholars that devils are "fallen" gods, or deities men no longer worship. But then, are not gods simply devils men choose to worship? Could it be that Yahweh and Allah are simply more "politically correct" devils than Astaroth and Beelzebub? The followers of every religion have been condemned by others as "devil-worshippers" at some time or another. In the "tolerant" social climate of today, the Christian still condemns the Jew, the Jew still condemns the Muslim, and the Muslim still condemns the Christian. Each is willing to kill and commit heinous crimes in the name of his "god". Would it not be more honest for man to admit that he is a worshipper of devils and a believer in fairy tales?
