Non Sequitur

Bad idea to over-analyze a joke, but I really like the premise here. It presumes the existence of God, but mocks the faithful who are certain of their own correctness. Unfortunately so many religious people confuse mocking the believers with mocking the belief and confuse mocking the belief with mocking God. These three are not the same. One can revere God, but argue with the believers.

Religion as practice, not doctrine

Another fascinating thought from The Daily Dish ...

Andrew Sullivan writes:

But this in turn has led to a deeper and deeper frustration with religion as doctrine and a greater and greater interest in religion as practice.

I think that when one defines religion as a series of rituals that allows believers to share spiritual experiences with the Divine, one is able to accept the contradictions between various faiths as not undermining the existence of God, but rather reflecting the diversity of human experience.