Book Burning

I'm not really in favor of burning books, but if I were being forced to choose, my pile would consist of The Bible, Koran, Analects, Bhagavad Gita, Talmud, Tao-te-ching, Upanishads and Vedas. There are probably others but these would be a good start. I think these books have propagated most of the mass evils perpetrated on the peoples of this planet. Sure there are the demented few who commit violent crimes without the coaxing of some religious text but I'm talking about all those that feel what is written in these books gives them carte Blanche to commit atrocities in the name of God.

So much evil has been perpetrated on innocent people in the names of these books, the Spanish Inquisition, "Manifest Destiny" and now extremist Islamic Terrorism. All of these tenets were (and are) deemed justified due to the teachings of some "holy" book. It is man's true shame that he can't learn peace simply by opening his eyes and seeing what has truly been placed on his plate.