Practical Religion

PRACTICAL RELIGION Our world's major religions seem to have all been started by incredibly great guys who have primarily one name: men like Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed, Lao-Tzu (it's almost two names), Jesus (I think Christ is more of a title than a last name for him) and Zoroaster. We seem to like two names, so we add Christ or Of Nazareth, and The Buddha, and Muhammed the Prophet to flesh out their names a little …

…dirt on the carpet and so can hardly be chastised for not cleaning it up. Is tolerance for dirty rugs possibly a virtue? How often would Jesus insist on cleaning the toilet? What if his in-laws stayed 3 extra days and their bratty kids cleaned out the icebox and broke his oil lamp? I wish I knew the answers to these questions, and maybe someday I'll pick a religious leader up hitchhiking who will have them.