List of agnostics

[bandwraith at aol.com]

But if they knew they were immortal, they wouldn't work to preserve the
past. Unless, they were convinced that their immortality was the result
of a particular past, or pathway. That is, a specific series of choices
made, or, in the case of "The Elect," predetermined, which will result
in, or signify, their immortality. Religion is the sanctification of a
particular history over a field of passed over, or "profane" histories.
Only the sanctified path leads to immortality. The entrenched, the
status quo, the crew of The Preserved, all of the social, political and
economically empowered- soon to become the past with the sweep of each
new generation- seek to pass along their privilege to those most
willing to preserve their legacy. Religion persists because it
persists. What better evidence of its truth?

Of course, it helps to make "acid" and other heresies illegal, else why
worry about the manicured lawns and the yachts, or the painted
ceilings? Sorry, Doc, when the fogs burns away, The Angels will still
be in control.

  ‘See, I am coming soon; my reward is with
me, to repay according to everyone’s work.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and
the last, the beginning and the end."

There's a fog upon L.A.
And my friends have lost their way
We'll be over soon they said
Now they've lost themselves instead.
Please don't be long, please don't you be
very long. Please don't be long or I may be asleep......