Every Day Is Sacred

There's a big flap in Texas between private schools about which days it's ok to play sports on. There are things we should hold sacred. We should hold sacred the notion that all men are created equal. We should hold sacred the notion that everyone is entitled to the pursuit of happiness. We should hold sacred that we are all in this together and should give each other love and respect.

But as for the idea that we should hold a particular day sacred, or a particular piece of land, or that we are holy if we don’t eat a particular meat product, or a meat that wasn’t slaughtered in a particular fashion. These things are useful for one thing only. They are useful for providing people a sense of piety so that they may then treat their fellow man badly while hiding behind the pretense that they are still good people because they observe these customs. That is their only function, to obscure man’s real sins, to give cover to evil, to provide solace to the guilty. Story Here.