Jesus, Muhammad, and the Buddha too

There is little in the Bible that is worth quoting, but "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46) is. In the last few seconds of Jesus' life, just after he shouted out these words (assuming it happened), I would like to think that he became one of us fools too.

Moving to the Qur'an: "Why do they not study the Qur'an carefully? If it were from other than Allah/God, they would have found in it numerous contradictions." (Qur'an 4:82) I would like to think that even Muhammad himself, when he recited those words for the first time, chuckled silently, shook his head, and instead of repeating the whole shahadatayn "La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad al-rasul Allah" (There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God) understood that the first two words sufficed: "La ilaha" (There is no god).

The Buddha said, "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." I would like to think that even Buddha himself, when he taught these words, hoped they would be the only words of his that anyone remembered.

Sometimes, I really do wish religious people read their scriptures a little more closely and a little more literally. For if there is a God/Consciousness, he has forsaken us, contradicts him/her/it-self, and makes no (pardon the pun) goddamn sense.