Brain Stutterings

Do you ever get the feeling that you have too much to say to get it out in a cohesive complete manner that really pegs the emotion or essence of the thought? I tend to clam up and listen more when I am confronted with a subject or conversation that evokes too many thoughts. I know that I can't get it out fast enough or eloquently enough to be true to my thought process because it all gets super jumbled and I end up sounding like a dumb blond trying to sound smart (yuck!).

It helps to have someone elses comments to use as a jumping off point or foundation from which to grow. For instance, this morning I read "A Man Without a Country" by Kurt Vonnegut and thought that there were a lot of good dicussion topics in there. Before I read his book I knew he was a kind of a big deal but hadn't ever read any of his stuff. It turns out he's a really interesting guy who's done quite a bit. (To find out more about him and his contemporaries click here.)

Anyway, his stance on things is pretty much a stranger's articulation of the same basic thoughts that I have about the state of politics, the environment, and religion. The section about religion was particularly of interest to me and brought to mind a very recent convo that the Amiquad had about history. The arguement was basically, is history valid/in valid because of or despite it's unquantifiable nature. Vonnegut poses the same question to religion. Vonnegut asks the reader via a conversation with a colleague if it truly matters if Jesus Christ existed or not because of the effect it had/has on people and the way the world works.

It was pretty deep for just a small paragraph but it made me think. I am tempted to agree with him that it's not worth arguing about the validity of religion as truth, if the truth is irrelevant. Basically, the means to the end doesn't matter, it's the end result. Or, the proof is in the pudding. If the masses believe it to be true isn't it as good as true if it's commonly accepted and dictates norms of social behavior, public policy, and government (as if separation of church and state is true!) then it might not matter if the events or Word is actually true. It was a very provoking point. Thoughts?