More local Genius

Another day of genius out of the local paper that I love so much. Have to share with you something I read in today's paper that shows how some people think. Believe me, while it speaks of religion, in my opinion it has nothing to do with religion, but rather with the narrowmindedness of people.

The paper recently asked for a good explanation of all the "hoopla behind Star Wars." Seems some people who did not see the first couple of episodes didn't understand why so many enjoyed the latest chapter. Here is an actual unedited answer from a reader printed in the paper "Being a Christian, the main message I got from the movie is that it is very, very easy to be drawn to the "dark" side by selfishness, greed and the thirst for power, and perhaps it is sometimes harder to be good and do the right thing."

It is beyond me to understand what the movie has to do with real life and religion. I guess that explains why so many evangelical extremists apply the same kind of thinking to politics. If they can't understand the simplicity and amusement of a movie like that, how can they understand the workings, morality, and thinking of a democracy?

Or am I the crazy one?