Okay, it’s Saturday morning and I had a few thoughts in the shower. Mind-blowing, I know. I thought, self, maybe this is a good question for the blog.
The question is: what exactly is the relationship between communism and religion? Someone told me that a fully communist state has no religion. I am confused by this. Based on my basic understanding of each topic, about the best I could come up with was that a communist state would be opposed to religion because the existence of a god would admit there being a higher power than the state itself. For me, it’s troubling that the two can’t co-exist. Are the concepts of state and deity so intermingled they interfere with each other? Conversely, does a capitalist state need to be religious?

Well, it looks like I’m not going to have time for a full post, so instead, I offer a couple links:

• CBC Radio’s The Current discusses Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its impact on television. Runs 24 minutes, Real Player required. [listen]
• I just found an awesome page full of pictures and videos from Sheikra. I especially love this one from the front row… you can hear everyone freaking out right before the drop. 🙂 Can’t wait to get back on…

Have a good sleep!
Update, 11:11am: This is a much more insightful link about Buffy from the CBC. Check it out.

Off to pickup in Manatee County (35 min drive) — I’m hoping to get a post in later tonight. 🙂