Fishermen

 There's that story in New Testament where Jesus and disciples are on Sea of Galilee and a storm comes up and disciples are afraid and wake Jesus up to calm the storm. Very strange story as these are fishermen who have been on the lake all their lives in all kinds of weather, why would they be afraid and why would they wake up a landlubber for help? Why would they even be following around an itinerant preacher and not fishing? Why would Jesus be traipsing around the countryside, depending on rich women to support him and having people following him and neglecting their jobs and families? And what about the story in Old Testament about God giving Palestine to the Israelites? Was it put in by some outer space alien to cause the problems we are having today in Middle East that could lead to nuclear war and then the aliens could swoop in, clean up the radiation and take over the planet. And what about having an all-powerful God that sets the example for kings and powerful leaders. And then a few get the idea in 1776 to say, we don't need no stinking king, but that only lasted a few years, until 1787, when a Constitution is adopted that's almost a replica of the British system with a President to replace king and a Senate to resemble the House of Lords to protect monied and property interests, instead of having a single house legislature voted by all the people. Strange religious stories that can have long range implications.