Nor are they committing large and small scale terrorist attacks. Nor are they killing people for writing novels or drawing cartoons.
Neither Christians nor Mormons are openly plotting the overthrow of our government.
Nor are they committing large and small scale terrorist attacks. Nor are they killing people for writing novels or drawing cartoons. |
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whistling at a white woman is a good reason for a hanging?
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Seriously?
You expect me to defend the KKK? Alright, I'll say it, *all* religions should be eliminated, but Islam is at present the most threatening. Christianity is, by comparison, benign. That does not mean that Christianity has no negative impact on Western Civilization. It just means by comparison it does less harm than Islam. But, you're right, there is no organized Western religion that should be respected. I am a theist, but I don't expect anyone to "respect my religion" and I would think less of anyone that did. Nor do I hold that mine is "the one true path" nor "the last revealed word" nor that I am among "the chosen people." Nor do I delude myself into holding that what I believe could stand any rigorous scrutiny at all. I choose to believe what I believe. Just as Muslims, Christians, Jews, people who think fairies are real, and people who think leprechauns are real choose to believe what they believe (there's equal evidence in support of all of those groups of believers). All this is perfectly fine. My view has been and will remain, "Believe whatever you want to believe, but don't mistake it for knowledge." And certainly don't try to jam your beliefs up anyone else's backside. Even more clearly, don't use violence to intimidate anyone into "accepting" your right to presume what you believe is true. |
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Um. Yeah they are.
Although what the Religious Right are doing would be more correctly described as "infiltrating" the government. That's why the US has so many issues up and down the ruling chains with "conservative Christians" pushing their points of view on whoever will stand still long enough to listen. Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/ |
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Yup.
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Don't misunderstand me.
Organized religion has no business in government at all. Without regard to which of the three superstitious desert myths the religion is founded upon. They all threaten Western civilization. That said, Islam in this century is the greater threat. The "infiltration" is being accomplished by popular vote. We aren't voting against our right of free expression. They're killing us over it. |