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____/ Homer on Thursday 30 Jun 2011 21:32 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that RonB spake thusly:
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:02:27 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> ____/ Rex Ballard on Thursday 30 Jun 2011 14:07 : \____
>
>>>> For me, it was God working a miracle anonymously.
>>>
>>> That was a good post until that last line (maybe a metaphor though)
>>> ;-
>>
>> Religious belief should be "censored" now?
>
> I'm not religious, but equally I'm not venomously anti-religious - a
> disturbing trend in today's society. Imperialist history and certain
> fundamentalist beliefs aside (Jihadism), there's nothing immoral about
> religion per se, and indeed I share many (but not all) of the moral
> tenets expounded by certain religions, even if I don't share their
> members' faith. In fact, in many ways some members of the anti-religion
> movement behave like /it/ is a religion, and a rather Jihadist one at
> that. It's spiteful, bigoted and unnecessary, IMO, like homophobia. The
> fact that I'm not religious shouldn't mean I'm at war with those who
> are.
What if a school teaches your kid that dinosaurs lived with humans (for example)?
And what if a good GP who saved lives gets no credit and instead prayer is
getting attribution? In places like Texas religion is at war against science,
and the ones picking a bone have an agenda.
Since you've mentioned homophobia, it's usually religions that adhere to it.
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