On Nov 30, 2007 12:39 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BAM! from out of nowhere, Sean enters the religious argument fray! > Hmmm, I always just assumed you ignored these kind of discussions :)
I keep an eye on cf-community but don't often post. As someone who finds Christianity an oppressive religion (I don't like "the church" in general, regardless of its faith), I always find it somewhat amusing that some Christians get so tweaked out about what *other* religions do in terms of oppression. After all, the "religious right" here in America is constantly trying to force its opinions, beliefs and practices on the rest of us. Yet this country was founded by people trying to escape what they saw as religious persecution in England and then that freedom was enshrined in the Constitution. A lot of people forget that other countries don't have constitutions and practice different laws that we Americans may find bizarre. Remember that they find some of our laws bizarre too. I remember a conversation with someone (from where I can't remember) who was shocked and horrified that people were actually allowed to burn the American flag here in America. I told him many Americans don't like it and think it should be a jail-worthy offense but freedom of speech allows it and that's a constitutional right. > Good to have another opinion. Also, one of the reasons I like > listening to BBC news...it's another opinion from a different point of > view. Yeah, I grew up in Northern Ireland with terrorism and religious hatred - between TWO CHRISTIAN SECTS - and moved to England just before "the troubles" also came over to the mainland. A pub I drank in was blown up. The railway line behind my house was blown up. Several places in London that I knew well were bombed. We had endless bomb scares. I visited Beirut a few weeks before that was bombed nearly flat. I couldn't visit Jerusalem or Cyprus on that trip - people were too busy shooting each other over religion. Europe and the Middle East has witnessed terrible violence done in the name of religion for hundreds of years. Living there gives you a very different viewpoint. -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247354 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
