> It never did. The ultra-religious christers who landed > at Plymouth Rock > had no compunction against robbing and murdering native > americans, or burning
I'm surprised that most on this list aren't getting caught by politicians' rethoric, but fall for the religious types' one. It's all the same: a scam made for a group to gain power over the people. Some people believe this, and those who really do believe this usually do it in good faith. Some people up in the hierarchy might even believe some of it, but that's not the norm. Besides, religion has always been used as a lever (by religious types and non religious types) to control the people's actions, often with the complicity and/or active leadership of the hierarchy. And it's a neat propaganda tool, too. -- Vincent Penquerc'h
