--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <premanandpaul@> > wrote: > > > > Frank Lotz wrote everything on that posting. > > . . . > > His reply seemed to contain some sort of implicit threat, > > therefore I thought it best to make his rant more public. > > A wise precaution. I've been doing research for > a story idea about religious fanatics who are > willing to commit serious crimes (including > murder) to "protect" their fanatical ideas of > what is "true" and what is not. The more you > read about the real things that these kinds > of real people do in the name of God and > religion, the scarier it gets and the more > precautions you feel like taking in your life > if you are perceived by one or more of them > as a "heretic." > > Suffice it to say that this kind of fanaticism > didn't end with the Inquisition or the Protestant/ > Catholic conflicts. Every year around the world > there are dozens -- if not hundreds or thousands -- > of murders performed in the name of God. It really > lends credence to the idea that religion is a > disease, and that what the world needs is not > more religion, but an antidote to it.
I don't disagree that religion is often used as a pretext or excuse for killing and that, indeed, millions have died and suffered through the ages because of it. However, to keep things in perspective: more people died and suffered in the name of atheism (the state religion of communism) than ever died in the name of religion. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
