--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > 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. >
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