On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:00:56 -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
fra: Collin R Brendemuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>in fact, religious intolerance has always been limited to
>western christians and islami
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>which is exactly what we have right now.
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>best,
>mishka
And let's not forget the secular intolerance of the Left in defining
a religion as a tool
of the state (per Marx & Hegel) rather than allowing liberty. This is
followed by the
murder of those who disagree -- by Hitler, Stalin, Mao. Those who
oppose all religion
also have no morally superior position.
Strange. I know a few people who have no religious belief, and who are
positioned in very different places in the political scale, but as far
as I can see they are just as moral in their lives as any religious
person. In fact some of them are better because they are opposed to any
differentiating of people because of religion or politics, so all are
treated equal.
It shows that peoples really don\t need religion to behave well in a
society, and I tend to be sceptical toward those who only behave because
their god has told them so. What happens if the god tells them
otherwise?
And, of course, those who behave well in expectation of a reward in the
hereafter. The only truly virtuous people are those who behave well
without expectation of any reward. Which excludes virtually all those
with religious beliefs.
John
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