I'm a religious person, if Buddhism is a religion. However, the functions
of religion have always been political as well as spiritual and it is
incomplete to refer to the spiritual function of religion as its function
singular. The crusades grew out of the organization of religious beliefs
and are not disconnected from religion in some "other" political realm.
Paul Okami
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From: "Jim Guinee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
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Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:45 AM
Subject: [tips] Re: Deities "R" Us - tangental
>
> Jim:
> At the risk of sounding like a pious twit, religion is oppressive
> because
> religion exhorts you to be a better version of yourself.
>
Really? I wondered what the crusades and the inquisition were
all
about--now I know. I'll teach that to my kids right away.
Paul Okami
Jim:
Oh, puh-leez, let's by all means trash religion because of some atrocious
behavior that was probably political in nature (as opposed to religious)
Heck, let's just trash evolution because the greatest murderers of the
20th century (Stalin, Hitler) brought it to its logical conclusion to
eliminate those not fit to survive
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