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In reply to the discussion: Maajid Nawaz: "Please stop saying the Nice attacks have nothing to do with Islam." [View all]GoneOffShore
(17,353 posts)And the books, written by men, encourage the killing.
I'm firmly in the camp of those who find that, for all the good that some participants in religions have done in the world (i.e., Jimmy Carter, Sister Mary Scullion), that good is not balanced out by the outright evil that has been promoted and practiced(i.e., Mother Teresa, Torquemada) .
I look forward to the day when 'the religious', particularly the overtly pious who would totally eliminate those not of the faith, get as much press as stamp collectors. And when religion is relegated to a quaint little hobby like train-spotting or matchbook collecting.
Gods prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight To Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs.
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters