Gruss Gott wrote: >> gMoney wrote: >> >>> Atheism is on the rise! Woo hoo! >>> >> Why would this be comforting....?? >> > Have you seen Religulous?
Not yet, but I will Netflix it someday when I have the energy to watch something like that. I read an article that made an interesting over arching argument that the First World War as a conflict of political dogmas, the Second World War was a conflict of economic dogmas and that the Third will be conflict of the religious. Simplified of course, but the author made good points about some of the basic underlining forces driving the previous global conflicts. I have often wondered, usually privately until now, if a lot of the current uproar from religious groups isn't their death throws to the realization that a common religion is not society's glue and driving force for much of humanity that it once was. Those that truly believe faith is a private matter are probably unfazed by this concept. But to those that must belong to a group, and the top group at that, this is can be truly terrifying. Thus they are striking out ever more forcefully to prevent this evolution. P.S. Has anybody else realized that most children currently in grade school will study World War I as a conflict that occurred over a century ago! This from a solidly middle age person who clearly remembers meeting senior citizens and relatives who served in that conflict as a grade school student himself. Or is it just me feeling old realizing my two children are such people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291153 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
