--- 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. >
True, but communism and nazism were run in much the same way as all religions, with powerful figureheads dispensing the "truth", true believers, heretics and outsiders etc. It's just human nature to form us & them groups. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
