Fenton Lum
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Christianity has every ounce the bloody potential of Islam. What keeps them "honest" today is our secular democracy. Americans don't have to fear being murdered when they criticize Christianity in the same way that Muslims abroad do. Muslim culture never had an enlightenment. The average Muslim sees no distinction between faith and politics. Islam instructs their politics as much as their religious behavior.
Frankly, I'm disgusted that ANY of these ancient superstitions have survived to create such disharmony among modern people. If I had my way, they would ALL be challenged to prove they aren't obstructing human intellectual and cultural progress before they could operate tax free.
In a sense, the enlightenment value of "believe whatever crazy **** you like" has left the door open to zealots of all flavors. For too long it has been considered taboo to mention that invisible sky men are just make believe. I'm not even looking to have that fight, though. I would, however, like to see the faithful begin to respect ME enough not to ask me to believe absolutely anything without evidence. No matter what choice THEY make, I don't want to have reality poisoned by their fantasies. What needs to change for the face of faith to become less stupid is for everyone, faithful and faithless alike, to demand it not just for the other guy.
So far, introspection remains lost on those entitled to believe.
I agree. A religious perceptual perceptual reality was used to replace a spiritual perceptual reality. In my view, humanity really went astray with this notion of a male dominator god.