From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Sat Jan 25 2003 - 18:50:12 MST
From: "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com>
> Let us try to be extropic here -- let is take it out of a purely religious
> context.
Take 9/11 out of its religious context? That's like taking nudity out of
porn. Observe:
http://www.ffrf.org/dawkins.html
> As have said in previous messages the problem is "intolerance".
And what is the root cause of most intolerance? (For an interesting
perspective on this issue, I recommend reading The Arrogance of Faith by
Forrest G. Wood).
> The average American anti-abortionist doesn't know squat about "wahabbism"
> but they are card carrying experts in "intolerance".
The "Bible Belt" of the USA has been shown to be linked to two phenomena:
more religiosity and more bigotry. If Americans are experts in
"intolerance," it may be because (for a so-called technologically advanced
Western country) Americans sure are religious.
Olga
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