Re: Norway Killer A Religious Nut
cakes, the old testament is mainly the jewish religious texts;
they present the same problems as any other texts which some mis-educated ones take literally...
there are also texts in religious scriptures which are very informative & valuable from the standpoint of gaining wisadom & ethics (the book of proverbs in the bible immediately comes to mind)...
to me, hitchens represents atheist fundamentalism in the same way the evangelistas of the extreme right-wing bible belt represent religious fundamentalism;
in other words they have decided the other side is the enemy & locked off all openness to reason;
hitler, stalin & mussolini did a great deal of damage without being religiously motivated in any way;
it is simply a myth that the problems of earth boils down to religion;
you have to realize that religion is far more nuanced than you or hitchens give it credit for...granted that many things written in scripture are clearly not literally true, some are immoral, illegal, unjust, etc.
that certain ones misinterpret or hijack religion for their own purposes is another matter;
both sides of this ideological war need to open their minds to conscious reasoning
cakes, the old testament is mainly the jewish religious texts;
they present the same problems as any other texts which some mis-educated ones take literally...
there are also texts in religious scriptures which are very informative & valuable from the standpoint of gaining wisadom & ethics (the book of proverbs in the bible immediately comes to mind)...
to me, hitchens represents atheist fundamentalism in the same way the evangelistas of the extreme right-wing bible belt represent religious fundamentalism;
in other words they have decided the other side is the enemy & locked off all openness to reason;
hitler, stalin & mussolini did a great deal of damage without being religiously motivated in any way;
it is simply a myth that the problems of earth boils down to religion;
you have to realize that religion is far more nuanced than you or hitchens give it credit for...granted that many things written in scripture are clearly not literally true, some are immoral, illegal, unjust, etc.
that certain ones misinterpret or hijack religion for their own purposes is another matter;
both sides of this ideological war need to open their minds to conscious reasoning
Hi, Emperah!
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