Comment Re:Explain slowly... (Score 2) 566
<i>I agree, look at some of the truely great, recent accomplishments of religion: </i>
What??!! are you high!!
lets recap shall we....
<i>The lasting peace that has spread across the Middle East,</i>
Ever heard of something called the Crusades! where the Popes of the time would send out there "holy armies" to kill the everyone who wasn't catholic - oh and I wont even go into the the Spanish Inquisition (sp?) oh and since you did mention Middle East I would like you to go into Iraq / Iran and tell everyone you see that you are American and Catholic and see how long you live! - peace my ass!
<i>The preservation of 2000 y.o. statues in Afganistan</i>
??? a statue ??? WTF??? this is something you consider a great accomplishment of a religion? -then you should check out buddhism - I bet you'll find older statues out there in the Orient!
<i>The elimination of poverty, illiteracy, and violence in the U.S. thanks to "faith based" initiatives, </i>
Dude you are High!! ever hear of something called religious tidings. Hell I've heard the Mormons take 15% of your wage income! (and the Catholics aren't much better) - illiteracy?? I will thank the schools for that not a religion (I cant ever in my past think of a time were a priest was teaching me how to read - it was a teacher) - elimination of violence??? how about abortion clinic bombings? I believe these are done by what are called the "religious wackos".
<i>And, of course, the preservation of online rights of privacy and the free expression of ideas as demonstrated by this article</i>
This is not because of religion or faith based groups that preserve our rights on-line it is the average citizen reading our constitution (thanks to teachers not priests) and telling our government to get off our backs. Now that I think of it, it is usually some faith based group that wants to ban sites from the people (like porn and etc...).
I appologize in advance if I sound harse or crude here, but I can not sit here idley while someone tells me how great organized religions are when looking at them up close you will see the hipocracy leak out left and right. Hell it is easier to question our government (and get answers) then it is to ask a questions to a religion (and get a more confusing answer then the one you asked - or none at all)
remember: wherever you go there you are!
What??!! are you high!!
lets recap shall we....
<i>The lasting peace that has spread across the Middle East,</i>
Ever heard of something called the Crusades! where the Popes of the time would send out there "holy armies" to kill the everyone who wasn't catholic - oh and I wont even go into the the Spanish Inquisition (sp?) oh and since you did mention Middle East I would like you to go into Iraq / Iran and tell everyone you see that you are American and Catholic and see how long you live! - peace my ass!
<i>The preservation of 2000 y.o. statues in Afganistan</i>
??? a statue ??? WTF??? this is something you consider a great accomplishment of a religion? -then you should check out buddhism - I bet you'll find older statues out there in the Orient!
<i>The elimination of poverty, illiteracy, and violence in the U.S. thanks to "faith based" initiatives, </i>
Dude you are High!! ever hear of something called religious tidings. Hell I've heard the Mormons take 15% of your wage income! (and the Catholics aren't much better) - illiteracy?? I will thank the schools for that not a religion (I cant ever in my past think of a time were a priest was teaching me how to read - it was a teacher) - elimination of violence??? how about abortion clinic bombings? I believe these are done by what are called the "religious wackos".
<i>And, of course, the preservation of online rights of privacy and the free expression of ideas as demonstrated by this article</i>
This is not because of religion or faith based groups that preserve our rights on-line it is the average citizen reading our constitution (thanks to teachers not priests) and telling our government to get off our backs. Now that I think of it, it is usually some faith based group that wants to ban sites from the people (like porn and etc...).
I appologize in advance if I sound harse or crude here, but I can not sit here idley while someone tells me how great organized religions are when looking at them up close you will see the hipocracy leak out left and right. Hell it is easier to question our government (and get answers) then it is to ask a questions to a religion (and get a more confusing answer then the one you asked - or none at all)
remember: wherever you go there you are!
