Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site imsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!elsie!imsvax!rcc From: rcc@imsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics,net.misc Subject: Re: Hypocrisy Message-ID: <191@imsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 14:42:13 EDT Article-I.D.: imsvax.191 Posted: Mon Jun 11 14:42:13 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jun-84 06:58:20 EDT References: <1008@ihuxm.UUCP>, <671@ut-ngp.UUCP>, <3541@fortune.UUCP> <379@teldata.UUCP> Organization: IMS Inc, Rockville MD Lines: 30 >The worst part is that there is no one out there listening who can say >that these people would not do that. Kill a man for his religion. The >attitude is so prevelent in the world that you don't even blink an eye >and disclaim the probability. Yet each of these religions teaches love >and peace. I started the entire controversy with a statement about >religions and then added that religious fanatics are just more dangerous >because they have more followers. I have not seen anything on the net >to make me change my mind. > From the (death weary) Soapbox of > Tom Condon {...!uw-beaver!teltone!teldata!tac} > > THE PEACE YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR SOUL > IS THE PEACE YOU HAVE GIVEN TO OTHERS Agreed. Though religions may advocate tolerance, in practice, many develop the attitude that someone who is not a believer is somehow inferior and not "human", thus killing them isn't such a big deal. This also spills over into attitudes about culture and the superiority of one culture over the other. These attitudes aren't the sole property of Judeao-Christian (sp?) religions either, although they can provide many spectacular examples. -- The preceding message was brought to you by -- Ray Chen umcp-cs!eneevax!imsvax!rcc (NEW ADDRESS)