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From: rcc@imsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.misc
Subject: Re: Hypocrisy
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Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 14:42:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 11 14:42:13 1984
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>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.

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