Pope to Muslims: Religion rejects violence – Africa – msnbc.com
“Genuine religion … stands at the base of any authentically human culture,” he said. “It rejects all forms of violence and totalitarianism: not only on principles of faith but also of right reason.”
(unless its the One True Catholic Church, in which case, CRUSADE ON, BROTHER!)
The pope [...]
Ignoring the rest of the article, and the bit here about ‘do-not-resuscitate’, it very much highlights how religion causes you to simply deny the real world. Regardless of how I want to be handled when I appear terminally ill, it would be foolish and irresponsible of me to NOT have a living will, etc., once [...]
Boy,l we sure did make things better than under the Taliban…
The pocket-size translation of the Quran has already landed six men in prison in Afghanistan and left two of them begging judges to spare their lives. They’re accused of modifying the Quran and their fate could be decided Sunday in court
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