On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 02:32 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:22, William T Goodall wrote:
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:16 am, The Fool wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/opinion/08WILE.html
Religion is evil. And people with known evil tendencies shouldn't be allowed to hold sensitive jobs.
"Intolerance is evil. And people with known intollerant tendencies shouldn't be allowed to hold sensitive jobs."
I agree.
Being explicitly anti-religion in your way is JUST as disqualifying in my mind as being a religious fanatic
I'm not in the least intolerant. There is nothing intolerant about objecting to evil. I don't want pedophiles working in kindergartens and I don't want religious loonies deciding law. Not a smidgen of intolerance there. Just common sense.
(and that is how I'd classify the bible belt of America and much of the current US leadership, fex)
I agree.
The weakness in the American system is not religion, although I'm willing to argue that the explicit seperatation of State and Religion doesn't help. No, the weakness is a codified constitution.
It has lots of weaknesses.
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