On 4 Dec 2007, at 01:12, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On Dec 3, 2007, at 5:03 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: > >> In hopes of going somewhere more interesting with this topic, let me >> offer >> this challenge -- can you (or anybody else who can stomach the >> subject) come >> up with external causalities when religion and evil co-occur? If >> we're >> going to argue about whether or not faith is anti-scientific, how >> about if >> we do so in a reasonably logical manner? It only seems fitting. > > If I understand the question properly, examples of the politicization > of religion might fit the bill. There are are times when religious > fervor has been manipulated as a tool by those in power to control > various factions. >
Political ideologies are often matters of faith too though. That's why politicians ignore scientific studies that contradict their beliefs. As I have pointed out before political cults like Nazism and Marxism are quasi-religious in nature. Religion doesn't have to be about the supernatural - one of the world's major religions (Confucianism) is actually based on a handbook for civil servants. > -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance" - Steve Ballmer _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
