No Eurico, all in the name of religion unfortunately. The same sort of rhetoric was used by the Roman Catholic Church in the middle ages.
It is just that the West is now the focus of a particular brand of hatred that I simply have never been able to understand. Marx was correct in saying that religion was the "opiate of the people". I guess the west has hard drugs and the east has fanatical religion, both of which are equally distasteful to the silent majority. Having come from a religious background that on one hand preached gentleness and tolerance and at a personal level was shown up to condone wife beating, child abuse and other equally despicable acts carried out by my close relatives who were ministers of the church I am glad that I have no "organized religion" beliefs and prefer to trust my own human instincts of caring and mutual respect - whatever a person's colour or creed. As a famous comic here in the UK Dave Allen used to say "May your God go with you" as opposed to the organized religious belief that "You go with your God". Dave Crozier _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
