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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: Greg or e who wrote (1550)10/11/2000 2:39:15 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (2) of 28931
 
It makes sense for a surgeon, a pilot, or a food inspector to be governed by fundamental principals. All of these professions are controlled by empirically demonstrable truths: the surgeon knows what will happen if the patient's aorta is severed, the pilot knows what will happen if he turns the engines off in midair, the food inspector know what happens if there is salmonella in the hollandaise.

Religion is very different, and is a field in which honesty demands that we recognize the legitimacy of doubt.

I would not go so far as to say that religious fundamentalists are freaks, or are evil. I do feel distinctly uncomfortable with the doctrines that require fundamentalist Christians and Muslims to convert others to their faith, and with the branches of these faiths that seek to impose them on inherently secular fields such as governance and public policy.

I have no problem with people who elect to follow a fundamentalist faith. I think people who proclaim their fundamentalist faith to be the unique recipients of eternal reward are obnoxious and boring, but I'm willing to tolerate them as long as they stay well clear. Evangelism, and all other attempts to impose religion on those who do not want it, are violations of another person's religious freedom, IMO.
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