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Politics : Evolution
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To: koan who wrote (48168)3/4/2014 11:37:02 PM
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Voltaire was a bigot! ....Because all 3 Abrahamic religions make exclusive claims to God, they are born into enmity. The history of these religions reveals another commonality: a distrust and outright hostility that continues to this very day. It can be fairly claimed that these religions have been the most persistently divisive influence in the history of civilization. The religious wars and petty reprisals between these factions of Abraham have resulted in thousands of years of misery and suffering and millions of senseless deaths.
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This undeniably divisive component of the Abrahamic religions offers little or no hope of reconciliation; leaving mankind with the prospect of continued turmoil for the foreseeable future. We seem hopelessly doomed to kill each other in God's name unless or until the adherents of these religions finally understand that their religions need a "zero-tolerance policy" against violence of ANY kind --? especially that performed in the name of God.

So there you have it. Fear brought gods into the world and ignorance is keeping them here. What this means for mankind is aptly summarized by Voltaire . . .

"As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities."

. . . In this day and age, isn't it about time we gave up these superstitious beliefs?
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