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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: j_b who wrote (6888)10/3/1998 4:04:00 PM
From: dougjn  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
<<When you make these types of statements, there is an implication that non-religious people don't do the same things. That, of course, is a fallacy. ... Just look at what is happening in the former Yugoslavia. Better yet, look at Stalin or Mao Tse Tung.>>

No arguments with you there at all. But through all these cases there runs a thread of ideological certainty. You are absolutely right that sometimes these compelling ideologies are not religiously based. (Although it's also not an accident that Communism is sometimes called a "secular religion". The same sense of total belief that accompanies some of the most zealous religious believers can be present.)

I think a whole lot more of the world's worst atrocities have been committed in the name of zealous ideologies, than by amoral advantage seekers.

And really the most important point I think is this. Balance, and also some respect for multiple points of views, is important in assuring moderate behavior.

Zealotry does indeed repel me.

Doug
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