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To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (2168)10/24/2002 5:13:06 PM
From: Original Mad Dog  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2746
 
Most religions I am familiar with have some sort of "us vs. them" component. Modern Islamic societies seem to carry it pretty far, though, banning (or worse) most other forms of religious expression. Christianity had its issues with intolerance in the past, but the modern version seems to tell you to love everybody but doesn't promise afterlife rewards to the others. A less virulent form of divisiveness, perhaps, but not quite a bridge for everybody to walk across to the Promised Land.

It's not hard to see why John Lennon went out of his way to include religion in this verse:

Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...



To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (2168)10/24/2002 5:51:08 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 2746
 
Ya'll being from the hills and hollers, how do you get the skunk out of your dog and house when the dog gets blasted by the open front door?



To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (2168)10/24/2002 7:27:11 PM
From: Janice Shell  Respond to of 2746
 
Frequently. Christianity did it for centuries.

Now that is a question interesting, and important, to explore. And does organized religion where a "chosen" people are saved and others not, in and of itself create the enviroment of war and of making others into "others"?