Jefferson also said "Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity," and "It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it [the Apocalypse], and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherences of our own nightly dreams," amongst other things. Odd choice of citing someone who supports religion. Try Bush.
I agree with most everything you said, save that religion promotes individual liberty. On the whole, I believe that organized religion is up there with communism as a world view that has enslaved people and caused vast death and destruction. This a very personally held belief, mind you, and I don't seek to insult anyone, but I am just of said opinion.
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Jack
Oct 29, 2009
10 a.m.
Jefferson also said "Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity," and "It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it [the Apocalypse], and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherences of our own nightly dreams," amongst other things. Odd choice of citing someone who supports religion. Try Bush.
I agree with most everything you said, save that religion promotes individual liberty. On the whole, I believe that organized religion is up there with communism as a world view that has enslaved people and caused vast death and destruction. This a very personally held belief, mind you, and I don't seek to insult anyone, but I am just of said opinion.