>One of the most troublesome aspects of the idea of a religion is that while they don't necessarily endorse the idea of a holy war, they don't, most of the time, stand up against it. The worst offenders, AFAIK, are Christianity and Islam. Both have a long history of conquests, empire building, ethnical cleansing and all sorts of atrocities. And this isn't completely a thing of the past for any of the major religions - you should have heard the warmongering coming from clergy of all three (Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim) sides of the Yugoslav wars. > >And any war, where a religion can shed its blessings on the warriors and hope for expansion thereby, seems to be OK for that religion. For me, that's outright scary - never knowing which one will be the next.
Agreed. One other thing I find interesting is that not one of the UT people that live in Moslem countries has contributed an opinion on this thread.
"Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice." -- Dave Barry
