Quite so - but then the same applies to Catholics, Prots etc - and every political party thinks that faith schools [ indoctrination] are a good idea. It's hard not to despair sometimes.
Perhaps you wouldn't be so keen on Buddhism if you were a Muslim living in Burma and had rampaging 'peace loving Buddhists' trying to murder you. The Zen authorities in Japan in WW2 were the fascist government's biggest supporters.
Spirituality is innate to the human condition -...
Utter bilge! Try telling that to Christians blown up and murdered in Nigeria, Pakistan and Iraq. We're 'the most politically retarded nation on earth' - what more so than Pakistan where politicians are regularly assassinated - or India where a third of MPs have criminal convictions or are...
I'm surprised that an atheist is espousing 'tolerance' - anyone who has watched Richard Dawkins on television will know that 'tolerance' is not atheism's strong point. Am I proud that I live in a country where 'Whites Out' is written on walls in many inner city areas[ can you imagine...
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Is it ? Would the same rules be applied for ripping up the Bible ? I doubt it.
Well quite. Would your rights as a Christian be protected in an Islamic country the same way Muslim 'rights' are protected here? Of course not. Try entering...