Most organized religions are advocates for human rights abuses (inquisition, crusades, witch hunts, etc.) and civil rights abuses (no women voting, racism, censorship, etc.) but that those religions in operating in secular, modern governments don't advocate those abuses (openly). But those same religions either now or in the past when they mingled and shared power with the government (theocracies) that those abuses are advocated openly.
For example look how Islam is practiced in America or Western Europe vs. Iran or Taliban Afghanistan, etc. Or Christianity in Medieval Europe.
Basically... how most popular organized religions advocate terrible things but will "modernize" themselves based on external pressure from the government and/or public opinion not because of any internal desire to better themselves.
Anyone else have this observation? Or feel the observation is misguided?
2007-11-02
08:01:05
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