a response to Naut's response to mneme, part 2
While a lot of criticism of religion begins and ends with atrocity, it is the balanced view that the same thing that gave rise to Inquisitions and their ilk also gave us the things you name: Some people are inspired to light, some, to darkness. The matter of concern here, as I see it, is that the belief-systems that believe everyone should and must conform to a single Right Way, the ones most intolerant of the least individual thought or personal interpretation, and the most vehement about... Sign in to see full entry.