The liberal notion that religion must always be treated as private is mistaken.
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To your comment, "This strict separation alienates religious people, who often react defensively and retract towards their religious identity", I say good.
Believe what you want, pose with your own on holy days, but don't bother others with it or use terrorism, torture, violence or the threat of eternal damnation to try to scare and manipulate others into converting to it.
Perhaps Abraham was the original Satan. Look at what he has wrought in Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Iran and in the US on 9/11.
April 27, 2008 6:02 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on April 27, 2008 18:02
The Question: In his speech to U.S. bishops last week, Pope Benedict XVI said: "Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted . . . To the extent that religion becomes a purely private affair, it loses its very soul." Do you agree or disagree? Why?
It is a purely private affair. At its very core are beliefs respecting the unknowable. Such faith based belief is entirely subjective.
April 27, 2008 5:55 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on April 27, 2008 17:55