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Littlestone
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Re: Blasphemy law abolished
Mar 09, 2008, 20:07
And in some cases religion is a force for positive secular change, as in the antislavery, civil rights, and antiwar movements.


This is very true, and I agree with you completely, but perhaps you'll also agree that religion has been (and continues to be) a frequent negative force in society - ie when it attempts to suppress alternative or new ways of thinking and behaving.

Perhaps the most important difference between the religious and the political belief systems is that the latter can be examined, debated and shown to work (or not to work) while the former places the notion of a divine being at its centre whose word should not be questioned (having said that though some political institutions have also placed the notion of a divine being at their centre ;-)

It is this emphasis on 'faith' that religions tend to rely on that worries me though, as that seems to run counter to individual freedom of thought and expression.
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