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I would guess we are still in trouble, if your so sensitive about intolerance you might clean house first.
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Yeah, I would prefer tolerance to intolerance. I don't see a problem there.
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Your kind of evasive in getting the individual and the church off the hook.
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Individuals should be held responsible for their actions, and not the actions of others. Similarly with some particular organization.
So, we could blame Hitler and various other Nazi officials for the Holocaust, but not every German alive in 1940. To take an example from religion,we can also blame that political animal the Catholic Church for countless ills, like the Crusades, but not every Catholic as not every Catholic is responsible for the Crusades.
Individuals and organizations should be held accountable, if they are responsible.
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My concern is what Christianity does on the political front. I mean, who would give a dam if an individual wished to believe in a purple tooth fairy, certainly not I, but, would I like see him in a position of power, this causes unbelievers some stress.
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I am also concerned about the mixture of politics and religion - especially when we have religious nut jobs involved in politics, like our current President Bush.
Luckily, not every spiritual individual holds beliefs comparable to belief in a purple tooth fairy. There are cases where religious doctrine has positively influenced politics - The Indian emperor Ashoka implemented a number of environmental protections in accordance with his Buddhist ideals. Unfortunately, most mixtures of religion and politics do not turn out so well. That's why I'm a big Jefferson fan - I'd like a wall of separation between my church and state, please.