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10-2-2007 11:26 AM
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enbar says:
Ian Buruma on the positive efforts of religious communities in resisting oppressive regimes around the world: Burma, the Philippines, Poland, etc.
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10-2-2007 11:46 AM
laceym
Christpopher Hitchens said:

Here is my challenge... name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer that could not have been uttered or done by a nonbeliever. And here is my second challenge. Can any reader of this column think of a wicked statement made, or an evil action performed, precisely because of religious faith? The second question is easy to answer, is it not? The first -- I have been asking it for some time -- awaits a convincing reply. By what right, then, do the faithful assume this irritating mantle of righteousness? They have as much to apologize for as to explain.
10-2-2007 11:52 AM
knslyr
Great read enbar, thanks for the clip!
10-2-2007 11:56 AM
knslyr
Oh, and thanks laceym for the obligatory religious beatdown necessary when someone dares to clip something that may portray ANYTHING remotely positive about religion.

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