perseverance said:
A Terrorist is a Terrorist, you can't blame Islam for the lunacy of several men who hijacked aeroplanes and flew them into the World Trade Centre. Islam is not at fault for the actions of a minority who have twisted the words in the Quran to suit their own twisted agenda. Osama Bin Laden was no more a follower of Islam than I am and I'm a Roman Catholic.
3000 people died on 9-11.
6 million Jews died in the holocaust.
30 million people died in the Taiping Rebellion.
How many people have to die before you admit that religion was a major factor in those tragedies?
I agree that Osama isn't a true Muslim, but that doesn't change the fact that he used religion as tool to cause death and destruction.
perseverance said:
You see an improvement? I see a break down in communities, I see higher divorce rates, I see children growing up in one parent households. I see people of my generation walking around with no respect for themselves, no respect for their fellow human beings and no respect for the society they live in. If that's an improvement then I despair for humanity because something is seriously wrong.
I see a society where kids aren't separated in schools by their colour. I see people who aren't staying in unhealthy/abusive marriages because others might judge them. I see a generation of people who are able to do things that their parents or grandparents could only dream of doing.
If you want to live in a more religious society, then by all means move to one. Sure you might get killed for voting for the wrong party, but hey at least you'll be in a more religious society.
