[extropy-chat] re: even if Arab poverty were terminated

[Dirk Bruere]

On 11/13/05, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/13/05, Dirk Bruere wrote:
> > Plus, it's taken us some 300yrs to pull the teeth of Xianity to the
> point
> > where one can dissent openly and not be burned.
> > The job hasn't even begun with Islam.
> >
>
> I doubt that the teeth of Xianity have been pulled yet. At least not
> in every country. They may not be able to burn dissenters, but they
> can get you sacked and your career ruined if you cross the hierarchy.



Not in any civilised nation that I know of.


In USA and Ireland until recently priests were permitted to abuse
> children with little done to stop them.
>
> The latest Irish scandal reports:
> "Before 1990, the panel found, the police were reluctant to
> investigate claims of sexual abuse by the clergy because they were
> fearful of challenging the privileged position of Roman Catholic
> Church authorities."
>
> <
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/international/europe/13ireland.html?pagewanted=1
> >
>
>
Well, imagine what it was like in 'the good old days'.
Like I've said elsewhere, they (Judeo/Xian/Islam) are poisonous creeds.

Dirk
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