Quote:The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected.
— H L Mencken
Mencken wrote that in 1930. Imagine the way he would feel today.
When Sunnis blow up mosque-loads of Shi'ites and Shi-ites blow up mosque-loads of Sunnis it is hard to shake the feeling that religion is at the heart of the explosions. I suppose it would be more fair to say that "differences" in religion are the cause of the violence but I really don't see where any muslim could take solace from that. As far as I am concerned anyone who kills people because of an invisible friend is a shithead.