(May 13, 2011 at 3:47 pm)Whirling Moat Wrote: When the rich refuse to level the playing field, revolutions are born.Sometimes.. agreed if it's bad enough.
(May 13, 2011 at 3:47 pm)Whirling Moat Wrote: Religion has always been used to cool anger...Religion promotes tolerance..But without an afterlife why should one tolerate living in an environment where they are at a disadvantage and then the story ends?I think in theory that's valid, but in practice the opposite happens. Religion promotes pompousness, and separation on beliefs instead of class. You don't tolerate your environment, you adapt to it or adapt it, that's why I'm happy whatever my lot.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
