Dear Xristards Don't Pick On Muslims

[Astonished]

Drat! Have them pesky Amish started flying airliners into buildings and hanging gays?

There is no such thing as a perfect religion. The only reason the Amish don't do that is because they are not a minority and do not have enough mass for political power. But I wouldn't go around claiming the Amish are fond of gays even if they don't throw them off rooftops.

They are still a very conservative religion. And they deprive their youth from contact with the outside world. They have a tradition that at a certain age the kid is allowed to leave for a while, but because they are so deprived of diverse contact, they end up returning. No different than training a dog. Same reason Muslim girls/women will submit to the male head of the family, that is all they know. 

Religions create dependency on the group regardless of label. It really is simply a twisted comic book version of our evolutionary grouping to create social order.

And it makes nonsense out of their insistence that there's free will. Yeah, but we have to instill a sense of fear and dependence in you by indoctrinating you from the cradle to make sure you don't develop a sense that you actually had any choice in the matter. Because they know it would never work on a grown adult with fully functioning critical thinking capability. Winning those kind of people over? Now THAT would be impressive. And surely well within the power of a divine being. Too bad that never seems to be one of the 'miracles' they perform.