"I think there ought to be a class in public schools on religion. It occupies an undeniably significant role in civilization. The religion class should cover all the world’s faith-based philosophies and belief systems. I think, historically, such a class was omitted because religions themselves are not fans of tolerating other religions."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"