Damned Racists

[Pyrrho]

Hey, this is almost 100 years ago.  I bet it no longer counts.


WARNING:  Not for the squeamish.


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/02/this-is-...him-alive/

This is the charred body of Jesse Washington and whites from Waco — not ISIS — burned him alive

This sort of thing should be brought up for the benefit of the idiots who imagine that Islam is the only religion to inspire such things.  The KKK about a 100 years ago was a Christian organization, which had millions of members.  For the benefit of the Catholics who will point out that the KKK was protestant, the Catholic church had the Inquisition, which tortured people in various ways, as well as burned people alive.  The Inquisition was stopped by secular authorities, not because the Catholic church decided it was a bad idea.  And that is why it lasted longer in some countries than in others.

And, of course, it is not just monotheistic religions that have done horrible, violent things.  Hindus and Buddhists also engage in religion-related violence.  See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_a...s_in_India

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia...story.html

There is much more which one can find from searching for it.


Basically, religion is dangerous.  It is important for secular authorities to keep it in check; otherwise, people's lives are in danger.