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The hysteria over Obama's former pastor's attacks on America shows we're still in thrall to knee-jerk patriotism.
  • Independent_thinker

    Adressing your statement on the Pope:

    That is a triumph of secularism, not Christianity. Secularism gives people the right to ignore their religious leaders.

    For that matter, so is the whole "We don't burn witches at the stake" concept.

    The Western world is not particularly religious, mainly because back when it was we had the inquisition, witch hunts, book burnings and genocides.

    Overly Christian areas sometimes still have the inquisition, witch huns, book burnings and genocides (Look at the DRC as an example.)