then why is it that the most religious societies are the most oppressive ones?
then why is it that the most religious societies are the most oppressive ones?
islamo-nazi regimes are the exception to that.
in which case, the intelligent observation would not be a wholesale condemnation of "religion" per se, but rather the specific regimes about which we would both agree.
I'm sure Frank Gaffney appreciates you picking up his talking points, but you might want to review the actual meaning of the term.
Yes, an intelligent observation would be a wholesale condemnation of all religion. Certainly, the monotheistic ones. To deny otherwise, shows your own bias to your own delusions.
Evangelicals are all up in arms right now over the treatment of nitwit Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell. They say the issues are what matter and leave her religious faith out of it. OK fine, but many of these same evangelicals will not even consider supporting Mitt Romney in 2012 because he is a Mormon. Some of them have personally told me this, so it is not speculation.
the people making the contradictory statements.
Not "religion" in general.
No more than an atheist found to be a murderer is prima facia evidence of the murderous nature of atheism.
This is a common mistake.