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Hmmmm.....there are plenty of educated fundamentalist Christians in this country
who believe I'm going straight to hell when I die because I have not accepted
Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I realize they are not terrorists, but
probably only because the Bible doesn't say anything about me being the devil
and dealt with harshly because I don't hold those beliefs. Harry
Sean O'Toole wrote:
> OM, I think you are simplifying things a bit too much. Religious fanaticism
> comes about not because of religious beliefs, but from a lack of education.
> Iran is a case in point. Under the Shah, the country stressed education and
> equality though Islam remained their national religion. When the Muslim
> clerics took control of the country, their first act was to destroy the
> educational system that had built Iran into a productive society. Ignorance
> leads to fanaticism and fanaticism leads to terrorism.
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