Tunesmith says: Any group that is guided by ancient texts that can be interpreted in a myrad of different ways is very dangerous!

I think just the opposite - I think the ancient tests must be interpreted in myriad ways. The texts are intended to make people think, to ponder; not to adhere to a rigid ideology. It's when an authority imposes a single interpretation on a sacred text and prohibits diversity, that trouble begins.

I don't agree with Tunesmith that "religion is the real enemy." It's political power taking control over religion - that's the real enemy.

It wasn't Christianity that expelled the Moors and Jews from Spain - it was the political power of Ferdinand and Isabella, who used and perverted religion as a political tool. Almost everything that is used for political purposes, ends up perverted.

-Joe-