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Thread #32993 Message #437290
Posted By: paddymac
10-Apr-01 - 09:52 AM
Thread Name: Blasphemy or not?
Subject: RE: Blasphemy or not?
Blasphemy - just another tool of the thought police, and a classic example of intolerance. As noted by others above, it is indeed largely in the eye of the beholder. Note also Kendall's comment about spirituality: it is vastly different than religiosity. I see spirituality as a very personal contemplative interaction with whatever the individual conceives of as the "other world(s)". Religiosity, on the other hand, seems to blindly insist on some particular form as the only valid form of spiritual expression. It strikes me as more about control than anything else. It brings to mind the supression of gnosticism in the 5th century, and the Albigensian Crusade of the early 13th. Never be afraid to think! Sadly, experience teaches that it is sometimes prudent to be cautious about sharing those thoughts.