Tuesday, September 11, 2007

I Support This

 Check this out.  The link goes to a story about dutch muslims who are fighting for the right to become ex-muslims in the netherlands. I hope Islam comes to understandand accept this univerally but I won't hold my breath. The guys are in hiding from the death threats.
 
Don't think this behavior is limited to Islam though. Christianity hasn't wanted to let people out either. Jan Hus was burned at the stake. Martin Luther survived because of the protection of German princes. Religions are designed to be social controls and they will take as much power over the mechanisms of social control as they can manage to attain.  It's just up to us secular, separation of church and state types to limit their success.
 

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