mozzaok wrote on Jul 26
th, 2008 at 8:06pm:
To be fair, they did have the golden compass, to guide their way, and the magic pudding to help feed all the elves and pixies, and they actually rode in on unicorns, and showered the slaves with gold, and I think the genie from the lamp put on a magic show for the cheering crowds who were so relieved to be freed from all their earthly possessions.
I think I remember this one, it was in my ali baba book.
Usually only oral history gets such a thorough sanitisation, but we would never want any objective truth shoulder it's way into your religious fantasy land.
Seriously, if any religious person had to explain what they believe to a psychiatrist, they would be locked up, but call it religion, and crazy beliefs must be respected, it sure beats me why that should be so.
Ah much like the myth that athiests are somehow neutral and peaceful when in fact secular states have been responsible for most of the bloodshed in the previous 200 years.
Not so surprising when you really don't stand for something and have no solid laws, when your laws can change with your own lusts and wants..
How about the genocide of indigenous australians Mozza? That was done by an anglo australian secular government.. it was perfectly acceptable to murder any aboriginal man, woman or child without consequence from the law, they weren't considered human beings nor counted on the census until 1962 (1965 in QLD).
So that really shows how civilized Western Anglo Secularism is doesn't it mate? And that was less than 50 years ago! The Muslims took Jerusalem and gave the Christians, Jews and even slaves more rights more than 1400 years ago then the Australian government gave indigenous Australians less than 50 years ago!
How very civilized of you Western Secularists!