Top of my list is the ability of so many people to believe things without any doubt, when there's zero evidence to support that belief.
I really want to think well of people in general, but so many of them are just so fucking blinkered, deluded, and wilfully ignorant. Even worse, they're proud of that.
It isn't limited to religion, but religious fanatics are a good example.
Just read a news report about what's going on in Pakistan and how they have a new law which means that anyone who says anything bad about Mohammed will be executed. At least 60 people have already been killed, usually on the flimsiest of hearsay evidence, and many other have been attacked by mobs after the rabble were whipped into a frenzy by the psychopaths who run the local mosque. Currently, a Christian woman is awaiting execution basically because she drank water from a tin cup used by the Muslims she worked with, and they decided that had left it unclean.
It really is like the worst of the Medieval period in Europe. It would be fine if they were content to rot in their own deranged, superstitious ignorance, but of course they want to slaughter anyone who doesn't share their delusions.
The only bright news out of Pakistan today is that someone has assassinated the Muslim whack-job cleric whose teachings led to the formation of the Taliban. Just a pity someone didn't do the deed about fifty years ago.
Executing anyone who says anything bad about Mohammed.
How could they even enforce or keep up though? I know that is their version of God or whatever but isn't half the male population in the mid-east named that? Like this -
"No seriously, I was talking about a co-worker when I said Mohammed was a dick!"
They can't kill EVERYone.
It would be like if it were a serious crime to insult Jesus or Maria in Mexico. 50% of men there are named Jesus and 97% of women are named Maria.
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Top of my list is the ability of so many people to believe things without any doubt, when there's zero evidence to support that belief.
I really want to think well of people in general, but so many of them are just so fucking blinkered, deluded, and wilfully ignorant. Even worse, they're proud of that.
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Like the religious nut jobs?
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It isn't limited to religion, but religious fanatics are a good example.
Just read a news report about what's going on in Pakistan and how they have a new law which means that anyone who says anything bad about Mohammed will be executed. At least 60 people have already been killed, usually on the flimsiest of hearsay evidence, and many other have been attacked by mobs after the rabble were whipped into a frenzy by the psychopaths who run the local mosque. Currently, a Christian woman is awaiting execution basically because she drank water from a tin cup used by the Muslims she worked with, and they decided that had left it unclean.
It really is like the worst of the Medieval period in Europe. It would be fine if they were content to rot in their own deranged, superstitious ignorance, but of course they want to slaughter anyone who doesn't share their delusions.
The only bright news out of Pakistan today is that someone has assassinated the Muslim whack-job cleric whose teachings led to the formation of the Taliban. Just a pity someone didn't do the deed about fifty years ago.
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Executing anyone who says anything bad about Mohammed.
How could they even enforce or keep up though? I know that is their version of God or whatever but isn't half the male population in the mid-east named that? Like this -
"No seriously, I was talking about a co-worker when I said Mohammed was a dick!"
They can't kill EVERYone.
It would be like if it were a serious crime to insult Jesus or Maria in Mexico. 50% of men there are named Jesus and 97% of women are named Maria.
I find that disturbing on a deep and devastating level.