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Major Nikon

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8. It's not that hard to find crazies in any religion

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 12:13 PM

Jan 2013

Much of religion is collective craziness. Imagine if your neighbor put up a sign that said cable TV is destroying society. You go talk to your neighbor and they say radiation leakage from the cable is penetrating people's brains and is breaking down the fabric of society. You would probably conclude that there's no proof of what they are claiming and your neighbor is half nuts at best. Now imagine if your neighbor put up a sign that said gay marriage is destroying society.

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I just finished reading "Under The Banner Of Heaven", about the Mormon Church. [View all] Aristus Jan 2013 OP

I tried reading that once! Suich Jan 2013 #1

It is a great example of the New Journalism (which now has some age on it-- nothing wrong with that) Tom Ripley Jan 2013 #2

Jon Krakauer does his homework, that's for sure Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #16

I agree that the book is frightening. harmonicon Jan 2013 #3

Thank you. Bucky Jan 2013 #4

Sorry, there are people within the mainstream religion who are extreme siligut Jan 2013 #5

Thank you. arbusto_baboso Jan 2013 #10

When I lived in Salt Lake City, my old Sony TV screen became magnetized overnight siligut Jan 2013 #12

From The National Center for Biotechnology siligut Jan 2013 #15

You don't think the same thing could be said about every other religion? harmonicon Jan 2013 #11

Yeah, go to Utah and stay for awhile. arbusto_baboso Jan 2013 #13

Al-Qaeda doesn't have a whole state in the US and many positions of power in the FBI, CIA and NSA siligut Jan 2013 #14

I knew Brenda Wright Lafferty. Frank Cannon Jan 2013 #6

Have you seen this...? KurtNYC Jan 2013 #7

It's not that hard to find crazies in any religion Major Nikon Jan 2013 #8

I didn't read that book amuse bouche Jan 2013 #9

This is the Warren Jeffs crowd KamaAina Jan 2013 #17