Legend of the Corsair

Who would have thought that repression driven religious people would end up displaying more violent tendencies (statistically, not exceptionally speaking). And here we are, being pressured on all sides to get religion, to rediscover/embrace our spirituality. However, when they say spirituality they are really saying be a good Christain Soldier.

If anyone was watching Boston Legal last night, there was a profound bit of information that was put on display. One of the up and coming young lawyers, in a move to impress his female boss (yes he was motivated by sexual desire - preeening, puffing, strutting display, etc.) he put together a tight series of video clips on how often GOD is mentioned in public speeches, the great speeches as well as the not so great speeches that we have heard in our country since the advent of television. It was pretty powerful, and of course in the context he used it helped him sway opposing counsel to settle on more agreeable terms, based on the presumed fact that "ours is a Christain nation. Even though that is fallacy, and all in the room agreed that it was, it was argued that the current perception of the media, the political establishment, and the public was such that to try to bring this case to court would have been (in the words of Bush Sr.) imprudent.

I think that this article has hit the nail on the head - all you have to do is look at what motivated some (if not most) of the worst atrocities in history... Massacres, genocide, persecution, torture, etc... But then you have people like this saying stuff about comparing "apples to apples" because it isn't about humanity in general, no, you have to break it down into a racial segregation. Bullshit. Walk the streets of London, you will see people of all races (and religions) intermingled and coexisting. *major eyerolls*


American statistics look pretty good if you take out the 27% of the population that is black or Hispanic to make it more racially comparable to Britain's population. Blacks are incarcerated for violent crimes at 7.1 times the non-Hispanic white rate and Hispanics at 3.4 times the white rate. Similarly, blacks have about four times as many abortions and Hispanics about twice as many. All these other measures the article cites are worse among blacks and Hispanics as well.

When you do a direct apples to apples comparison of the white working classes in Britain and America, the Brits appear to be falling apart morally (e.g, drunkeness, assault, and burglary), while the Americans are holding their own.


Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'
By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent

RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.

According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.

The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society.
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I guess this is the answer (finally) to that old song by Depeche Mode: People are people so why should it be, you and I should get along so awfully?"