Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:

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"Opinions" are not the same as "religion".
Even unreasonably firmly held opinions.

Yes, but many people hold their opinions as being religious even when they
are not necessarily (and when they cannot effectively defend them with
their religious texts.

This is how the Pacific got filled with missionaries from Boston who were
all trying to spread New England culture under the guise of religion.  Does
Jesus say anywhere that women have to cover their breasts?  I don't recall
that in the bible but it was a major tenet of the missionaries that came
to Hawaii.

Most but not quite all religions consist of
systems of behaviour to appease gods and
obtain favourable treatment from them.
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Individual religious leaders differ on
whether that leaves concerns such as climate
change, pandemic disease, economics, and
abortion laws as problems for us to deal
with, or whether those matters are reserved
to the gods, as well.  Gods whose ideas
are unavoidably old-fashioned.

In 5th grade I claimed a religious exemption against the teaching of
long division, under the grounds that I did not believe in division.
All this did was get me beaten, but if you're going to be able to claim
any opinion is religious (and many do), this is the ultimate result.
--scott
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