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lycan639 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Suicide terrorism is not a product of islamic fundamentalism, every suicide terrorist campaign has had a clear secular/political goal ; to compel a modern ''democracy'' to withdraw it's military forces from lands it occupies.
xSuperNormalx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"I'm just an educated redneck." If only all rednecks were this educated.
CntrBrdr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Religion, as a man-made construct, definitely hijacks cognitive functions and creates different worlds in peoples' brains. In the same way that it directs cognition toward acts of extreme violence, it also produces incredible group solidarity and feelings of ecstasy. Religion resides in the brain, and it is not until we figure out the functions of the brain that we will understand why we act like we do, and why religion causes the feelings it does.
TheR3volutionary (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
A lot of the material in this second part was used again in his 2009 talk, but the material is brilliant and equally applicable here
the42degrees (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
excellent, concise presentation. wonderful speaker, too. not to mention the content was fascinating. i can't wait to read his book!
pfarabee (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@noonesflower I believe he uses them as possible indicators because of the added stigma those conditions carry in the society they live in. Being infertile, as an example, does not make one unmarriagable in the west, but in very conservative religious societies, the only worth a woman has to a husband is the biological (male) children she can bear for him.
CHAS1422 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Awesome talk.
Rockster969 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@noonesflower Not within our culture but in the East/third world rape and infertility are hugely problematic for women due to cultural/religious baggage
TheCorrigan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is my take also.
PFWoody488 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions."-Blaise PascalALL religions rely on irrational thinking and frown on critical thought.ALL religions deny the value of this life in favor of some kind of life after death.ALL religions try to control the thoughts and behaviors of their members to the benefit of the self described 'Holy Men'.ALL religions are the problem. If humanity does not dump this mystical nonsense, we are doomed as a species. |
