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Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
It isn't the Catholic religion to molest choirboys, but that such a proportion of priests have been at it suggests The Pope's understudies are non too reliable to say the least. Most damagingly, The Catholic Church have attempted to cover up such acts in the past. I'm sure no splinter of the Catholic Faith will condone child rape, but that this despicable act has occured under such hallowed circumstances time and time again makes one wonder about the dedication and sincerity of its teachers. So many bad apples in one basket?
Islam doesn't encourage murder, but the militants use their own interpretation of The Qur'an to justify it.
If the 'good' followers of these religions produced more than generally uptight and stuffy values and rituals and complaints to TV stations about violence and porn, the 'bad' side might be a little easier to stomach - but not much.
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You're still focusing on the negative portion of the
people following the religion instead of the religion its self. My argument is simple: RELIGION is not bad. That people who follow particular religions have done terrible things does nothing to disprove that. All it does is show that people do bad things. The actions of those people are not indicitive of the core beliefs of the religion.