Posts Tagged ‘religion’

We Americans internalize the information we receive from sources we have come to trust. Once inside us, they form a perception that resits logical argument and appeals to rational thought. Once we are told enough that Islam is a threat, we begin to act in ways that alienates practitioners of the religion. Alienation leads to misunderstanding. Misunderstanding leads to conflict. Conflict leads to hatred. Islam as a threat becomes the self-fulfilling prophesy. It is the same vicious cycle that we have endured within racial debates; the same cycle we endured with the million of illegal immigrants from Ireland, Eastern Europe, and Italy after the turn of the 20th Century; the same cycle we endure with today's immigration debate. [Read the rest of this article...]

Jeri says, "I came to the conclusion that there must be something about religious faith which renders people stupid." This was an observation regarding the 2004 U.S. presidential election that you might recall re-elected George W. Bush. Maybe it's the "warning" or maybe it's the "stupid" that did it, but it has inflamed tempers. Imagine that! [Read the rest of this article...]