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"Its a very hot day in Jerusalem. Together with my companions we are walking down Via Delorosa. My mind drifts to thoughts of the Passion of Christ and the Last Temptation of Christ, conjuring images of that most famous spectacle in mankind's history. Am I moved? Not at all. There's no catharsis, no trace of pity for the human who was crucified in the company of two thieves. Jerusalem, beginning of the new era, escalation of mass hatred, source of a weak and faulty culture. The true heart of darkness."NERGAL............................................ .................................."Since religion has proved itself uniquely delinguent on the one subject where moral and ethical authority might be counted as universal and absolute, I think we are entitled to at least three provisional conclusions. The first is that religion and the churches are manufactured, and that this salient fact is too obvious to ignore. The second is that ethics and morality are quite independent of faith, and cannot be derived from it. The third is that religion is - because it claims a special divine exemption for its practices and beliefs - not just amoral but immoral. The ignorant psychopath or brute who mistreats his children must be punished but can be understood. Those who claim a heavenly warrant for their cruelty have been tainted by evil, and also constitute far more of a danger."------Christopher Hitchens.................................................... ............................."Among the most elementary of moral truisms is the principle of universality: we must apply to ourselves the same standards we do to others, if not more stringent ones. It is a remarkable comment on Western intellectual culture that this principle is so often ignored and, if occasionally mentioned, condemned as outrageous. This is particularly shameful on the part of those who flaunt their Christian piety, and therefore have presumably at least heard of the definition of the hypocrite in the Gospels." -------Dr.Noam ChomskyHSUS MySpace Page | Stop Puppy Mills Website