VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Steve|DATE|1377164332|CONTENT|Matt2112’s comment is precisely right. When religion is a personal thing, it is usually fairly benign. The moment it gains power is the moment when rigid orthodoxy becomes completely central to its existence. The closer two sects are, the more dangerous the non-ruling sect is to the ruling one. Their hold on power is so tenuous they must at all costs eliminate the opposition, especially those oppositions who can most easily replace them with just a change in the liturgy. If the Lawn Tennis Association ever takes over the country, stamp collectors will be fine, cricket and football players OK if they keep their heads down, but badminton and squash players will be rounded up and shot. There is only one racquet, the One True Racquet, and thou shalt use no other racquet than this.

What makes this TFTD a 5+ is the complete refusal to even address this point. You can’t have it both ways. Religion is either 100% personal and not to blame, or involved in the power systems and absolutely to blame.|IP-ADDRESS|10.0.119.108, 217.36.222.79|MODERATIONFLAG|