VERSION|0.5.1|SUBJECT|Clifford Longley, a distinguished Catholic gentleman who talks a lot about religion, POTY 2012  |CONTENT|[b]Rating[/b] 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)

[url=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap130709.html][img=images/2013/07/pic130709.jpg popup=false float=right][/url]The current problems in Egypt could have been avoided if it was more like Northern Ireland. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood won the election. They thought this gave them the right to make the country more Islamic. Those who wanted a more secular Egypt were ignored.

In Northern Ireland the situation was the same. One slightly different variant of Christianity kept winning over another slightly different variant of Christianity. The minority slightly different variant of Christianity was always ignored. Then, after many years of bombings, shootings, beatings, murders and assassinations, someone had the brilliant idea, why don't the two slightly different variants of Christianity talk to one another?

This is why religions are always so useful in solving disputes. Those of a religious frame of mind naturally think, "I can't be right about everything. Those who worship the Invisible Magic Friend in a different way must have been told to do so by the Invisible Magic Friend too. Why not listen to what they say and live together in peace and harmony?"

You can see this in action wherever there are two large religious groups in close contact with one another. Now, admittedly, there have been occasional exceptions here and there, but these are just the exceptions that prove the rule. Generally speaking, I can't think of anyone better at taking account of other people's point of view than those with strong religious beliefs.

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