Hyroglyphx writes:
It's a question of getting one's point of view across productively or counter-productively.
My brother-in-law committed suicide by proxy (drank himself to death) because he was molested by Catholic priests as a teenager.
I have no more hope that the perpetrators or their allies be brought to justice than any other international criminal currently in power.
However, I am glad that because some of us have something called 'morality' be they atheists or theists or those less easily described, we are compelled to denounce this crime against humanity.
There is no excuse for such long lasting psychological damage to individuals, and there is no excuse for silence in the face of evil.
I completely suport the actions of Dawkins and Hitchens in this matter and my only question to them is "what can I do to help?"
Edited by anglagard, : Correct spelling of determinative in title
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Salman Rushdie
This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. - the character Rorschach in Watchmen
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