http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Your+tolerant+Tell+that/3509613/story.html
the above article makes an interesting point ; to paraphrase : though religions may evolve ( e.g become more tolerant in line with the advance of human rights - past decade excepted maybe ! ) ..religious texts do NOT evolve. The Holy texts are still full of hateful, violent passages that are used by extremists, just as much as peace loving passages are used by moderates to defend religion. Most of the material in the Holy Books was composed in the most barbaric, ignorant epoch in human history. It is time to put them in their historical context and admit that the books are a confused, contradictory mess that are cherry picked by moderates and extremists alike to justify almost anything. If most decent religious people wish to outflank extremists and save their faith from eventual demise, perhaps it's time to accept that the old books need some editing to bring them into line with what most of us would want from the future. I mean, Leviticus ?? Who was this guy, and who stomped on his balls before breakfast ? It's the most hateful , vile, irrational crap about killing just about anyone for offences as minor as accidently farting sideways whilst eating breakfast. I mean come on, the last time a political movement or other printed this kind of stuff, they had ousted the German government and were rounding up Jews. If religious people are serious about only following ' the good stuff' in the 'good books' , then maybe it's time they really edited them to become modern, good books.
