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26 Apr 2006 01:32:01 AM |
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Religion Is an Industry- We Need a World Free of Religion |
By a Bangladeshi.
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Religion Is an Industry- We Need a World Free of Religion
Tuesday April 25 2006 17:08:49 PM BDT
BY Azar Majedi
A statement made at the conference on Freedom of Expression and
Fundamentalism, in Paris, April 6 2006
We are here today to acknowledge the importance of free speech and
unconditional freedom of expression. We are here today to say enough is
enough. We will not submit any more. We will fight to safeguard the
right to freedom of expression and criticism. We mean it and we will not
be intimidated, bullied or blackmailed by any religious groups,
sentiments, superstition, or by any terrorist act.
This is important. We should continue this fight and never give up.
However, this is not enough. This does not go far enough. In order to
succeed in our struggle for securing the unconditional freedom of
expression and criticism, we need to widen our scopes. We need to fight
for freedom in a wider spectrum.
Right wing aggression on civil liberties and individual rights has been
enormous, particularly in recent years. The terrorist attacks by
political Islam have inflicted a great blow on our society. As a result
of these attacks the world has suffered greatly, both in terms of human
lives and the loss of civil liberties and individual rights.
The so-called war on terrorism led by the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1
ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />US has been
instrumental in curbing civil liberties and our freedom. We must take a
stand Vis a Vis the US and Western governments aggression and so-called
war on terror.
We must stand firmly against religion as an institution. Religion is not
only spiritual beliefs, it is an industry, big business, a mafia-like
organisation, be it fundamentalist or not. We must fight for
de-religionisation of the society while we respect the right of every
individual to believe in any religion. To clarify the matter, I like to
quote Waffa Sultan: you can believe in any piece of stone you like, as
long as you do not throw it at me. Religion must be a private affair.
If we aspire to make a much freer and more egalitarian world, we must go
further than establishing secular principles. We need secularism as a
necessary condition for a free society, but in fight against religion we
need to be more aggressive, not against believers, but against the
religious industry. We need to expose religion as a reactionary
ideology, as a weapon to stupefy humanity, as a weapon of exploitation,
discrimination and degradation. Throughout history and even today, more
human beings have lost their lives under the name of god and religion
than any other banner. We must cut religions hands off state,
legislation, education and society. We must organise an orchestrated and
dynamic fight against religion to push it back to the private sphere and
try to build a world free of religion. And here I mean world in the
literal sense of the word. We must think internationally and not allow
ourselves to be confined in Eurocentric or Western borders. The whole
world needs to be free of religion.
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| Title: Re: Religion Is an Industry- We Need a World Free of Religion |
26 Apr 2006 01:35:58 AM |
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johac wrote:
By a Bangladeshi.
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Religion Is an Industry- We Need a World Free of Religion
Tuesday April 25 2006 17:08:49 PM BDT
BY Azar Majedi
Nice find! I like that Waffa Sultan quote.
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Martian Commander
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Religion Is an Industry- We Need a World Free of Religion |
27 Apr 2006 12:30:07 AM |
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In article <1146033358.638418.223420@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
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johac wrote:
By a Bangladeshi.
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Religion Is an Industry- We Need a World Free of Religion
Tuesday April 25 2006 17:08:49 PM BDT
BY Azar Majedi
Nice find! I like that Waffa Sultan quote.
Thanks.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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