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One thought on “No theology needed to justify a crime”

  1. That’s a great article, and it brings up something I have said often in the past–the sadism that brings people to commit violent acts is prior to any religious or theological concept created to justify it. It’s not that religious people are violent, it’s that violent people have learned to hide behind religion.
    I’ve elaborated a bit on my own blog. Incidentally, have you been invited to the Progressive Faith Blog Con?

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