Talking Turkey

Yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI, on his visit to Turkey, urged leaders of all religions to "utterly refuse" to support any form of violence in the name of faith.

Now that may seem like a good idea on the surface, but when the Atheologist thought about it for a while, it lost its appeal. As the Atheologist pointed out in a previous post, if it weren’t for the faithful and their religious enthusiasm, the daily headlines would become bland. The Atheologist believes that atheists have cornered the market when it comes to being boring and the religious should not try to follow their example.

Luckily the Atheologist was not the only one who thought that the Pope’s idea wasn’t such a great one. Look here, here and here.

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