Let us be intolerant of the violent fringe element of organized
religion. For centuries, various paths of belief, for certain individuals, have
been just a good excuse to kill each other. Of course, the vast majority of the
clerics, practitioners and followers of the world’s creeds are not violent and
abhor the extremist element of their own faiths. Unfortunately, no one religion
is innocent; all have had some level of historic infamy at one time or another.
There should be an island out on an atoll somewhere where
religious fanatics of all faiths can get isolated and feel free to kill each
other without any bystanders getting affected. We can name it Dogma Island. Let
me help. How about someplace at the edge of Antarctica as a home for these
fools? It doesn’t matter if it’s a little cold down there. They’re going to off
each other soon enough anyway. Just take ‘em to the final location CIA Black
Site style, and airdrop down enough food, short-range weaponry and ammo, etc.
to last a while and help them do the job right.
In reality, of course, I jest. Those of us who value
tolerance and living in shared respect of each others’ personal beliefs need to
stay patient in our mutual acceptance of our right to exist in peace. Just for
once, though, it would be nice to see those who attempt (and unfortunately
sometimes succeed) at fanning the flames of mob destruction and murder to be
taken out of their sheltered environment and thrust into the middle of the
chaos that they instigate. Let’s see how brave and resolved they are, with
their hateful rhetoric, at that point and place.
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