In reply to scheater5

Thanks, it seems I must ask forgiveness for my ignorance of the Christian faith also. I know very little of the early history of the church. The virtues taught to me of turning the other cheek and to love thy neighbour have been handed down since the beginning. However there is the period in which the leaders of the faith had absolute control over not only the people but of their kings as well. With the coming of the printing press, people were able to learn to read and make decisions for themselves, a good example is Martin Luther. Up until then the bible was written primarily in latin and only the clergy or priesthood could interpret the words of God to the people, a very powerful position and very abused throughout history.

Various orders, sects, divisions, or whatever you want to call them, of the Christian faith have abused the interpretation of the bible to their own ends. I will not name one or exclude any but will group them under the generic term of Christian faith. It is not my intention of singling any Christian group out it is to merely to use as an example in comparison. To point out my thoughts that knowledge or education makes a society more mature in their atitude and tolerant to the beliefs of others.

Yet even today their is a strong movement in the U.S. that tries to impose their version of Gods word on the American public and attempts to control who leads in the White House.

I did a quick surf through your link oxman, it's rather long so I'll get back to you.