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Posted by Chris Finnie
Mr. Hari explores a very delicate issue with a forthright and candid logic that cannot be denied. I am a tad more religious than he, a Catholic, by the way, and I suspect that the Almighty would certainly not condone a whole lot of actions we purport to undertake in His name, i.e. the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades are but two of many. Nor would He approve of the stoning of women. I cast no stones, but the only way for us ALL to learn and progress is through open dialogue.
