On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 11:16:53 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-07-14 10:17 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 10:10:28 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2018-07-14 12:12 AM, graham wrote:
> >>> On 2018-07-13 8:16 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> >>>>
> >>> Let me put it another way. One can respect a person's right to hold
> >>> religious beliefs. You don't have to respect (or admire) those beliefs.
> >>
> >>
> >> Failure to abide by some of their beliefs can get people into trouble
> >> sometimes. Sometimes those beliefs run counter to my beliefs. I find it
> >> had to accept that I should be expected to respect the belief some hold
> >> that their women must be covered head to toe and that should be beaten
> >> for failure to do so, and that they can be killed to protect the
> >> family's honour. Sorry, but I cant respect their right to hold religious
> >> beliefs like that any more than I should be able to hold beliefs like
> >> that privately.
> >
> > Actually, those are cultural mores more than religious beliefs. The Koran
> > mandates modesty of dress and behavior for both men and women:
>
>
> True, but they use the religion to justify it.

Religion has been used to justify a wide variety of bad behavior, right
back to Moloch. It's the very fact that Christianity has, in the main,
calmed down that we notice extremism in the practice of Islam. Perhaps
Islam will get a chance to have a Reformation.

Cindy Hamilton