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Re: Iranian state TV runs series on Holocaust in primetime

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Originally Posted by Ainoow View Post
Not soo long ago, and probably still in some christian communities, depicting certain images of the most popular 'cast' in christian religion was also regarded as very serious. I agree that often muslim shouldn't take religion all too serious, but I'd say that for every religion. I'm hoping your "Religious fanaticism is a serious threat to decent human society" is also aimed at every kind of religion?
Absolutely. Fanatical christians frighten me also. I consider them a threat to representative government and to modern human society in general. But I am relatively sure these christian zealots are few in number and exist on the fringes. I am not so sure about their fellow maniacs in the Islamic world. For now those Islamic religious fanatics seem to have a stronger grip on their society than their christian fanatic brethren. I think the fanatics on each side have more in common than either group does with normal people of either faith.
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