The title of this post is a quotation from Jonathan Swift, and I think expresses more succinctly than anything why I hold organized religion on an approximate contempt level with political parties.
This article from Thomas Friedman nicely applied the general concept to the current uproar in the Islamic world (one of the commenters on the post mentions the Swift quote).
Here is an interesting Pew Research Center report (one of the sources I trust) on the increase of government restrictions on religion...some of it undoubtedly well-earned, but one has to wonder why governments should care at all?
I also by chance happened across one of those irreverent T-shirts that I like - this one asked:
"If you can tell me what to do with my body, can I tell you what to do with your Bible?"
"My body" could very easily be replaced with "my relationships, my life....." unfortunately.
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