and for some reason, a lot of religions deny that there's any truth in Darwin's theory, which is based on facts and scientifically developped.
This goes back to the days of the Spanish inquisition. If you can't believe that the earth is flat, you'll be excommunicated and jailed.
Nice.
That's always been a sore point with me, and I was glad to hear the vatican issue a formal acknowledgement of guilt on that issue, but obviously, it's still got ways to go.
What I hate about the cookie-cutter aproach, is that it slows progress. If anyone's played Sid Meier's Civilization, then you know that Fanaticism is not something you want.
I've also noticed a lot of intolerance between different religions, and we can all see it only too well in the middle east.
There are a lot of good values that have been identified and categorized, that are pretty simple to follow: honesty, justice, fairness, truth, ... It shouldn't be too hard to come up with a list.
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