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In Reply to: FAMILY needs ACADEMIC FREEDOM as well as RELIGIOUS... posted by locke on November 08, 2006 at 19:51:46:
I was curious as to who this person is: Wendy Kaminer. Google has some material on her and some seem appropriate for the family international cult and other groups of people who don't think for themselves.
"It is equally difficult to make generalizations about the character of believers or to use religious belief as a predictor of virtuous behavior. Religious people practiced and opposed slavery, after all."
The quote is from an article on a topic that has been mentioned often enough here: "Atheists Can Be Moral, Too" (http://speakout.com/activism/opinions/4991-1.html).
The only thing I don't understand of the post is the need for its political terminology but I am sure my life is much happier because of that.
