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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I would never burn anyone's religious book, no matter how much I disagreed with it. If you can't convince someone to your way of thinking by engaging them in discussion, you surely won't win their hearts and minds by burning their book. Sometimes it's better just to agree to disagree. Book burning is disrespectful.
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Is it ok to burn a religious book in protest if you are forced into it? Some countries do not have freedom of religion.
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I think the bottom line is that "sometimes" it is ok to burn a book in protest. I think a lot of us are intellectuals that never actually been over there to witness a woman being beaten in public for not obeying. When "god" is the law of the land then it as bad as Nazi Germany.
I would say "Burn the bible" also if we still lived in the times where it was ok to stone someone for such odd offenses. When was the last time any other place / religion killed three young men for being gay???
Any homosexuals here? It doesnt make you mad enough to burn the stupid book knowing that you would be put to death the those countries. I don't get it?
Christians did the same thing 100 years ago but that isnt a fair comparison or a good enough justification. It is one thing to believe in a "man in the sky" and it is a total different animal to keep up the witch hunts and stoning in his name.
Burning a book does not make things right, but it sure as hell makes a statement. This isnt Hitler's time where a book can actually be gotten rid of. It does absolutely no harm except anger those who are weak minded enough to actually give a crap.