Hey the western world was kind of shitty until we told the Catholic Church to piss off and stop interfering with secular governments. Most of the Islamic world doesn't have any real concept of the separation of church and state and certainly things like freedom of speech and freedom of religion are somewhat alien.
I would argue that the less guided by religious mythology a culture is, the better it is.
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Date: 4/5/10 15:02 (UTC)I would argue that the less guided by religious mythology a culture is, the better it is.