The final straw

The incident that finally put me over the edge, I think was the recent execution of a young man in Iran, Ehsan, for "enmity against god", or in other words for being an Atheist. Let me say this again, a young student in Iran was executed by hanging for enmity against god!!! http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16753

Imagine your son or daughter being imprisoned, tried, sentenced to death, and executed for expressing his or her thoughts against a supernatural, made up entity! Not for killing anyone, or doing anything remotely against the "normal" social rules!

I used to think that it was a sign of tolerance to accept others' religious views and not argue for my side, the rational, atheist side. But I no longer think that. Tolerance for religious views means tolerance for ignorance. It is an excuse for allowing of what happened to Ehsan to perhaps happen to others.

So here and now I want to go on record - all religions, whether Christianity, Islam, Judaism, lead to intolerance, breed violence and terrorism, suppress rational thought and are the basis for irrational thoughts and behavior, and unless obliterated, will perverse society with it's influence.