Salutatio Peter!
02-Jan-98, Peter Frazer wrote to Richard Meic
          Subject: DEEP THOUGHTS
 PF> Hi Richard,
  >> Which brings me to ask, how important is religion, then?
 PF> Well Crusades, Jihads, the BJP in India, the Taliband in
 PF> Afghanistan, the religious divide in Ireland etc would seem to
 PF> show that religion has some influence
"Influence" is one thing, "importance" is another thing completely.
 PF> However where are the boundaries of religion over culture made?
Human rights?
 PF> I've heard some (western) people say female circumsicion is a
 PF> matter of culture and then feel free to try and stop it in places
 PF> because they don't see themselves in intefering in a religion's
 PF> sphere. However if the practioners  of the female circumsicion see
 PF> their practice as a matter of religion - how can an outside group
 PF> of people say it is not part of their religion
 PF> Now I am not comfortable with  circumsicion either female or male.
             
It takes all kinds, man.
 Dicere...
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Richard Meic
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