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YaadPyar:
Anne Hathaway is on the cover of JANE Magazine this month to promite her upcoming movie "The Devil Wears Prada."  The following excerpt about her gay brother is interesting:

THE PRINCESS DIARIES star ANNE HATHAWAY was convinced she was going to be a nun after she got a "calling from God" when she was 11-years-old. The actress grew up in a religious family and thought serving God was her destiny. She explains, "I was raised Catholic. When I was 11, I felt like I got a calling from God to be a nun. "But when I was about 15, I realised my older brother was gay, and I couldn't support a religion that didn't support my brother. "Now I call myself a nondenominational Christian, because I haven't found the religion for me."

www.janemag.com

gattaca:
I have been taking a dim view recently of most organized religions.

Fundamental Christianity in the US with its intolerant stance (see Jimmy Fallon and "Jesus Horses" if you want the lighter side).
Islam (or radical Islam) - I lived in Malaysia and I read the Qu'ran cover to cover. It's full of fire and brimstone just like the bilblical Old Testament - but does not advocate the systematic destruction of entire races of people.
Five-point Calvinists (Fred Phelps and his ilk; the "God Hates Fags" club)

I have a good friend who is immersed in rabbinical studies in Iowa - Akiva David - we have conversations about the state of organized religion today. He is appalled at the darkness which is being spread by these religions which claim to be keepers of the light.

YaadPyar:
The awfullness perpetuated in the name of G*d is truly appalling.  The notion that what sustains the human spirit is in any way aligned with hatred, violence, anger, force, and the generally destructive qualities of humanity has just got to be false.

Love and peace and joy and understanding are incompatible in every way with that kind of darkness. 

starboardlight:

--- Quote from: gattaca on June 19, 2006, 08:26:14 am ---I have been taking a dim view recently of most organized religions.

Fundamental Christianity in the US with its intolerant stance (see Jimmy Fallon and "Jesus Horses" if you want the lighter side).
Islam (or radical Islam) - I lived in Malaysia and I read the Qu'ran cover to cover. It's full of fire and brimstone just like the bilblical Old Testament - but does not advocate the systematic destruction of entire races of people.
Five-point Calvinists (Fred Phelps and his ilk; the "God Hates Fags" club)

I have a good friend who is immersed in rabbinical studies in Iowa - Akiva David - we have conversations about the state of organized religion today. He is appalled at the darkness which is being spread by these religions which claim to be keepers of the light.

--- End quote ---

even such a peaceful and moderate religion like Buddhism, under "organized" leaders can become quite fanatic and fundamentalistic. I saw some of it in Thailand as I was there as a child. I remember the temple being part of organization to "stamp" out Communists in Thailand, code for Vietnamese and Cambodians. I didn't understand as a child, but now that it all clicks, it makes me sad to remember how hateful that was.

Lumière:
I remember the old days back on IMDB when we used to fight trollish "God hates Gays" comments.
I have left all of that behind me, but I still remember a few nutcases :
One lady was peeved that her son's teacher was gay, in fact, she was willing to remove her son from the school and sue the school if he was not fired.  Why?  Because he would indoctrinate the kids with his 'queer ways'.. ::)

Another one had a sister who lived in the UK and she claimed very proudly that she disowened her sister - why?  Because she moved there to live, in a place where morals are loose and queers are everywhere ...
Well, she was nuts anyway .. :)  I think I heard everything on IMDB!  There are some pretty messed up people out there.. :-\

I am a Catholic, and I am disgusted by the way the church is handling homosexuality.
Priests who are gay (and are brave enough to come out), are pretty much silenced or worse, excommunicated.
Where is the love?   ???

A program I saw few weeks ago..
http://www.visiontv.ca/FLV/current_affairs_360_Oct20.html

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