… that God is, one hopes, not a raving loony.
By that creed, God would no doubt find the following particularly vexing, as (not for the first time) raving loonies have done what they have done far too often, projected their madness, their cultural hangups, their fetishes, their inadequacies, their fear of change, as His will.
You may have seen the story, and yes it is about Muslim purism; things just as mad, just as bad, have been done over the years in other theological jurisdictions, whenever the twin scourges of power and belief in infallible texts have come together.
Maryam Namazie, who admittedly writes from a feminist left viewpoint, posted this in New Statesman. There is a parallel post on Renegade Eye: Downloading: Punishable by death?
