freedom of press in europe

[kandrathe]

Wow. If you want real excitement, mix nitric and sulfuric acid, add glycerin, heat in a double boiler, skim off the oily liquid that rises to the surface. That's much safer and more stable than where this is going. :P

Nah. I just need to consider the source. There is a rich history in western philosophy which resulted in the rationality that begot the scientific method. Many early theologians pursued scientific inquiry as a way to understand God. Even today, for many people, every revelation of the complexity of the observable world confirms the wonder and miracle they attribute to a higher power, rather than just randomness. Most institutions of "higher education" began from the benevolence of religious institutions lifting the populace from ignorance within scholastic guilds.

Whatever his beef is with religion is beyond my power to divine, but it goes deeper than mere difference in philosophy. There are people, such as yourself, who are indifferent to those who you might see as wasting their time with religion as long as they leave you out of it. And, then, there are people who despise it so much they actively go out of their way to denigrate and belittle.