Comments on: Sense is spoken http://antonyloewenstein.com/2006/04/07/sense-is-spoken/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: edward squire http://antonyloewenstein.com/2006/04/07/sense-is-spoken/comment-page-1/#comment-3798 edward squire Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:01:21 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2006/04/07/sense-is-spoken/#comment-3798 <blockquote> "Religion does not do power very well," he [Sacks] says. "The Bible is terribly sceptical of political power." Hence there is always a danger of "politicised religion". Just look what happened in former Yugoslavia; look at what is happening in Iraq now. </blockquote>Yeah, and at least two other Middle Eastern countries with names starting with the letter "I".

"Religion does not do power very well," he [Sacks] says. "The Bible is terribly sceptical of political power." Hence there is always a danger of "politicised religion". Just look what happened in former Yugoslavia; look at what is happening in Iraq now.

Yeah, and at least two other Middle Eastern countries with names starting with the letter "I".

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