Religion

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Which is clearly Guil's orientation most of the time. But it's a respect born in part from fear of religious terrorism; most religions historically become murderous if you cross them.

And realizing this and other other problems, deep down even ecumenists have small, hidden, timorous reservations about some parts of religion. Though they don't like.to openly voice them.

So I'm trying to find an avenue or forum acceptable to Guil and intimidated ecumenists, that would allow them to in some way acknowledge historical problems in religions. Especially say, the muderous side of faith. Which ecumenical tolerance diminishes but does not fully eliminate.

Guil in fact at times will express hesitations about Republican evangelicalism, say. Which to be sure he blames not on religion per se, but on human perversity. Still? Like most ecumenists, while he does not directly or openly criticise any religion often, he does now and then advance religious ... preferences?

I guess our forum could be partly a place of welcoming? Where timid ecumenical victims of religious terrorism could find a few supporting helpers at least. To help them learn to see themselves as victims of religious, Christian abuse. And learn to work through that.

To by sure, I also support an aggressively and explicitly negative view of all religion, often. Ecumenism included.

Ecumenists try to get along with all religions - because deep down, they are afraid of all of them. They know how violent and destructive religions can be. So they try to appease, mollify, co-opt them.