They’re both organised religions, which means they both include all sorts of crap that is self-evidently political and sociological rather than even attempting to be factual. I don’t have a clue whet… (View Post)

That stuff happens in every country. Whether it counts as corruption or something else - group exclusivity, nepotism etc - is questionable. But by all measurements, including both recorded corruption… (View Post)

Government is different from public opinion. I don’t have the stats to hand, but I would hazard a guess that: - Iranians are on average more secular than in 1979 - Indian Hindus are more secular than… (View Post)

You’re conflating curbs on freedom with corruption. 2 different things. Nice boudoir by the way. (View Post)

Vanilla is now readable again. Just rejoice at that news. As for immigrant religious belief: surely the trends of the last couple of hundred years hold true. 1. That incoming groups will become more … (View Post)