It is abundantly clear that these three religions are finished as major influences

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> " When we examine the modern environment of man in which Judaism,

> Christianity, and Islam find themselves, it is abundantly clear that

> these three religions are finished as major influences. As

> predominantly systems of thought, worship, ethical inspiration and

> of judgement on human affairs, they are excluded forever from human

> affairs. But they will not perish overnight. They will persist in

> some parts of the planet with diminishing influence, dwindling

> numbers, and changing faces. They will undergo periodic petty

> renaissances and sporadic revivals. They will resist the threat of

> extinction as dominant mysteries with all the resources at their

> power and with desperation of all the ancient experienced things at

> bay and staring at death. Under this threat they may yet render

> invaluable services to man. They may go protestingly. They may

> depart with dignity. They will certainly pass with pathos; and

> their nodding fall into eternal slumbers will needle the human mind

> with nostalgia. But, as they are, their dominance is finished

> forever. Their day is done.

>

 

Dear all,

 

Hardly had i finished posting the following:

 

Evils, Atrocities and Injustices of the Torah

Biblical Contradictions

Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian

 

under the title " But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, shall teach you

all things (John 14:26) " when i came across this BBC article " Pleas

for condemned Saudi 'witch' that fitted so snugly into:

 

" Exodus 22:18 God orders the death of witches, sorceresses and anyone

who practices magic. Sadly enough, this verse was justification for

the Inquisition. "

 

Looks like the Islamic Inquisition is still going on in Saudi Arabia.

Beheading witches is just one of the many reasons why it is

abundantly clear why these three religions are finished as major

influences, all the more so in this century. The same goes for all

other religions too.

 

regards to all,

 

jagbir

 

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Pleas for condemned Saudi 'witch'

By Heba Saleh

BBC News

Thursday, 14 February 2008

 

Human Rights Watch has appealed to Saudi Arabia to halt the execution

of a woman convicted of witchcraft.

 

In a letter to King Abdullah, the rights group described the trial

and conviction of Fawza Falih as a miscarriage of justice.

 

The illiterate woman was detained by religious police in 2005 and

allegedly beaten and forced to fingerprint a confession that she

could not read.

 

Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent.

 

Human Rights Watch said that Ms Falih had exhausted all her chances

of appealing against her death sentence and she could only now be

saved if King Abdullah intervened.

 

'Undefined' crime

 

The US-based group is asking the Saudi ruler to void Ms Falih's

conviction and to bring charges against the religious police who

detained her and are alleged to have mistreated her.

 

Its letter to King Abdullah says the woman was tried for the

undefined crime of witchcraft and that her conviction was on the

basis of the written statements of witnesses who said that she had

bewitched them.

 

Human Rights Watch says the trial failed to meet the safeguards in

the Saudi justice system.

 

The confession which the defendant was forced to fingerprint was not

even read out to her, the group says.

 

Also Ms Falih and her representatives were not allowed to attend most

of the hearings.

 

When an appeal court decided she should not be executed, the law

courts imposed the death sentence again, arguing that it would be in

the public interest.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7244579.stm