From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@mercury.colossus.net)
Date: Fri May 01 1998 - 15:56:44 MDT
> Race has nothing to do with doctrine. Every doctrine I've read that
> was by a 'religious leader' said nothing about race. It is (was)
> always about how YOU live YOUR life. Racial racism is a very Bad
> Thing when it concerns religion. Give me one instance of where any
> religious leader imposed racism in their doctrine.
The Shinto religion has many Japan-specific mythologies: for example,
the divine couple Izanagi and Izanami giving birth to the Japanese
islands. I should hardly have to mention the Exodus, in which God
specifically instructed the nation of Israel to occupy the promised
land by burning the natives and their cities to the ground. That's
two off the top of my head.
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