Angry protesters attacked the Norwegian mission after storming the Danish site amid chants of "God is great". - from BBC
Now I can understand being raised with certain beliefs, and taking offense when a joke is made of them, particularly in today's world climate, but is mob mentality really the way to go? Another of my major problems with major religions is how readily through time people are willing to become militant over the religion because of differences in belief, apparently in direct contradiction of the teachings of peace and understanding that seem to be central to all of them, just told through other parables, experiences, and books.
Hopefully they find some way to quell that situation with the comic soon. I believe in free expression and don't think the comic should be banned, however I do think that some better discretion could be used. At the same time, at some point true religious leaders should feel a greater obligation to emphasize passivity and calculating thought as opposed to destruction and violent hordes. The best religious figures through time have done so.
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