Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
It's not THAT primitive, not like a village in Afghanistan or something like that! There are astronauts born in the Caucasus!
Not the whole, Chechnya, but there are places which are that bad. These astronauts were born and educated in Soviet Union. Nothing good came out of Chechnya since 1991.

And I don't think most people or leaders 'fake' religion in the interest of manipulating people!! It's hard to imagine! Or are you just following the line that "religion is opium for the people" and anyone organising it must automatically be bad?
Yes, you seem to forget that I AM a religious person, but nevertheless, I think that in some cases religion is opium for the people indeed and I most definitely don't believe in motives of any public religious leader. A priest (of any religion) should care for spiritual comfort of his congregation. Period. That's where his functions end. When he starts making political statements he betrays his faith by siding with devil.

Don't you think they are genuine? I do! Why bother risking your LIFE for something you don't genuinely believe in...? There are much easier ways to make a living..
Hanna, but people DO risk their lives for money and power. They do it much more frequently and much more willingly than for justice or beliefs.

I mean the leaders of Iran, Umarov and all radical moslems (or radical believers in other faiths). I believe they are genuine about their beliefs! Likewise freedom fighters such as.... Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King;
Take me to your dealer. Mixing them all together....