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Default Funny thing about the importance of religion

On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 7:32:18 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 01/07/2016 6:36 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Friday, July 1, 2016 at 12:47:42 PM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> >> On 01/07/2016 4:21 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>> https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...ds-turban.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> A judge has tossed out a case of drunk driving against a Sikh man
> >>> because he thought the police had violated the man's freedom of religion
> >>> by taking away his turban. The officer was not aware of a policy of
> >>> allowing them to keep their turbans.... though anyone else held would
> >>> not be allowed ties, belts or shoe laces.
> >>>
> >>> How odd that removing an item that could possible be used to hang
> >>> oneself in a jail cell was such a violation on his religious rights when
> >>> he belongs to a religion that prohibits the use of alcohol.
> >>
> >> There is *nothing* logical about religion!
> >> Graham

> >
> > Religion is not logical nor should it ever be. The human species has a need to believe that there is some meaning to their existence. We are programmed to do this. The truth is that humans are incapable of ever knowing the true nature of the universe. It would be as an ant trying to comprehend how high-speed internet works.
> >

> So ignorance really *is* bliss!
> Graham


My point is that you cannot trump millions of years of evolution even with all the knowledge in the world.