Obvious Contradictions of Why Religion Cannot Rule in Government

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Sep 21, 2022 at 17:21

Afterthought: Why did this woman need to die?
The perpetrators have no practical answer, since doing it in the name of religion cannot cover the crime they committed. If the current regime that permitted such activities cannot provide the relevant motivation beyond an extremists' perception of morality, where does the extended complicity lay?
Even in America, where religion and morality are at odds with each other, this would not be solved by adopting an extreme posturing just to prove the superiority of one over the other, no matter the extent of belief. That is the missing component in America perpetions of such. It is obviously more potent in the Iranian Islamic Regime's perception of religious governmental power.
It is beyond the human sense of rational conduct.

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