QuoteMust religious dialogue be painful? Must it be greeted with hostility? Or is it a moot question - that the answer lies in the failure of our education system -- decades ago? Controversies such as the once aborted Bar Council proposal for an interfaith dialogue sometime ago, and the PAS-SIS quarrel recently offer us opportunities for dialogue, instead of a threat for a deafening silence.
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But arguing about religion is fun, because we are right!
Religion is cognitive dissonance. It leads to hostility out of frustration. If you find a religious person that's not frustrated, you've either found someone unable to comprehend what he or she is doing or you've found someone that's compromised the "purity" of their faith by allowing logic and science to seep in and replace dogma.