Afghanistan

Well, talking about the guy who converted to Christianity and is now in the news because he has been threatened with the death penalty unless he reconverts to Islam.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4841334.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4841812.stm

I wonder how anyone can look at another human being and even think something like this. Don't they feel someone's humanity.

I know that Afghanistan is really in a state rather like the UK was a few hundred years ago and could easily revert to given the right conditions. I remember talking to someone about this and he said that the veneer of the present civilization is very thin. And, I tend to agree, but we do have information and knowledge that just isn't there for a lot of tribal people in Afghanistan at the moment.

Even with our knowledge there are plenty of people who would like specific religious beliefs to rule over anything else. Ofcourse they are their religious beliefs. Generally other people's aren't given much credence because the religion says it is the only truth.

Shrugs.

But, what ever you might believe if you're religious, how can you look someone in the face and see their humanity and even think of condemning them to death for a religious belief.

I do suspect that not a few Afghans don't believe that the guy should die but are too scared to say anything. Well, a mixture of indoctrination and fear.