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Powerful Indictment on Christianity


and Islam, Judaism and any other cult full of puritanical scolds who hypocritically use their fabricated superstitions to harass other people because they project their own moral shortcomings on others.

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Maybe you're projecting your own shortcomings on religion?

Aside from that, it really isn't about the religious aspects of Salem as much as it was about the concept of a witch hunt. It's not based on the facts of Salem but uses it as a vehicle just like how Apocalypse Now did with Vietnam.

Not to say that the Salem incident doesn't deserve scrutiny and is a serious reflection on what can go wrong but if you want to make a statement on the religious aspects of it you really should study the incident itself and not a fabrication meant to convey a different message.

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