1/ WOW.
Make no mistake––I know as an atheist (who does not believe in existence of supernatural forces or gods) how easy it is for me to judge or trivialize this as:
‘Country leader sentences 13yo boy to 10yrs prison for insulting invisible character in argument w/friend’––BUT
Make no mistake––I know as an atheist (who does not believe in existence of supernatural forces or gods) how easy it is for me to judge or trivialize this as:
‘Country leader sentences 13yo boy to 10yrs prison for insulting invisible character in argument w/friend’––BUT
2/ What should the Nigerian President do?
If he pardons the boy, he creates precedent + backlash likely leading to his ousting from religious believers.
If he doesn’t he faces backlash from breaking with constitution of Nigeria which entitles freedom of thought + expression.
If he pardons the boy, he creates precedent + backlash likely leading to his ousting from religious believers.
If he doesn’t he faces backlash from breaking with constitution of Nigeria which entitles freedom of thought + expression.
3/ I know religion has done much to unify communities, provide moral templates, do philanthropy––but this one for me is in the bucket of:
more reason
more critical thinking
less tradition
less dogma
reduce human suffering + let this 13yr old child be free
PLEASE
more reason
more critical thinking
less tradition
less dogma
reduce human suffering + let this 13yr old child be free
PLEASE
4/ Let’s marvel at the HUMANITY of the Holocaust museum director and 119 others who have offered to serve and sacrifice 1 month each in prison—
—to save this child from 120 months of torture.
—to save this child from 120 months of torture.
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