where religion rules a country, barbarism is sure to follow

davesdatahut: Read the article linked below for a lovely example of religious barbarians running the show. These examples are not hard to find. This one is in Saudi Arabia, where the governments cuts off hands, feet, limbs and heads, and whips people - in public - as their way of enforcing order.
So nice are these Dark Age people in how they carry out the supposed word of their supposed god.
Let us be thankful for the many countries where no single religion rules the day and everyone is allowed to practice faith as they see fit, as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others, including those who choose not to practice at all.
Read here for the special brand of pleasant living imposed by the Saudis:
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/24/when-it-comes-beheadings-isis-has-nothing-over-saudi-arabia-277385.html