<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[a hard and a rock place]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://muirnin.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[David]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://muirnin.wordpress.com/author/muirnin/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[104. respect]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[I've read a number of stories the last couple of days about religious fundamentalism, and not just Christianity either—all three of the major monotheistic religions have made the news recently! It got me to thinking about how religious belief itself may not necessarily be the problem, but religious extremism is—when belief becomes overly proscriptive or leads to the devaluing and abuse of people.]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://muirnin.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/haredim-no-women-allowed-sign.jpg?w=150&fit=440%2C330]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[]]></thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[]]></thumbnail_height></oembed>