Religious Over-sensitivity

Have we have arrived at a point and place in time, where over-sensitivity to certain aspects of religion, are holding the human race back from advancement? 

Where in certain creative media (video games, films ,theatre and literature) which attract anger and outrage if they use religious aspects, the creators are scrutinised, and bullied by the media all because they risk up setting people's systems of belief.

Some Video Games designers in their computer games have in someways addressed this issue, and others such as homosexuality with allowing their stories to incorporate these and allow players to follow their own path on different levels. 

This aspect of free will is one of those things that many religious groups, especially those followers of the "Big Three" (Christianity, Islam and Judaism)  have a major problem with. 

Where as it is deemed more than acceptable to those religions that have multiple Gods and use them and imagery of them in these media. 

Because of the fact that the Gods of Ancient Greece and Rome, are considered false religions....I find this strange because before the Roman Empire (pretty much the whole of Europe)  converted to Christianity, under Emperor Constantine, the Religion was that of "The twelve Gods of Mount Olympus". 

The literature written in ancient Greece and Rome is still taught in our Schools because this religion encouraged freedom of thought not constriction of ideals and and ideas. The works of the poet Homer are legendary and are still printed to this day and dare I say it probably predate many of the religious scriptures that are in current circulation.

But I have gone off topic, having studied the History of the Arts and the rise and evolution from the Mesopotamian era through Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome where they reached a level that was not reached again until the Florentine Renaissance in the 1400's, what works were lost to us during the error that was Constantine's in his thirst for power. The great Colossuses of marble and gold, in particular of Zeus at Corinth and of Athena at Athens.

If you were to ask me am I angry? Then I would answer yes I am....I am angry that when we live in a world like this and we dare the human race dare to call our selves an advanced species when we can't even get along over a thing such as belief. 

How many people have been led like lambs to the slaughter all because they believed in something other than what those in power wanted them to believe.

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