• Croquette
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    1 year ago

    I understand that Islam doesn’t support anything like that in the scriptures, just like many other religions.

    But religion has been used for milleniums as a cover for atrocious actions. At this point, they are not separable. So when is it enough?

    Religion is inherently conservative. And we see everyday what conservatism does to the planet and the society.

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      But religion has been used for milleniums as a cover for atrocious actions. At this point, they are not separable. So when is it enough?

      But don’t non-religious dictatorships also commit atrocious actions? In the end a cover is just that: a cover.

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        1 year ago

        I am not talking about dictatorships only. Religion has been used to cover so many atrocities that it’s impossible to dissociate the actions from the religion itself.

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        But don’t non-religious dictatorships also commit atrocious actions?

        Just because people die from heart attacks doesn’t mean cancer does not kill.

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      1 year ago

      The USSR was atheist and was easily as terrible as Iran is now.

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        I am not saying that being a secular person stops that person from being shitty, but religion has been used to cover so many atrocities that the actions taken in the name of the religion cannot be disassociated from the religion itself.