The U.N.’s top human rights body overwhelmingly approved a measure calling on countries to do more to prevent religious hatred in the wake of Quran burnings in Europe over objections of Western countries who fear tougher steps by governments could tram...
  • Tautvydaxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    1 year ago

    There should be freedom to burn religious stuff, take away the power from religinion.

  • 🐱TheCatEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I feel like we should be focusing on religious hatred of others before we try to tell everyone else to be tolerant of religion. Why SHOULD people tolerant a religion that preaches non-believers be killed? And I’m aiming this at all Abrahamic religions. Terrible, violent, dogma.

    Here’s a study showing Christian fundamentalism was positively associated with both violence approval and acts of intimate partner violence https://www.jstor.org/stable/20778531

    I imagine its similar for Muslims.

  • Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    Fuck religion. How about NATO does something about the intolerance of religions? Then and only then should we think about tolerating religions.

    • ObsessionEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      Right? It feels like the West is (slowly, tumultuously, two steps forward one step back) moving toward being more tolerant of different people and less tolerant of intolerance, except when that intolerance is due to religion. Then it’s just “cultural differences” and should be respected???

  • Tb0n3English
    31·
    1 year ago

    What? It’s burn a Quran day already? Where you where does time go.