• andyburke@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    It’s tough to deradicalize religion. Almost all of the various holy books advocate for violence in various ways.

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      3 days ago

      And none of them are internally consistent. People choose which parts to give priority to.

      You could watch Star Wars and come away thinking fascism is a great way to bring about order as long as there are no meddling space wizards, but that’s not the point of it.

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        2 days ago

        Are you George Lucas? Can you read George Lucas’ mind? Exactly, so don’t pretend you know what the point of Star Wars is. For the record, it is about lasers pew pew pew pewwww

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      2 days ago

      But the religions aren’t just determined by their books, but by how they are organized and practiced… Judaism has some insane schools, but no religion causes as much violence, harm and suppression as Islam.