Religion

trotsky

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9. It's critically important for some to maintain their preferred narrative...

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 10:34 AM

Mar 2019

that religion is good and pure and perfect, and only defective evil men "misuse" it. That view also contains the bigoted notion that all bad people are bad because they're not following religion properly. True believers are never bad, IOW. It's the heathens and non-believers who are bad.

Plenty of otherwise decent individuals have engaged in atrocious behavior because their holy book ordered it. Loving parents who reject their gay children, for instance. Religion *CAN* be responsible for intolerance. Pretending otherwise is foolish and wrong.

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Intolerance in the Christian Bible [View all] trotsky Mar 2019 OP

You can fully expect True Dough Mar 2019 #1

So far he's just trying to ignore it. trotsky Mar 2019 #14

Something similar thing with the Koran highmindedhavi Mar 2019 #2

Yep, not uncommon at all in most (all?) holy texts. trotsky Mar 2019 #5

Much of the New Testament intolerance is from Paul unc70 Mar 2019 #3

Oh there's a pretty decent amount in those "red letter" parts too. trotsky Mar 2019 #4

Sounds very Republican-ish procon Mar 2019 #13

That's quite a list Cartoonist Mar 2019 #6

The idea that intolerance is a human condition is highly debatable Major Nikon Mar 2019 #7

Religion often enables and promotes intolerance. MineralMan Mar 2019 #8

Yes, this is it exactly: trotsky Mar 2019 #10

That is the problem in general with religion. MineralMan Mar 2019 #12

It's critically important for some to maintain their preferred narrative... trotsky Mar 2019 #9

Here's the best part... Major Nikon Mar 2019 #11