cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 23 days agoMaybe it's just a human thing.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1780arrow-down1145
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minus-squareBigBenis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·22 days agoAs much as I resent religion, I do believe it’s fundamentally a human problem. People everywhere have a tendency to corrupt beliefs in order to justify being assholes to one another.
minus-squaredoomcanoe@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·22 days ago100% That being said, dogmatic belief systems, which tend to be common in religion, seem to act as force multipliers in this regard.
minus-squareDozensOfDonner@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·22 days agoYeah especially if such dogmatic beliefs make people think dumb or unethical stuff is somehow okay.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·21 days agoReligon was created as a control mechanism for governments that didn’t have the capability to enforce laws. It’s a method to make communities self police. Today it is a dangerous tool left lying around for any con man to pick up and weild That’s why fascist movements always have a religious/nationalist base.
As much as I resent religion, I do believe it’s fundamentally a human problem. People everywhere have a tendency to corrupt beliefs in order to justify being assholes to one another.
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That being said, dogmatic belief systems, which tend to be common in religion, seem to act as force multipliers in this regard.
Yeah especially if such dogmatic beliefs make people think dumb or unethical stuff is somehow okay.
Religon was created as a control mechanism for governments that didn’t have the capability to enforce laws.
It’s a method to make communities self police.
Today it is a dangerous tool left lying around for any con man to pick up and weild
That’s why fascist movements always have a religious/nationalist base.