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Originally Posted by Stealhead
Honestly things like this only make me feel that organized religion is bad for humanity not just a particular religion.Some Christians and Muslims have been fighting each other for many generations both sides did nasty things to the other during the crusades.Both sides have done nasty things to the other during the Lebanon Wars.Some Hindus and Muslims wish to wipe each other out on the Indian subcontinent.Some Jews and Muslims have be killing the other for many generations as well with both sides being guilty of nasty acts.
This fact leads me to feel that by and large organized religion is to blame.Almost every religion claims that it is right and all others are wrong and that makes it very easy first to use fear of damn nation to control people and it makes it very easy to make non believers as something less than human.
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All religions ? The French philosopher Ernest Renan made a difference between the 3 monotheist religions (Judaism, Christianism and Islam) and the other ones.
For him, these 3 religions are hard, dogmatic and they regard themself as universal. But in fact, they were worked by their hard environment : desert ! The hot, vacuum, nude and infinite desert. A real hell on the Earth ...
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Originally Posted by Stealhead
You need to read up a little more on the Crusades as well _dgn_ it is a great example of how organized religion is bad for all humanity.
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Which books do you recommend ?