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minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-25 months agoOther belief systems have caused death and despair.
minus-squareGardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·5 months agoScience has, too. Splitting the atom had some pretty harsh consequences. It wasn’t science’ s fault though, was it? No. It was people using science to hurt others.
minus-squaredjsoren19@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoSure seems like an awful lot of people use religion to hurt others. Almost like it’s their main tool, or like religion was purpose-built to harm.
minus-squareGardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoSpirituality, God, and Religion are all separate things. And if you have any research on when and why any of those concepts were created I’d love to read them. You have to understand that the problem here is bad people, not bad ideas.
Other belief systems have caused death and despair.
Science has, too. Splitting the atom had some pretty harsh consequences.
It wasn’t science’ s fault though, was it? No. It was people using science to hurt others.
Sure seems like an awful lot of people use religion to hurt others. Almost like it’s their main tool, or like religion was purpose-built to harm.
Spirituality, God, and Religion are all separate things. And if you have any research on when and why any of those concepts were created I’d love to read them.
You have to understand that the problem here is bad people, not bad ideas.