Ok now here are samples of religiously justified violence of all the world's major religions.
I started with sexism in Buddhism, so in the interest in coin flipping, this post will start with what I deal with the most, Christianity.
Dark Ages, Spanish Inquisition, Crusades, Witch Hunts, KKK, Nazi Germany "Gott Mit Uns"......ect ect ect ect.
Now again, I love my well intended liberals, but stop ignoring that where you get your justifications for compassion and kindness is STILL the same umbrella label label those above use to justify cruelty.
Even in the NT, the Jesus character says he doesn't bring peace, but a sword. And he also tells you to abandon family and friends, anyone who does not accept him.
Here are a slew of verses throughout the book, where the God character commits acts of cruelty or commissions his followers to do them.
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html
Jews, your turn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism_and_violence
Under the sub section "Retribution And Punishment"
Notice the word "While" nice caveat. Which means "yes it does say that but", when the real issue is that it is STILL THERE regardless. Thus, no matter that many don't do that, it is still there for others to justify lots of cruelty.
And there is this quote.
Sounds like the same preemptive attitude sickos like Ann Cunthead has about the East, "We should invade their countries and force them to convert". And again, while I love liberals including liberal Jews, it is also why I hate Netenyahu, whom to me is just a Jewish Dick Cheney.
Buddhists your turn, "religion of peace", meh, maybe currently less violent but no, even you have your divisions, and Japanese and Chinese and Tibet Buddhists don't get along.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Muslims_in_Myanmar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence
Hindus, nope, you are fair game too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_violence_in_India
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/30/hindu-mob-kills-muslim-man-eating-beef
What is the point of this you ask? Not all do that, most don't you argue? Not the point. The point is that every religion has its transgressions and every religion has it's empathetic humans who DO value compassion and non violence. Well if religion was a cure, any one of them, then why do bad things happen everywhere? Because religion is NOT the answer, humans are. Now while you cannot rid the world of religion, we certainly CAN as a species try to consider more that our morality and desire to live in peace and non violence is EVOLUTIONARY and not coming from ancient religions.
We need to treat our fellow humans as individuals first. We need to understand that our morals are in us. And liberals especially, because the right wing nuts in all religions wont listen, but you can. You need to accept that there are other sub sects under your same label, that DO use their religions and writing as excuses for all sorts of cruelty and tribalism.
I started with sexism in Buddhism, so in the interest in coin flipping, this post will start with what I deal with the most, Christianity.
Dark Ages, Spanish Inquisition, Crusades, Witch Hunts, KKK, Nazi Germany "Gott Mit Uns"......ect ect ect ect.
Now again, I love my well intended liberals, but stop ignoring that where you get your justifications for compassion and kindness is STILL the same umbrella label label those above use to justify cruelty.
Even in the NT, the Jesus character says he doesn't bring peace, but a sword. And he also tells you to abandon family and friends, anyone who does not accept him.
Here are a slew of verses throughout the book, where the God character commits acts of cruelty or commissions his followers to do them.
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html
Jews, your turn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism_and_violence
Under the sub section "Retribution And Punishment"
article Wrote:While the Bible and the specify many violent punishments, including death by stoning, decapitation, burning, and strangulation for some crimes,
Notice the word "While" nice caveat. Which means "yes it does say that but", when the real issue is that it is STILL THERE regardless. Thus, no matter that many don't do that, it is still there for others to justify lots of cruelty.
And there is this quote.
article Wrote:The , one of the books of the Jewish Bible, is a story of palace intrigue centered on a plot to kill all Jews which was thwarted by Esther, a Jewish queen of Persia. Instead of being victims, the Jews killed "all the people who wanted to kill them.
Sounds like the same preemptive attitude sickos like Ann Cunthead has about the East, "We should invade their countries and force them to convert". And again, while I love liberals including liberal Jews, it is also why I hate Netenyahu, whom to me is just a Jewish Dick Cheney.
Buddhists your turn, "religion of peace", meh, maybe currently less violent but no, even you have your divisions, and Japanese and Chinese and Tibet Buddhists don't get along.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Muslims_in_Myanmar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence
Hindus, nope, you are fair game too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_violence_in_India
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/30/hindu-mob-kills-muslim-man-eating-beef
What is the point of this you ask? Not all do that, most don't you argue? Not the point. The point is that every religion has its transgressions and every religion has it's empathetic humans who DO value compassion and non violence. Well if religion was a cure, any one of them, then why do bad things happen everywhere? Because religion is NOT the answer, humans are. Now while you cannot rid the world of religion, we certainly CAN as a species try to consider more that our morality and desire to live in peace and non violence is EVOLUTIONARY and not coming from ancient religions.
We need to treat our fellow humans as individuals first. We need to understand that our morals are in us. And liberals especially, because the right wing nuts in all religions wont listen, but you can. You need to accept that there are other sub sects under your same label, that DO use their religions and writing as excuses for all sorts of cruelty and tribalism.
