(January 19, 2018 at 4:10 pm)Khemikal Wrote: The reason that religion is capable of providing a specific danger (as opposed to just a gaggle of shitty people) is that it is a form of organizing those shitty people and leveraging their shittiness to greater effect.
So, yes, people are prone to x y and z...but a milling rabble poses very little threat compared to a mobilized and equipped group of mujahideen - and even more particularly so when they can blend in with or sell themselves as the milling rabble - or when the milling rabble supports their cause directly or indirectly..despite not having the courage of their own convictions..themselves.
Religion's just a tool. Where there's a fucked up will, there's a fucked up way.
Some of the mainstream Atheist movements today, espouse a good deal of same hateful shit brought to us by religion.
Repackaged, refurbished....but the same shit, truly.
I wouldn't care to live in a world with assholes like that at the helm.
