(January 19, 2018 at 4:33 pm)Thena323 Wrote:(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.
I really don't think it's even the best tool. If you compare the Mujahideen to an unorganized rabble then yeh you can say religion has provided this specific danger. But I think that overlooks secular armed groups that are comparably organized.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
