RE: There are no "Religions of peace".....
March 22, 2019 at 3:36 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2019 at 3:41 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 22, 2019 at 11:11 am)tackattack Wrote: I will agree that it is a force of escapism, and the fact that it's a feature is exactly my point. It involves people. It's systemic across infrastructures (whether religious, government, SJW cause, etc.). What you and Brian are implying is that Religion is bad because it's not peaceful, but nothing is. What it amounts to you both saying, when you agree that it's systemic and a feature, is that people are violent, organizations are violent, let's just not have any organizations, let's start with dismantling religion because I don't like it. Let's just be a little more honest here and call a spade a spade. The problem, and solution will be in the individual.Meh, I'll let Brian handle whatever it is Brian thinks. I only put on my Brian decoder ring when shits falling apart.
What I disagree with is "feeling like something helps doesn't actually make a thing a force for good. ". Believing that something is the reason for your good informs you that what you're doing is good. Feeling and belief (as well as hope, fear, justice, etc.) are because of, and the cause of, action. I'm aware this isn't always a societal agreed good, but individually, those things we perceive as being a positive sounding board, inform us that we are right (even when we aren't).
I'm not even sure what to add here, ofc there are things common across this or that two things, but if there are no things unique to a specific representative than there is no differentiating one thing from another.
Your religion...for example..is fucking terrible. Historically terrible and ideologically terrible...in ways unique to itself..or, you know, not..in which case, it;s no different than any other thing and why is there even a name for it?
"Moooom! Timmy hit him toooooo!"
Yeah, maybe, but timmy had his own reasons, which were different than your reasons, or, I guess, they weren't and there's no difference between you and timmy, no difference between christianity and germanic paganism.
You tell me, lol.
On the other count, I'll just repeat that folks tell me that heroin feels great. If feelin great makes something a force for good..then heroin must be wonderful.
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