(August 30, 2023 at 5:46 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: OK, so to rephrase without Nazis and just an example of a religious group:
Not sure. I find it hard to calculate what causes the most suffering overall over time. If the Taliban were the only ones feeding the hungry, would it be better to let the poor starve or support the Taliban and end up with a the mistreatment of women and gays. Difficult conundrum.
I just hope we never reach such a stage where the only people ever willing to help anyone are harmful ideologies and their supporters. I hope that human empathy and a decent socialist state would be enough.
What is clear, though, is that religion is harmful, feeding the poor is good, and you can do one without the other and so should ideally aim for that. On that we can agree, at least, yes?
You said earlier that you would not want religious people to vote according to their religious dicta when it comes to caring for the poor. Now you say you’re ‘not sure’ if it’s okay for religious people to care for the poor.
Even though you keep dodging my question, I call that progress.
Boru
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