(August 30, 2023 at 8:45 am)Angrboda Wrote:(August 30, 2023 at 3:17 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: Are your personal feelings more important than helping the needy: Whatever leads to less overall harm over time is more valuable than what creates more suffering over time. I believe the eradication of religion reduces overall suffering over time. With that in mind, feeding the poor is best done without religion.
Does the precedent of discriminating against people based upon their beliefs in the long run result in more harm or less? I'll remind you that countless millions died in the 20th century based upon such views.
I'd say discriminating against people has been absolutely necessary for civilization and in the long run countering Nazism, Stalinism, Islamism, and beliefs like 'I should get to kill' or 'I'm not subject to law' or 'disease is caused by miasma' or 'gays should be killed', has been the cause of enormous reductions in harm and suffering.