(September 16, 2014 at 5:48 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Please give an example of religious failing that isn't actually human failing.
That's a loaded question - given that most atheists here consider religion itself to be a human failing. Which means we'd regard all religious failings as human failings.
However, going to the spirit of the question rather than its poor formulation, I guess what you are asking is which religious failings can be attributed solely to religion and not to any other social or economic factors. For example, religion was used to justify slavery, but it was also an economically beneficial system for slave-owners - so you can't call it just a religious failing.
Let's get the biggies out of the way:
1. The Inquisition
2. Witch hunts
3. Human sacrifices across different religions
4. Anti-semitism and multiple examples of associated violence
5. Persecution of blasphemy and other things considered against your religion of choice.
6. Persecution of of LGBT personnel.
7. Refusing medical treatment based on religious beliefs.
The list goes on.
