(December 1, 2014 at 11:18 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(December 1, 2014 at 11:11 pm)Losty Wrote: I'm of the belief that god is a fairytale and I wish to discuss human morality. God is irrelevant.
Some people are filled with hate towards others. For example, ISIS have a total disregard for human life and are driven by hate towards people of different sects and religions.
I don't know how you can see them as not evil people.
Maybe it's because I see too much of myself in them and I don't like to think of myself as evil. I've never killed anyone or intentionally harmed anyone, but my mind was once poisoned by religion too. I could see absolutely nothing beyond the lenses my parents and church elders hand crafted for me.
It's just a tiny comparison seeing as they're murdering people left and right and I wouldn't hurt anyone not even in the name of my god when I was still Christian.
But then...I don't know them. I don't know the horrors they may have lived. I don't understand their minds. I don't know why they are the way they are. Maybe they're monsters...but they're also people. I don't see them as any less deserving of compassion. Who am I to say they're bad people? I can't understand them and if I can't understand them, then who am I to say if they're evil or not?