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RE: Religions Role in Social Movements, Essential or Accidental?
October 3, 2018 at 3:34 pm
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It’s kind of weird, effecting social change would appear to be trying to defy God's plan. What’s wrong with slaughtering each other and keeping slaves? He loved all that stuff.
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RE: Religions Role in Social Movements, Essential or Accidental?
October 3, 2018 at 3:47 pm
For every positive that can be claimed for societal religion(s) throughout history, a negative can be claimed also.
Pointing at history proves nothing because we have no clue what history would be like without religion.
I will say this, we have outgrown religions usefulness because of all it's negatives. Time to fade and die.
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RE: Religions Role in Social Movements, Essential or Accidental?
October 3, 2018 at 3:50 pm
I consider religion to be a brake on every positive attempt at human advancement.
When humanity needs help to avoid drowning religion throws it an anchor.
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RE: Religions Role in Social Movements, Essential or Accidental?
October 3, 2018 at 3:53 pm
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(October 3, 2018 at 3:51 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: (October 3, 2018 at 3:47 pm)wyzas Wrote: For every positive that can be claimed for societal religion(s) throughout history, a negative can be claimed also.
Pointing at history proves nothing because we have no clue what history would be like without religion.
I will say this, we have outgrown religions usefulness because of all it's negatives. Time to fade and die.
There will always be poor people who will bow before religion.
Maybe for awhile, but ultimately doubtful once recognized as the social pariah it ends up being.
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RE: Religions Role in Social Movements, Essential or Accidental?
October 3, 2018 at 5:10 pm
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Seems evident to me that it’s as accidental as the geography and time of a persons birth. “Oh what luck that I’ve been born into the only true religion, to a nice Christian family in the Southern US.”
“Oh what luck that I’ve been born into the only true religion, to a nice Muslim family in Pakistan.”
... and so on and so forth.
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RE: Religions Role in Social Movements, Essential or Accidental?
October 3, 2018 at 5:49 pm
"Oh, what luck, my one true religion states that all men should be treated as equals!"
-Every responsible believer from everywhere regardless of what their magic book actually says.
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RE: Religions Role in Social Movements, Essential or Accidental?
October 4, 2018 at 3:58 am
A lot of social movements have been to do with undoing bigoted dogma spread by religion in the first place.
