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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I think what is happening in North Carolina is wrong. However, is it the religion's fault? Or perhaps, it is the people in authority trying to use religion for their benefit? Crooked cops and politicians doesn't make me think that democracy is stupid, or that the rule of law is stupid. Why do people think that just because there are idiots using religion to get what they want makes the religion 'stupid'?
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The difference is that the entire basis of religion is praising all-powerful beings, and when those all-powerful beings allows evil (whether in the form of treating gays or women like second-class citizens, or shooting abortion doctors, or blowing up bombs at the finish lines of marathons) to be carried out in their names, the religions continue to praise those "gods". If we believed that someone was capable of controlling the dirty cops and politicians but failed to do so, we'd lose faith in them and call for their heads. That's unfortunately not how the real world works, but we still try to hold the higher-ups accountable when things go wrong under their watch. Religions do nothing of the sort, and that's sad.