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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
As an atheist myself, I still must point out that what you posted is wrong. Not all religions are like that. People can be bad anywhere. Some religions are (clearly) worse than others.
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Current Islam is clearly worse than current Christianity, yes. Some of from text, most from culture. You simply cannot attribute these violent acts to the texts as all the major religions have violent texts (though clearly some more than others). There was a time when Christianity and Judaism were very violent religions too. The culture shapes the interpretation of a very contradictory text. The central belief amongst religions (with a some exceptions I'll grant you) is that human morality is second to that of a supreme being out beings. It's that core belief that forces them to suspend humanity and carry out inhumane acts.
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In some ways being an atheist really has nothing to do with religion, except for not believing in a 'supreme being(s)'. I know way more people who define themselves with a religion who are atheists. I am no different.
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I'm confused what your saying here. Does not the very condition of not being a theist have something to do with theism?
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I am unsure what you mean about good people putting an imaginary person ahead of all laws and morals? I think you are mixing all religions with what this thread was originally about, a single religion associated with some terrible things. I think the better point is if a person with sex slaves (as the thread points out) can also be lawful and moral?
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A single religion is responsible for the worst of acts perpetrated today. Yes. I'm specifically responding to Blankalls post about "has nothing to do with religion". I should have been more clear. I agree in some sense that it doesn't have to do specifically with the texts (though they're the tool here) but resurvey the bigger issue at play where a person's inherent humanity is displaced or censored by an imagined and reinforced one (religion).
In fact, that means I totally disagree with what he said, but my messaging was very confusing