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Originally Posted by #-3
I'm not sure this is a fair characterization of the religious.
I think the real challenge is when someone starts to believe that morality is defined by belief, than actions take a back seat to faith in their moral construction. I think it's a terrible systems of principles to follow, but also that it's perfectly rational and fits with their system of belief.
The basic moral structure of western religions is "god loves good people, god loves those who have faith in god, I have faith in god, so I am good in spite of my bad actions." It's not a good moral constructions, but it certainly allows for people to justify their own bad actions with moral consistency.
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the real danger comes when people decide they have to do 'God's work' which seems to never consist of living in poverty helping their fellow man but always consists of punishing the heretics, sinners and apostates and forcing people to act like they believe, which of course completely misunderstands the role of temptation in faith