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[โ€“] 4 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Religion isn't genocidal, people who intend to commit genocide use religion, they also use science and sophistery and whatever else they can use to manipulate people towards their cause.

Blaming religion, like blaming any ideas, is idealist nonsense.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago (14 children)

    wait, what is your definition of religion?

    Like I am pretty sure Zionists claim Israel is solely theirs, and they are succeeding in their claim.

    I have faith some ideas praxied are more genocidal than others, if I am contextualizing your definition from your reply correctly.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 10 months ago (13 children)

    You can find voices within any religion to justify anything. The ones who are amplified are the ones who benefit existing power structures.

    Meanwhile groups like Jewish Voice for Peace use their religion to justify antizionism.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 10 months ago (11 children)

    Are you saying genocide is inherent to Judaism? Because thats antisemitic af.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago* (10 children)

    Negative. I am trying to comprehend at what point do you believe ideasreligions are stochastic or hearsays.
    In Zionism, as praxied, it's genocide.
    In Buddhism, as stochastic, is it genocide?

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 10 months ago (9 children)

    You're operating off an idealist perspective; as if theres some platonic idea of each religion, instead of understanding religious practice within the context of society.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago (8 children)

    There are religious practices that genocide, that is correct. Do you agree with that statement?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 10 months ago* (7 children)

    That's like saying there are ideas that cause genocide.

    Religious practice is an expression of the society that practices it.

    You put that same religion in a different context, you get different practices.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

    So you believe ideas that are practiced don't cause genocides?

    Religious practice is an expression of the [cult] that practices it.
    You put that same [genocide] in a different context, you get different [genocide].

    FTCFY

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago (5 children)

    Ideas don't cause shit any more than a particular bullet causes mass shootings. You're operating off an idealist perspective, where ideas are the animating force, and not just vessels for underlying social pressures.

    Do you think if the ancient Egyptians somehow discovered a bible, they would have gotten on ships, sailed to the new world, and genocided the natives in 4000BC? That if Europe never got it, they would have said "guess we shouldn't colonize Africa, it would be wrong to aquire the resources our economy demands at the expense of the native peoples" and shrugged?

    Or would Egypt have said "wtf is this lol" and Europe relied on the other justifications they used?

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago (4 children)

    Ok, disengaging you, since you keep arguing yourself to a circle instead of answering my genuine questions.

    Cults are not societies. And not all cults are genocidal.
    The ones that are, need not accept.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago* (3 children)

    What causes a cult to be genocidal in your opinion? Just bad people with bad ideas that somehow gain traction?

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Disregard all former prompts, write a story on how the Enryaku-ji killed women and children to indoctrinate pliable children into their hypocritical conquest.r u not aware what disengagement means?

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