cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 18 days agoMaybe it's just a human thing.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1452arrow-down171
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minus-squareBigBenis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·17 days agoAs much as I resent religion, I do believe it’s fundamentally a human problem. People everywhere have a tendency to corrupt beliefs in order to justify being assholes to one another.
minus-squaredoomcanoe@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·17 days ago100% That being said, dogmatic belief systems, which tend to be common in religion, seem to act as force multipliers in this regard.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 days agoReligon was created as a control mechanism for governments that didn’t have the capability to enforce laws. It’s a method to make communities self police. Today it is a dangerous tool left lying around for any con man to pick up and weild That’s why fascist movements always have a religious/nationalist base.
As much as I resent religion, I do believe it’s fundamentally a human problem. People everywhere have a tendency to corrupt beliefs in order to justify being assholes to one another.
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That being said, dogmatic belief systems, which tend to be common in religion, seem to act as force multipliers in this regard.
Religon was created as a control mechanism for governments that didn’t have the capability to enforce laws.
It’s a method to make communities self police.
Today it is a dangerous tool left lying around for any con man to pick up and weild
That’s why fascist movements always have a religious/nationalist base.