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Originally Posted by khfreek
So authority shouldn't be questioned? Or are you just for anarchy  |
No, but your post, while right in principle, is ironic.
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The only problem with that argument though is religion is to blame for many more bad events, especially in the Middle East.
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Yes, but if you take religion out of the equation there's still just as much conflict and cruelty, religion has had a large part in stabilizing the world, if it had never existed the world wouldn't be any better off.
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Yes, it was created by man and therefore human cruelty is ultimately to blame but religion is very it's own entity now. It doesn't accurately reflect humanistic and modern values; it reflects ancient values. So when racism, sexism, and all these sort of things are done by a society that is dominated by the teachings of a specific religion...then religion is to blame, not, human nature.
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Fair enough, but you're still missing the point. If religion had never existed the world wouldn't be any better off, to pretend otherwise is just a cop out. Cruelty and discrimination would still exist in equal amounts, people would just have a different excuse or none at all.