IBDaMann
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Several points:I have a hard time seeing religion being actively more harmful to humanity than communism, fascism, nationalism, imperialism, racism..
* Communism is a religion. You don't think it's science, do you?
* Fascism is also a religion. It's a "New Age" version of Marxism that simply incorporates nationalism and deemphasizes that whole "proletariat/bourgeoise" center of "the struggle."
* Nationalism? How is patriotism detrimental? I'm calling bullshit. In fact, I'm calling you a very stupid bullshitter. Do you have any sort of explanation for this comment of yours or are you simply spewing what other very stupid people are telling you to regurgitate? Oh wait, fuck, you did it. You added "racism" to the list. You are spewing what other people are telling you to regurgitate.
* Racism. You know how leftists are always screaming "RACISM!" everywhere, always, everywhere, always, everywhere? Did you ever notice that? You might have missed it because you were too busy getting caught up in screaming "RACISM!" everywhere, always, everywhere, always, everywhere. I hate to break it to you, but there is never any racism behind any of those screams of "RACISM!" Never. Never, ever, ever. Your point should have been that the incessant screams of "RACISM!" by leftists everywhere, always, everywhere, always, everywhere ... is what is extremely damaging to society ... and that is also a religion.
Excellent question. The answer is "that depends on the religion."The question is really whether any benefit of religion is outweighed by any harm it does.
The Marxist religions (Marxism, Socialism, Communism, Fascism, Global Warming, Climate Change, The Church of Green, The Democrat Party, leftism, etc..) are entirely destructive to society and don't appear to have any redeeming qualities. They spread fear and denial of science, math, logic, critical reasoning, sound economics and of basic human nature, and inculcate a HATRED of happiness in others. If they could destroy the global economy tomorrow, they'd jump at the chance in a heartbeat. These religions are best characterized as "social cancers," similar in nature to pancreatic cancer.
Islam is a militant version of Bronze Age mentality that was nonetheless forever locked into the religion in the 7th century (that region was FAR behind the civilization power curve) and won't come into the modern day. They still worship the moon idol "Allah" and their religion is extremely intolerant of any other religion (which is why leftists are so enamored with Islam, especially American Jews). This rabid intolerance leads to a complete legitimization of killing living humans who have committed no crime but who simply do not worship as they do. Leftists can't get enough of this. This has led to the attempted genocide of Israelites, the repeated attempted genocide of Hindus (who rarely fight back), the ongoing persecution of Christians, the taking of international terrorism to new levels, and the big one ... Islam is primarily responsible for plunging the western world into the Dark Ages. Now this last statement is going to stir the leftist hornets' nest because they don't want their intolerant heroes being portrayed in a negative light, ... yet they secretly acknowledge all of this and are actively working on getting the term "Dark Ages" renamed to something more positive so that Islam can be forthwith credited ... instead of being blamed. Keep an eye out for efforts to redefine/rename/refactor the "Dark Ages." When you see it happening, you'll know exactly what is going on.
Hinduism is really just an endless collection of stories of many gods, which lead to many traditions with many variations each, and the belief that these stories are true is what makes it a religion. And there is nothing there, meaning the religion itself is almost incidental. It's the culture of the Hindu people, not so much their religion, that makes them happy, friendly, peaceful and charitable. The only real "branch" of Hindus that was ever martial are the Sikhs which became a separate religion by going monospiritual (following the Satnam). The Sikhs are obviously not Hindus but their spiritualism is/was based on Hinduism with the polytheism forthwith dispensed. The point is that Sikhs will actively defend themselves. Outside the leftist-dominated western world, male adult Sikhs are required to carry a sword in order to be able to defend themselves (mostly against Muslims who will kill them for not being Muslim). Beyond that, India (which includes what is today Pakistan, Afghanistan and other regions) has historically been Hindu for thousands of years, but the "empires" of India after the time of Mohammed were Islamic, because the Hindus didn't really resist much and the Muslims just killed Hindus until attaining power, e.g. Delhi Sultanate (1206 CE to 1526 CE), Mughal Empire (1526 CE to 1857 CE), Bahmani Sultanate (1347 CE to 1527 CE), etc...
Buddhism is just a pursuit of peace and tranquility. This often involves charity (both charitable giving and charitable work). Buddhists are either quietly making the world a better place and don't want recognition or they are just living their own separate lives and don't want recognition.
Christians, collectively, are mostly about being charitable and proselytizing the "Good News". No other group on this planet is as charitable as Christians, and this pisses leftists off to no end because leftists are the greediest mother-fukkers on the planet who (collectively) hardly lift a finger for their fellow man, and when compared to Christians, look very, very bad. Leftists would rather spend their day trying to set the world record for the number of times they can scream "RACIST!" within a 24-hour period and/or virtue-signal how Donald Trump defeated Satan in the last election to become the Chief Executive of the Underworld Branch of government. Christians globally make the world a better place, not only through incomparable charity, but by ingraining sound economic principles within their communities by instilling them in their children. This pisses leftists off to no end because Christians are out there in the world building sound economic foundations and growing sound economies, and it simply adds more work to the leftists' plate in order to destroy the global economy for everyone, in order to make everything fair ... and equally miserable for all. Therefore, leftists feel compelled to label Christians as "RACIST!" at least five times per day while facing Mecca.
I'm sure I have omitted some that I should have mentioned, but this list will do for now.
... unless that conscience wishes to prevent the killing of living humans who have committed no crime and who have not expressed any desire to die, in which case you want that conscience thwarted at all costs.As for me, I favor a pluralistic society where freedom of conscience is guaranteed by law.
Stupid position. An atheistic State is required to ensure freedom of religion for all, unless you are misusing the word "atheist" in the manner of a stupid leftist, of course.The lesson I take from history is that the two endpoints of both State theocracy and State atheism are equally harmful to the human condition.