Criticizing flawed doctrines is not "hate".
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religions and hate?
- Thread starter islam abduallah
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Sin =/= Hate
Not the same or global like religion,the scriptures can motivate hatred,like I said they are perfect catalysts for hatred.
You're ignoring the horrible India partition slaughter of Muslims by Hindus, the Myanmar mess and others.
Great point. Indifference is the opposite of deep emotion.
Add them in then but you do know what Muslims did in India right.
Never say never, usually say usually, always avoid always. (he said ironically)
Lester said: "Since with no actual proof either way, it's not a defensible stance." Actual proof? Either way? There is no proof of any god's existence to me, and I'm not sure what 'actual proof' could be offered for the non-existence of a god, or the non-existence of anything else for that matter. That no gods nor goddesses will 'show up' is the problem.
Lester Tryon
Member
That may be a blessing as well, consider if something similar to one of the fictional dieties from Lovecraft's work was to appear.
Some people are just hateful. Either by nurture or nature. Those people will tend to cling to and hide within an ideology for cover. They usually wind up as zealouts or extremist then give that ideology a bad reputation. This is not excusing ideologies, but it is a significant part of the problem. That only followers of xxxx ideology can monitor and limit as much as possible.
Sure. <sarcasm>That totally justifies butchering people over cows.</sarcasm>
DavidFirth
Well-Known Member
No, but people just twist them around, redefine them and use them as an excuse. Which commandment says it is okay to hate people?
DavidFirth
Well-Known Member
Hate is sin, yes. But not all sin is hate.
That's why it's a perfect catalyst.
DavidFirth
Well-Known Member
Again, which commandment says it's okay to hate people? None. So people are just hating and trying to falsely justify it.
Theres more than ten commandments but I doubt there is one that says hate,however the catalyst stands.
DavidFirth
Well-Known Member
Anything can be a catalyst. I could say that Donald Trump's hair is a catalyst for stealing men's hair and forcing them to replace it. That means nothing.
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
I have never heard religions characterized as the "main" source of hate. But they certainly have been used as a basis for a great deal of hate, prejudice, and bigotry.
When speaking of atheism as a source of hate, well, I can guess that has happened, but perhaps that more properly should be attributed to anti-theism.
I think in either case, people get into heated arguments over such things an overstate the reality.
Hatred is a part of human nature. Religious hatred is usually just another form of bigoted tribalism. So saying that religion causes hatred isn't really correct. We'd hate regardless.
Tradition, heritage, desire for a Sense of community, pragmatism, financial and social security, peer pressure sometimes with the threat of being ostracized, and even the sentence of death among others.
They are same reason millions of people reject the science of evolution for blind faith in ancient scripture.