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When People Commit Evil in the Name of Religion, Should We Blame the Religion or Human Nature?

Human nature. And that’s precisely the problem with religion. Most influential religious dogma are simply sugar coated human nature. The fact that it needs to be coated shows that it’s actually something we would normally be repulsive.

I don’t know if God is behind any religion. Maybe God is indeed behind the original religion. A BIG IF, whatever that mean. However it means practically nothing because we’re not following the original religion. We are following modern interpretation of ancient religion.

While I don’t know if God is behind any religion, I know for sure that corrupt officials and tyrants are behind most religious doctrines.

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Is Religion Forced down the Throat of Individuals?

There is this theory, there is reality. In theory there is no coercion in religion. After all, any political power that force believes down the throat will face fierce opposition.

In practice, without coercion, religions have lost their main use, namely a way to get others to do what you want. What can religions do nowadays? Offer better peace of mind? Much fewer would buy, like in Denmark.

So, we got this game where so many “pressure” is done on those who don’t obey and then people hypocritically say there is no compulsion.

There are. There always are. Tons.

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Religion in Context?

Don’t look at the context when the stuff is written. Look at the context of political interests now when the religion is actually practiced. That fits the dot most.

Should we drink alcohol? In the context of christian mongols that love beer, they would gladly show that Jesus’ first miracle is producing alcohol and enjoy the fact that drinking alcohol is part of a holy sacrament.

Obviously the puritan in US have very different view.

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