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Many religious people including myself have a problem with this also. This is not a battle of a religious vs nonreligious. It's a battle of corrupt vs uncorrupt.
Comment by [deleted] at 24/05/2021 at 13:36 UTC
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And all it took was 2000 years of pointing this out.
Comment by Tough_Academic at 24/05/2021 at 15:31 UTC
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Many religious people including myself have a problem with this also.
Same here man
Comment by student_20 at 24/05/2021 at 15:53 UTC
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This. I'm an atheist, and I'm more than happy to live and let live. Most people are. Most people just want to live their lives.
Unfortunately, there are assholes who have convinced people that *others* are bad, *others* are coming to get them, *others* are evil and cannot be trusted, *others* are **less human**. You can insert whatever word you want in there. It doesn't matter, because the target isn't the point. Creating a mob is the point.
It's how oppressors operate, and it's not a "Christian" thing, it's a corrupt, evil human thing. Look at why Socrates was executed - this crap *well predates* Christendom. Hell, it's kinda what happened to *Jesus himself*, assuming the accounts we have for his death are at all accurate: he was killed for threatening the power of the corrupt.
It's all about corruption and using hate, fear, and suffering to gain power, wealth, or both. The religion - or lack thereof - is almost irrelevant. It's about **power** gained through the oppression of others.