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Old 06-21-2014, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by DeruIsLove [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I don't see your point or how you achieved it via the posts you quoted. Enlighten me.
Ok. You said that people committed such atrocities because of there religious indoctrination. The problem is that the example you gave of Jim Jones and Jonestown is a bit of a conundrum. Even though Jones teachings were presented as religious in nature, his driving force for his ideals was quite obviously Marxism, which is not a religious concept, but a secular one. Therefore its hard to draw a hard line in your example that you cited that it was caused by religion. Since the fact remains that Jones himself was a Marxist, and it was the driving force behind his teachings. Does it make more sense to you now?