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Originally Posted by Jibartik
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Religion was goverment before goverment was invented.. there is no difference between it and politics.
Especially the way you and modern athiests feel about it.
The only time I've been told to check my self, or to feel guilt for the sins of other people I'm not related to is at church.
Atheist's left the church, and now they tell everyone in the church of the USA to follow their culture and if not they need to check themselves.
I wish you would see how much you are what you hate.
Oh and climate science is end times prophecy.
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Debatable buddy, prior to the expansionism of Christianity and Islam, pagan religions were pretty tolerant of one another. Zeus Ammon, etc (assimilation of Greek and Egyptian gods, etc)
Those people didn’t really need to impose religious values because their understanding was different than monotheism. That said, 99% of people back then were misogynistic, slave owning, deeply traditional etc by our standards so the values of modern “religious conservatism” were ingrained everywhere so they probably didn’t have much to fight over other than the avatar of a particular God and their origins
Either way, while I do agree that religion has the power to be positive, it should not be mixed with politics. You can’t use the Bible or the Quran to make sane laws. Imagine trying to enact Revelation by using the government. That would be a frightening policy agenda
Also, look at the state of affairs in the Middle East. Pakistanis drink piss water and behead teachers, but the government actively pursues Christians and Hindus for breaking blasphemy edicts, which is to say they don’t practice Islam and it offends people. That’s really solving Pakistan’s problems!!!
The Greeks solved this 2500 years ago: everything in moderation. That’s how dad did it. That’s how America does it