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BroBot9000Religion is a scam built to take advantage and control the uneducated masses.
disguy_ovaheaMany religions are. The ones that focus inward to better yourself are not bothering anyone. When was the last time a Buddhist knocked on your door and asked you to find Buddha?
Edit: The self-righteousness of some atheists is truly hypocritical. Persecution is wrong, whether itās of an atheist by a religious person, or vice versa. Yet another reason to be disappointed in my fellow man, I guess.
They fall into the same category of people that look inward and find themselves as a train or an anime character or some other spirit animal / past life bullshit.
These are all people that need mental help and prescription medication.
Thatās where atheists overstep. Why does it matter what someone believes if it has no effect on you? Isnāt that exactly what you criticize the religious of doing?
Right, until they harm someone or themselves by thinking they can fly if they believe hard enough or that they can get into a magical afterlife if they kill enough people. If you are open to that magic thinking then you are open to be manipulated and used.
Or their beliefs turn extremists because religion like cancer or capitalism needs unending growth to fuel its existence. People need to be kept uneducated and gullible enough to buy into the fantasy and to donate more money to make the clergy that will inevitably rape some kids.
These same people are bringing their fantasy into politics and look where that brought America and or the religious war going on.
Way to project. Find me articles on Buddhists harming people because they think they can fly. While Iām waiting, would you like me to provide scientific research that resulted in harm?
You canāt have it both ways. If you want boundaries that protect you from the religious, then you yourself must respect the same boundary.
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This is absolutely self harm that is caused by a mentally disturbed individual that is trying to achieve the nonexistent.
That kind of mental instability can lead to any number of self harm or escalation of hurting others in the name of any god or religion.
Religion needs to be wiped out through education, mental health services and ultimately taxation and banning from all political systems.
I didnāt ask about self harm. I asked about others. Are you afraid youāre going to harm yourself, or that a religious person could harm you? How is an individualās beliefs your business if they donāt impact you? You sincerely believe that the way to solve religious persecution by some is to persecute all of the religious?
Your goal post just moved. Need some help keeping it in place?
Read my previous comment. I asked for them to find me an article where a Buddhist hurt someone trying to fly. Employing condescension only really works if youāre accurate. Otherwise you just seem like an ass.
Itās not condescending if it is true.
Itās just rude.
[deleted] in lemmyLike every large religion, a significant portion of the followers will ignore any teaching in the right contexts. Christians are about turning the other cheek and loving thy neighbor except for the crusades and witch trials, Islam is the religion of peace except for when it isnāt, and Buddhism has its own exceptions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence
As found in other religious traditions, Buddhism has an extensive history of violence dating back to its inception.
These remarks followed the 1973 student-led uprising, as well as the creation of a Thai parliament and the spread of communism in neighboring East Asian countries. The fear of communism shaking the social forms of Thailand felt a very real threat to Kittivuddho, who expressed his nationalist tendencies in his defense of militant actions. He justified his argument by dehumanizing the Communists and leftists that he opposed. In the interview with Caturat he affirmed that this would not be the killing of people, but rather the killing of monsters/devils. He similarly asserted that while killing of people is prohibited and thus de-meritorious in Buddhist teachings, doing so for the āgreater goodā will garner greater merit than the act of killing will cost.