• Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    The worst part is that we’re rewarding them to work against all of us.

    I don’t know about all religions, but I do know about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and each of their holy books are full of horrors that no civilized society today can tolerate; and each of these faiths have millions of fundamentalists that see these texts as their moral imperative.

    I encourage everyone to read the Tanakh, Bible, and Koran and see for yourself; and to watch their own propaganda (straight from the horse’s mouth), which is shockingly backwards and eager to kill all that they deem unworthy (i.e. you).

    Are all believers like this? No, the vast majority are not. However, they all provide a mask of normalcy for the fundamentalists that are “True Believers”. This veneer of respectability prevents society as a whole from ever questioning the Abrahamic faiths, the instructions that they are given, and their motivations.

    Islam wants to murder or convert you (or force you to pay a tax for their “protection”… from them). Christianity wants to convert you or prays for Jesus to return and save them (and murder you). Judaism isn’t interested in converting you, but they see themselves as The Chosen People as ordained by God, superior to gentiles (you) in every possible way. All Abrahamic faiths have proven to be ruthless and bloodthirsty when they rule.

    All of them want to control you, no exceptions. All have rules that they want you to follow; even the nice ones that don’t want to slaughter you think that you should live by their rules out of “respect”, but they have absolutely no respect for you.

    Don’t believe me, if you are unfamiliar with these religions my claims will seem extraordinary and crazy. Read the Tanakh, Bible, and Koran yourself. Listen to what their fundamentalist rabbis, priests, and imam’s say (thousands of videos on Youtube to choose from).

    Yes, I know that each holy book has beauty and wisdom within for all to learn from. But, unfortunately, they are also full of incredible evil and incompatible with any modern society. That is the concern, the evil.

    The fact that they are tax free is ridiculous and obscene. I don’t think that these religions should be illegal, because that just fuels the fundamentalists (they all want to be martyrs); but governments should stop forcing secular taxpayers to enable these archaic and frankly loathsome belief systems.

    (extensively edited because I’m on a roll, I apologize)

    • TronBronson@lemmy.world
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      46 minutes ago

      When you put it like that, humanity sounds like a sinful lot destined to be purged by the fires of climate change.

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      1 hour ago

      The point about the “veneer of respectability” is exactly why I’m now an anti-theist and not just an atheist. If religions weren’t inherently harmful to all people it may be different; unfortunately the most popular religions harm not just their adherents but everyone else as well. We, as a society, should not abide that.