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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Depends on the religion. But as a whole, what we thing of "religions", are definitely a net negative with our knowledge of the world. We no longer need to rely on superstition to survive.

Some religions are more a way of life rather than a structured creator being system with strict rules and exclusionary politics. Religions like Christianity/Judaism/Islam are quite different from Shinto or Buddhism for instance.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Just because they aren't theist doesn't mean they don't have horrible backwards teachings. Most people are good without religion. Religion creates situations where otherwise good people do evil, because they're told it is actually good.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee -2 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Most people are not good without religion, they are good because of civilization. If society breaks down, everyone is going to get real mean, real quick.

The most evil people in Nazi Germany were generally anti-religious.

The most evil people in Nazi Germany were generally anti-religious.

Unless you're excluding old Adolf from that list (which would be both interesting and telling), this is not correct. A lot of people forget about him though.

Just sounds like the usual "no true Christ-man" being resurrected whenever there's some atrocity for the church to slink away from once it becomes unpopular.

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