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What has that to do with anything? It's like when my mom told my grandparents and aunts, "Good luck with getting her to eat peas." No one threw me out of the family.good luck getting a jew to eat pork chops
Occam's razor little one.an oversimplification, but not unexpected from someone as ignorant are you appear to be.
You forgot power. Saying it was about religion was an acceptable excuse for awhile, but like, "The dog ate my homework" it gets old after awhile and the truth is revealed. Homework wasn't done; people of other beliefs had possessions/power invaders wanted. And so it goes. Just like children learned, "The dog ate my homework" won't fly, adults learned, "people were killed over religion" doesn't fly any better. The rich, the greedy, the powerful were those who gained, not poor missionaries.You know I can understand warring for treasure, territory...
Not me, YOU.This is what I mean by reading something through the lens of modern Western culture. Middle East religions have this in common: Nothing happens without it being the will of God. Many Muslims believe that a person cannot so much as lift one's little finger without it first being the will of God.
A natural disaster wiped out Sodom and Gomorrah. People at the time merely accepted it as the will of God. You scream, Murder! That's your culture. But it is not what happened.
I find culture fascinating, but I can understand why ignoring culture may be easier...especially cultures who label God as a murderer.
An English lesson...You forgot power. Saying it was about religion was an acceptable excuse for awhile, but like, "The dog ate my homework" it gets old after awhile and the truth is revealed. Homework wasn't done; people of other beliefs had possessions/power invaders wanted. And so it goes. Just like children learned, "The dog ate my homework" won't fly, adults learned, "people were killed over religion" doesn't fly any better. The rich, the greedy, the powerful were those who gained, not poor missionaries.
It appears your read history the same way you read the Bible. A quick scan and you conclude you know it all. Delve more deeply. Bad things happened. In almost every case a scapegoat was needed, and what better goat than religion.I dunno...
Let's ask the people murdered to spread your religion their thoughts on the subject.
Obviously not me, and for the simple reason I read the account through the lens of the cultures of the times.Not me, YOU.
The Bible says God destroyed those communities because he didn't think they were worshipful enough.
Do you take into account the lens through which you are looking? Do you consider whether there might be a better lens?As a Buddhist I just look at the facts as presented.
500 or 6000, doesn't matter. History is history, we can learn from it or ignore it. Equating history with religion is not a valid reason to denigrate religion. But as I said, you are free to believe and spout whatever you wish, at least in the USA today you canBut what happened 6000 years ago does?
You've hidden from your history but that does not change history, or the present.
You seem to hold any belief other than yours in contempt.
"Yeah but look at the Muslims"
seems your favorite excuse for the murderous methods by which monotheism spreads is "yeah but look at the Muslims."
I don't place Muslims in a different category from Jews and Christians.
500 or 6000, doesn't matter. History is history, we can learn from it or ignore it. Equating history with religion is not a valid reason to denigrate religion. But as I said, you are free to believe and spout whatever you wish, at least in the USA today you can
Prior to the Reformation each and every military action from about 200 CE was directed by and approved by the Church.It appears your read history the same way you read the Bible. A quick scan and you conclude you know it all. Delve more deeply. Bad things happened. In almost every case a scapegoat was needed, and what better goat than religion.
For example: Buddhists killing Catholics. It wasn't the religion that worried Buddhist rulers, it was the fact Catholics were becoming wealthier, more powerful, more plentiful. No matter what the faith, follow the money. You will discover almost always it was not those of faith declaring war over beliefs. War was declared to retain or advance wealth and power.
So your bible is a lie.Obviously not me, and for the simple reason I read the account through the lens of the cultures of the times.
Take any natural disaster or family disaster today. One of the first things people do while regrouping is note how they could have done better. That's human nature.
Religion is history.500 or 6000, doesn't matter. History is history, we can learn from it or ignore it. Equating history with religion is not a valid reason to denigrate religion. But as I said, you are free to believe and spout whatever you wish, at least in the USA today you can
No, they weren't.Prior to the Reformation each and every military action from about 200 CE was directed by and approved by the Church.
No.So your bible is a lie.
some of it is, but much of it is not. We all know that.Religion is history.
At least that' what your fellows have been trying to 'prove.'
So then religion is mostly lies.some of it is, but much of it is not. We all know that.
You're a Buddhist. I've seen Buddhists set themselves on fire. That's pretty sick.So then religion is mostly lies.
Got it.
You're a Buddhist. I've seen Buddhists set themselves on fire. That's pretty sick.
