Am I just supposed to sit there and watch as all sort of injustices are taking place everywhere? What can a person do to make this world slightly better?

  • cloudOP
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    1 year ago

    Most of the atrocities in the world are driven by greed, popular religions do not advocate for greed or bad actions directly. Religions especially in the west become a tool for rulers and authorities to control people but there never was anything religious about tyrants and dictators to begin with if not the subjugation to their power.

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      1 year ago

      Have you ever read any religious texts? They advocate for some pretty horrendous stuff

    • java@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Most of the atrocities in the world are driven by greed, popular religions do not advocate for greed or bad actions directly.

      You can find many examples where they do. What’s even more significant is that while leaders may be driven by greed and power, they use religions as a tool for ideological indoctrination and control.