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>Some religions seem to induce more hatred and rage then others The amount of hatred and rage I see within the Abrahamic religions seems to be somewhat equal,

• Joker_vD 5y ago
  To quote Bertrand Russell, [...] it has chosen to label as morality a certain narrow set of rules of conduct which have nothing to do with human happiness; and when you say that this or that ought to be done because it would make for human happiness, they think that has nothing to do with the matter at all. ‘What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy.’ I suspect it is this particular trait of all Abrahamic religions that contributes much to the hatred and rage: "the rules were laid out once and for all, they are here to submit to them and follow them, not to discuss them or amend them, or deviate from them. Someone refuses? How outrageous!". However, Christianity did pull an interesting trick to untie itself from the Moses Law, and it can be repeated again, although that'd require reintroduction of the Holy Ghost's visitations, to soften the rules of conduct even further.
• jaldhar 5y ago
  As a votary of a non-Abrahamic religion I like this but I also can’t help but wonder is it really the case that Abrahamic religions are more violent or you (we?) are less familiar with the history of non-Abrahamic religions?
• azth 5y ago
  It's a fallacy to group all "Abrahamic religions" together. For example, Islam is not violent, however, it does not shy away from self defense when needed. A perfect balance and harmony.