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I've heard the difference between ideology and religion is that religion asks you to make personal sacrifices, while ideology asks everyone else to make sacrifi
by bko 5y ago
I've heard the difference between ideology and religion is that religion asks you to make personal sacrifices, while ideology asks everyone else to make sacrifices for you. We have a lot of people that adhere to an ideology over religion
> tolerance of incoherence
Do you really think we're living in an overly tolerant society?
- paulryanrogers 5y agoNo need for oversimplifications. Plenty of very popular religions call for taking from others, by divine 'right' or to distribute divine justice.
- throwawaygal7 5y agoI'm trying to think of examples, for instance is this a main theme in any Eastern religions? Islam? I guess you could kinda say that about the conquest of the Holy land in the Old Testament, but I think that's a specific case not a general principle of taking from others by divine right. What examples were you thinking of?
- trasz 5y agoIt's certainly the case in Christianity; see all kinds of morally-repulsive rules (discrimination against LGBT, abortion bans) enforced on non-believers by Church-sponsored state laws.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoReligion doesn't need a "main theme" to oppress or harm. Only a few verses explicitly oppress women in the Christian scriptures, yet for centuries and still today people propagate the meme that women shouldn't teach men, or speak in assemblies. As for divine violence all the abrahamic religions have been involved in force land grabs and killing rule breakers or non-believers.