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I'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
by throwawaygal7 5y ago
I'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.