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It was also behind unspeakable acts of massive cultural destruction, so there's that.
by andrepd 4mo ago
It was also behind unspeakable acts of massive cultural destruction, so there's that.
- forgetfreeman 4mo agoSo was the search for condiments.
- defrost 4mo agoThe Spice must flow.
- raverbashing 4mo ago"The beauty of their women and the taste of their food made the British the best sailors in the world."
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- otabdeveloper4 4mo agoSource? Proofs? Do communism and secular humanism count as "religions" here?
- vitally3643 4mo agoThe Crusaides and literally all of British colonialism. Do you not know anything about history?
- otabdeveloper4 4mo agoThe East India Company was motivated by religion? You'll have a hard time justifying that unless you're some sort of hardcore Jewish cryptosupremacy conspiracy theorist.
- NeutralCrane 4mo agoThe Crusades and colonialism can’t be distilled down to single causes, but even if you tried, religious reasons would not be the main ones. Political and financial motivations were far bigger factors in both.
- vetronauta 4mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_destroyed_libraries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_destroyed_libraries
- johnp314 4mo agoOh if religion wasn't responsible for "massive cultural destruction" then mankind would have invented something else to do it (whatever is meant by "massive cultural destruction").
- andrepd 4mo agoI disagree. When you are absolutely sure that God itself is on your side, then there is no atrocity to big to commit. I feel that religious zeal has led to some of the worst catastrophes in human history. I would put para-religious zeal in that category too, like dogmatic forms of communism.
- Avicebron 4mo agoYou can substitute "Truth", "Most Rational Action", or "Reality" in for God in your sentence and still get the same meaning. People can and will justify almost everything.
- forgetfreeman 4mo ago"We want their stuff" is a pretty effective travesty generator for sure.
- steve1977 4mo agoI didn't judge. I just wanted to point out that religion has a tradition of using new technologies to help spread itself.