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Religion

Albertoo

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2. But religion is giving the "moral imprimatur" to grievances

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 20, 2016, 10:44 PM

Sep 2016

If "unbelievers are the worst of creatures" as the Quran says, why would it not be OK to impose things on them, by force if necessary?

Taking this present example: it's harder to justify to oneself planting bombs in NY if one doesn't have the 'holy' back-up excuse of waging a holy war for some convoluted reason.

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Chelsea bomber ,"Smart, funny, humble" before, "had become more religious" [View all] Albertoo Sep 2016 OP

Are extremists religious? Extremism is the problem, imo uppityperson Sep 2016 #1

But religion is giving the "moral imprimatur" to grievances Albertoo Sep 2016 #2

I've found everything in excess kacekwl Sep 2016 #3

Some things can be bad, even in moderation. Like Arsenic. Albertoo Sep 2016 #4

Religion's extra tricky because it's got no brakes for extremism. trotsky Sep 2016 #6

Yes. Extremely, in fact. (n/t) Iggo Sep 2016 #7

I've seen the same transformation in people who go from belief to avid antitheism. rug Sep 2016 #5

And they don't have to do the killing themself cpwm17 Sep 2016 #8