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That being said, dogmatic belief systems, which tend to be common in religion, seem to act as force multipliers in this regard.
Comment on Maybe it's just a human thing.
BigBenis@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As much as I resent religion, I do believe it’s fundamentally a human problem. People everywhere have a tendency to corrupt beliefs in order to justify being assholes to one another.
doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Yeah especially if such dogmatic beliefs make people think dumb or unethical stuff is somehow okay.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Religon was created as a control mechanism for governments that didn’t have the capability to enforce laws.
It’s a method to make communities self police.
Today it is a dangerous tool left lying around for any con man to pick up and weild
That’s why fascist movements always have a religious/nationalist base.