Tackling Violence Committed in the Name of Religion

[Cino]

Actually I was quoting the Nazarene

Nietzsche was after all a pastor's son. Have you read him? Your "fools!" opening was just his thing.

Then there is:

The Kingdom of Heaven is under siege and only the violent may bear it away.

Jesus did not come to bring peace, but the sword, eh? Make the Pleroma Great Again, is still what I hear.

 

[OrtaYol]

Why is religion different from other human activities? Why put it on a pedestal? Why should it be better, more pure, holier, unsullied than, say, warfare or agriculture or socialism?

Because most religions claim divine perfection.

 

[OrtaYol]

I suppose that depends on how you interpret the flood story. What percentage of man was killed by it vs the stuff you quote. It is all a horrific game we play "but mom, he did it worse'

No, well not unless you interpret the flood story as humans directly and intentionally causing the flood. God does things in the name of God, not in the name of religion as this would place the religion above God.

 

[OrtaYol]

When we have violent examples of how G!d handles issues and citizenry and opponents He has issues with...

How do you think leaders who perceive themselves as gods would not follow the examples in the most widely pushed book in the world?

Because that very same book makes it very clear that there is one God and they are not it.

 

[Cino]

Because most religions claim divine perfection.

What do you mean by that? That religious people claim that their god(s) is/are perfect? Or that religious people claim that their religious teachings are perfect? Or that their religious practices are perfect? Or that they themselves are perfect by virtue of being followers of said religion?

 

[OrtaYol]

The first one