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Crunchy Frog

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17. There's been plenty of violence committed in the name of non-religious ideologies.

Reply to Pantagruel (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 04:31 PM

Oct 2023

Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot come to mind.

Remove religion and people will just come up with other excuses.

It also doesn't help to scapegoat religious people who do not participate in or endorse violence.

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Somehow surgically remove [View all] Pantagruel Oct 2023 OP

I don't think that it would eliminate hate. CentralMass Oct 2023 #1

"eliminate hate " Pantagruel Oct 2023 #2

Well, to be fair, ... stuck in the middle Oct 2023 #19

Dream on. People always have reason to hate. The enslavement of blacks had nothing to do with religion and most of the Native Americans were killed, Wonder Why Oct 2023 #3

"nothing to do with religion " Pantagruel Oct 2023 #6

Try again. They may have claimed religion in some cases but it was greed, greed, greed - for gold, for cheap workers, for an easy life, for their territory. Wonder Why Oct 2023 #7

Having them come up with a harder--less manipulating excuse might have helped. Gore1FL Oct 2023 #12

Africans weren't "heathens" to the Dutch when they began to ship them west, that was greed uponit7771 Oct 2023 #9

Man isn't that the truth! edisdead Oct 2023 #4

If only everybody had my religion! stuck in the middle Oct 2023 #5

Removing religion doesn't remove humanity uponit7771 Oct 2023 #8

One of my favorite quotes (which I've often posted on this board): lastlib Oct 2023 #10

Florida man guilty of murdering wife who refused to appear on "Zombie House Renovations" TV show struggle4progress Oct 2023 #11

Hate this passive voice crap redqueen Oct 2023 #18

Believer wars are the bane of the planet. ancianita Oct 2023 #13

Dig around in the graves of Siberia TheProle Oct 2023 #14

Ya think TexLaProgressive Oct 2023 #15

Millions were slaughtered in the 20th century by states that largely banned religion. tritsofme Oct 2023 #16

There's been plenty of violence committed in the name of non-religious ideologies. Crunchy Frog Oct 2023 #17

You do know that the Soviet Union was atheistic. Big Blue Marble Oct 2023 #20