I’d actually argue the opposite. Religion reigns in bad people. Talk to a religious person, wait until you hear them say something like, “but if there’s no god and no afterlife, what’s to stop people from murder and rape?” That’s all that’s holding them back from total anarchy, the threat of eternal suffering and damnation, only for some it’s still not enough.
All religions are shit. Humanity really needs to shed this primitive baggage already.
It’s not about religion. It’s about settler colonialism.
The two have been intimately intertwined for quite a long time.
Don’t mistake “reason” for “justification”, or “excuse”.
Where do you think “settler colonialism” came from? Directly from religion, it’s just a secular name for what religion has been doing since inception.
Early zionism came from secular jews. And christian ethics actually ran counter to manifest destiny.
The search for wealth and power does not come (automatically) from religion. Look at all the peaceful religions and all the violence done without it.
Bad people will do bad things, sure, but if you want good people to do bad things, you need religion.
I’d actually argue the opposite. Religion reigns in bad people. Talk to a religious person, wait until you hear them say something like, “but if there’s no god and no afterlife, what’s to stop people from murder and rape?” That’s all that’s holding them back from total anarchy, the threat of eternal suffering and damnation, only for some it’s still not enough.
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I find it interesting when people say this but ignore any wrong doing or suffering caused by secular or atheistic regimes.