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[–] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Is it? There are plenty of Jews and plenty of Muslims who are not involved in this and see it as wrong. Plus, that's such a broad statement as to be meaningless. We could equally say government is the problem, but there aren't many advocating for anarchy. Or people are the problem. I'd be more inclined to say tribalism is the problem, the very foundation of an "us" vs. "them" mentality. Sometimes assholes pick a fight and call it religious. There's a strong case to be made that war has become much more brutal and far reaching since the Napoleonic wars and the rise of the nation-state. I mean, we can blame religion ... that certainly erases the need to look within ourselves and ask why humans do this to each other.

It's a bit like pretending Nazism was a German problem and pretending like the same dark forces don't exist now and in many people everywhere.

There are definitely some religious dickheads, but there are dickheads of all stripes.

If religion is so vile, how do we hold in tension the fact that religious people are often behind the most charity towards the marginalised and disempowered? Atheists talk a good game, but rarely leave their armchairs to do anything positive. Religion can become a tribal marker, but it also is one of the main forces working against tribalism.