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Topic	"Maybe it's not to late to learn how to love and forget how to hate"
kind9 08/01/19 12:09:24 PM #17:	@Unbridled9 So conflicting ideologies may not be the source of hatred and intolerance, but they are most definitely a cause. Especially theistic, dogmatic religions that literally state, "this is the way and all others are false." ParanoidObsessive posted... Don't blame either - the real problem is humanity. Europeans were incredibly shitty to each other (and to others), but so were Asians, Africans, and even Native Americans long before Europeans found them. Like it or not, violence, oppression, conquest, and a willingness to see others as lesser (thus justifying enslaving or killing them) has been part of the human psyche since the dawn of the species as we know it. The moment there was something worth fighting for, we immediate started fighting over it. The problems with religion only really exist because humans invented it, and humans basically ruin everything we touch. It goes way farther back to our stone age ancestors who worshiped nature and the shamans who profited from these superstitions by claiming to have direct communication with nature spirits. Similar to modern day priests who claim to have the one interpretation of God's word(or more like priests during the dark ages who were the only ones who could interpret the bible). This way of thinking is ingrained in our brains, but I don't think we need to capitulate to that fact. --- https://imgur.com/NkZUeFd <cite>kind9 posted [p:925477066] in "Mayb... [t:77885394]...</cite> <quote>@Unbridled9 So conflicting ideologies may not be the source of hatred and intolerance, but they are most definitely a cause. Especially theistic, dogmatic religions that literally state, "this is the way and all others are false." ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Don't blame either - the real problem is humanity. Europeans were incredibly shitty to each other (and to others), but so were Asians, Africans, and even Native Americans long before Europeans found them. Like it or not, violence, oppression, conquest, and a willingness to see others as lesser (thus justifying enslaving or killing them) has been part of the human psyche since the dawn of the species as we know it. The moment there was something worth fighting for, we immediate started fighting over it. The problems with religion only really exist because humans invented it, and humans basically ruin everything we touch.</quote> It goes way farther back to our stone age ancestors who worshiped nature and the shamans who profited from these superstitions by claiming to have direct communication with nature spirits. Similar to modern day priests who claim to have the one interpretation of God's word(or more like priests during the dark ages who were the only ones who could interpret the bible). This way of thinking is ingrained in our brains, but I don't think we need to capitulate to that fact. --- https://imgur.com/NkZUeFd</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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