• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Yep, countries like China have plenty of hate and they’re not religious. Take away religion and the hate is still there.

    • WhatsThePoint@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I didn’t say hate didn’t exist outside religion. That would be your cognitive leap. I said religion is used to attempt to legitimize hate as belief so it can be protected from scrutiny on some levels.

    • InformalTrifle@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Good people do good things. Bad people do bad things. But for good people to do bad things takes religion. Or something along those lines