• ExLisper@linux.community
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    1 year ago

    So you don’t think religion often drives a wedge between groups of people that otherwise would live together without issues? Well, I disagree. And of course there are other reasons for people to hate one another but ‘my made up guy in the sky is better than your made up guy in the sky’ is the dumbest one.

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      1 year ago

      So you don’t think religion often drives a wedge between groups of people that otherwise would live together without issues?

      Is that what I said? Don’t strawman me.

      Let me put it this way instead: given any system of self-replicating information, be it DNA or gospel, you will observe convergent evolution. If the environment offers a productive niche, then it’s only a matter of time before that niche gets exploited. Monotheism isn’t a tragic freak accident – it’s an inevitable response to an unexploited niche. Wishing it away is pointless because then something nearly identical would spring up to replace it. If one wishes to alter the reflection (i.e.: culture), then they must direct their focus upon the subject therein (i.e.: human society)