More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.
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The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, is true perversion.
Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.
People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning.
Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.
Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's.
Some of the worst violence in the world today between estranged religious and ethnic groups happens not on the battlefields. It happens smack in the middle of living rooms and between people who share a lot, who have a lot in common.
No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.