• sauerkraus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah individually religious people can be fairly benign. The fundamental problem is with religion.

    Extremists are able to hide behind the guise of religion because non-extremists enable them. Because the only way for “moderate” religious people to oppose religious extremists is to admit that it’s all metaphorical bullshit.

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      1 year ago

      I think you mean that the problem is with extremist, not with religious people. Also, people where I live do oppose them because being an asshole is generally against Islam. (I live in a Muslim majority region)

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        1 year ago

        I meant oppose in the theological sense. Religious extremists are given legitimacy by religious moderates. (I live in a Christian majority region)