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Atheists & Agnostics

RussBLib

(9,058 posts) Mon Oct 9, 2023, 01:08 PM Oct 2023

How much of this Israeli-Palestinian conflict could have been avoided.... [View all]

...without the "holy books" in existence? All of it? I read some of the Hamas murderers were yelling, "Allahu Akbar" while killing Israelis.

Holy shit is more like it.

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How much of this Israeli-Palestinian conflict could have been avoided.... [View all] RussBLib Oct 2023 OP

It's like, "we're gonna kill you and your family and take your home, and God says it's OK" Walleye Oct 2023 #1

thats what the Gop says all the time about freedoms samnsara Oct 2023 #14

I don't think this war is about religion. Lonestarblue Oct 2023 #2

That's a good recap RussBLib Oct 2023 #5

People use religion to legitimize hate. Karadeniz Oct 2023 #3

Not to mention assloads of every type of bs jfz9580m Feb 14 #17

Origin myths about promised lands and superheroes, god given property rights and dominance, Magoo48 Oct 2023 #4

It's foolish to presume *anything* in the Middle East/Levant is non-religious in nature. walkingman Oct 2023 #6

i dont think a holy war can ever be won and i dont even know which side to take samnsara Oct 2023 #13

Me too! It is a shame we waste so much of our time fighting and killing one another. ☮ walkingman Oct 2023 #15

In my humble opinion... NeoGreen Oct 2023 #7

"The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, anciano Oct 2023 #8

Yes and no, they're both Abrahamic books Warpy Oct 2023 #9

That it is called the "Holy Land" is the ultimate irony. progressoid Oct 2023 #10

If not for religion Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #11

If Not For Religion They Might Make Love Not War MayReasonRule Oct 2023 #12

That sums it up. Butterflylady Dec 2023 #16