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Two war crimes don't make a right...
https://theintercept.com/2023/10/09/israel-hamas-war-crimes-palestinians/
@freemo its an unbelievable shit what people do to each other because of religion.
What they are doing to eachother has very little to do with religion, even though it may appear that way ont he surface.
Totally agree.
Even the Crusades were really more about trade routes than religion. If everybody there turned suddenly atheist, this would be continue the same way.
If retaliation were to make something right, they would have been at peace at least for 50 years by now.
History shows religion as a mixed bag. Sometimes, reinforces conflicts, sometimes, deflate them and even unify peoples.
Wars are always about economy: land, resources, workforce, political power...
Politicians have used religion as any of the other tools they have to lead/fool people: nations, revenge, fear, ancient grievances, false fatherhoods...
Political parties seem to be doing a wonderful job at controlling atheists in almost the same ways (functionally speaking) as religion. At least in the USA, the parties havent quite gotten that bad in other countries (though they too have their own things that are used to take advantage)
