• Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    No.

    All of the moderate/liberal Jews/Christians/Muslims provide a veneer of respectability for their monstrous Abrahamic faiths, a mask.

    However, the Tanakh/Bible/Koran are all fundamentally fundamentalist. All three frequently take delight in the murder of others, all three provide justification for a horrifying amount of violence and injustice, and, most importantly, all three teach their followers that they are morally, spiritually, and intellectually superior to non-believers.

    They will always produce the same fanatical acts from their fundamentalist followers who are inspired by their Holy books and do as directed by God (including Zionism, Al-Qaeda, and the KKK).

    They can’t be eliminated, unfortunately (fundies love martyrs). But… the least we could do is tax them. As it is now, we (everyone else) are funding faiths that despise us all, these religions that say that we are all shit should not be supported in any way.

  • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    Yeah but can you separate Hamas from the struggle of people for liberation from imperialist oppression?

    Can you?

    People still can’t imagine it yet, because “muh 911 never forget” but Islam isn’t even the driving force behind this struggle, because that too is a political struggle for liberation from imperialist oppression. It’s the religion or ideology that glues these people together as brothers and gives them the mental fortitude (or delusion) to pull this off. I say this as an atheist who isn’t especially fond of Muslims. But they rightfully want the US empire out of their region, and the natural resources like oil working for the people, not the US (like it does in Iran, or it did in Venezuela before the recent economic warfare and plundering). Of course drone strike them enough and they become more and more extreme. A thousand 911s and “interventions” and psyops visited on the middle east will lead to some bad shit. Now they found an extremist for Syria that can be bought. Worst of both worlds. US Empire and Al-Qaeda, now inseparable lol.

    So while you think this is progressive politics, this actually cuts pretty close to the kerfuffle about voting democrat or third party or not at all. Which is a psyop that those people are your enemies, not the plutocrats who buy votes in bulk. But even you ultra progressive slogans are pro US empire. Not even in your wildest dreams can you imagine a just world.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Its easier to just ban religions, all of them. They serve no purpose other than evil shit. Since its all make believe, all of it, its not even real.

    Just ban the crap already and resolve half the world’s problems