"How Religion Has Been - And Still Is - Used for Bigotry"

    "The current U.S. administration has turned the use of religion into an art form. Their modus operandi is to mainstream the idea that 'Christianity' truly means doing ones best to destroy those over which they want to feel superior.
    Even those who object to it all have adopted their language and call what they are doing 'Christian' Nationalism as if to confirm that what these users of religion are calling for isn’t just one sectarian religious interpretation of everything historically that has been called Christian but somehow represents all or at least the truth of what 'Christianity' is.|
    The use of 'Christianity' or any of the religions to support the powerful, those who wish to impose their beliefs on everyone else, and those who are protecting their own financial and publicity portfolios has a long worldwide history that’s as old as we have human records. And it actually doesn’t have its origins in any of the religions it uses.
    Yet people on most sides of debates about religions continue to blame it for all sorts of good and bad behaviors. Both those who credit religion or the religions for what they consider positive outcomes and those who criticize it for negative ones both ignore the rest of what all goes into people’s developments of their viewpoints besides their religious beliefs...."

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