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‘War knows no religion’: Gaza’s oldest church shelters Muslims, Christians (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] ReMikeAble@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Admittedly I'm a pretty hardcore atheist, and realize that clouds my objectivity. My comment was a very loose generalization, and I agree 100% with your comment (and let me blanket all others that say the same as you) that religion is the excuse to fight, not necessarily the reason.

[–] laylawashere44@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

The genocides and wars of conquest by atheistic communist nations pretty much confirm that religion is an excuse. Moreover, as organized religion declines, we have seen a corresponding rise in both new age pseudo religions and magical thinking based pseudo cults.