The Jewish People Policy Institute Israel Index survey found that 8 out of 10 Jewish Israelis agreed with Trump’s proposal of expelling Palestinians from Gaza.
Forty-three percent of all Israelis said that the expulsion plan was “practical” and should be implemented, while 30 percent said the plan was “desirable” but not practical.
A minority of 13 percent - made of up 54 percent of Palestinian respondents and just three percent of Jewish Israelis - described the Trump plan as “immoral”.
Defending religion is silly
It’s make believe.
It’s all bad faith.
Everyone is secular.
They just claim to be a member of a religion so they can justify cruelty to people who claim to be members of a different religion.
All your baloney about the founding of Israel ignores one thing: it’s a religious state for a specific religion.
In a holy war with a different religion.
All religions do this.
All religions indoctrinate their members to dehumanize outsiders.
This is a sub human trait, to not see the humanity in other humans.
Ipso facto : all religious people are willfully subhuman
This is simple logic not curated historical facts to push an agenda.
Hail Satan.
I hear your opinion but it’s not accurate and can lead to dangerous roads.
You must try to understand that the majority of the world has been exposed to incommensurable pain and suffering. From an anthropological perspective, it is rational and logical for the brain to protect itself by creating beliefs. Through social and cultural processes, these beliefs become embedded in societies.
Claiming that this is a subhuman trait is disingenuous because it is in human nature to seek explanations for what we observe in our environment. We are wired that way.
These actions should only be evaluated through the lens of this principle: “The freedom of one ends where the freedom of another begins.”
There are religious people who are kinder than atheists, and atheists who are more evil than religious people. Today, religion may be used as a political tool for authoritarian regimes, but tomorrow it could be something else.
Eradicating religion would not solve anything.
What’s a good compromise? Am I allowed to ridicule other people for their beliefs?
It is a core tenet of my philosophy
Why not? it does not infringe on anyone.
However, recognize the irony in claiming that all religions dehumanize outsiders, right before labeling religious people as subhuman. (The tolerance paradox does not work in this case)
The tolerance paradox absolutely applies here
I was raised to be religious.
I logic’d my way out of it in spite of the indoctrination.
This defines my entire world view: I did not hate the people they told me to hate.
Religion is intolerant by design. They are all claiming to have answers they cannot possible have but also refuse to allow scrutiny. Literal intolerance my friend. Literally intolerant of any outside ideas even.
It’s religion pal, it’s the stupid notion that we have to not only tolerate intolerant religions but have to respect their intolerant beliefs?!?!
NO NOT ME FUCK THAT
Your parents may be religious but religion isn’t your parents.
I see your point but simply put:
I believe there are both tolerant and intolerant religious people, just as there are tolerant and intolerant atheists.
Thus, if we want to tackle or end intolerance, focusing solely on religion is ineffective and won’t solve the problem, as religion is not the root cause of intolerance.
Rather, it’s the excuse used by the egos of hateful individuals to justify their irrational hatred. If religions were removed, people would simply find new ideologies or beliefs to hide behind.
What should be done is improving education, encouraging self introspection as well as being oneself, demonstrating that being empathetic is not a weakness and that we are all stuck on the same small rock in the middle of a seemingly endless void which is kind of weird.
This is something religions resist
I’m sure there’s some exception that just proves the rule but I’ve done enough reflection that I’ve reached the conclusion that religions are a dehumanizing influence on people and the rejection of science is the ultimate intolerance.
I understand.
Let’s agree to disagree a bit.
Atheists, is this guy just an idiot or do y’all actually believe this?
A. I am an idiot
B. Atheists don’t believe the same things. That’s the whole point.
C. I’m not an atheist I am anti theist.
D. Is for dodgers.