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(12,712 posts)In the 20th-century it became clear that political ideologies can manipulate the masses and justify unspeakable atrocities.
However, that is not necessarily an argument for religion itself. It just points out that we are talking about human beings and how they use what they have and for what purpose.
To completely ignore the rather ubiquitous role that religion, (in various forms) has played historically in favorable times and "in the name of" atrocities is specious. Of course, there is a Western bias involved here as if European history for the last couple of millennia is all that matters.
When one considers the value and import of religions, (as a sociologist suspending bias for instance) for indigenous tribes, for instance, it even smacks of a very disrespectful and prejudicial view that reveals the bias behind it.
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