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[-] Kosmokomeno@infosec.pub 16 points 8 months ago

It's almost as if monotheism was invented only to justify conflict

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 8 months ago

Or to dig tunnels perhaps?

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 11 points 8 months ago

... And to avoid taxes ... And to keep slavery from extinction ... I could go on for a while but...

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

Convince people not to drag the rich fucks out into the streets and beat them to death because they promised the rich assholes will deffinitly get what they deserve in the totally real next life

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

Oh right. Indeed. Control. Keeping the base obedient and harmless.

I don't know if we can blame slavery on monotheism.

[-] kot@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

? Pre-Christian Rome and Greece basically ran on slave labor.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

Oh, i meant in modern times. Otherwise, sure. Not only them.

[-] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

It’s almost as if doctrinal disputes are part and parcel of EVERY major religion

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