Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoA third of Americans believe Trump’s presidency is part of God’s planwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square278fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down123
arrow-up1552arrow-down1external-linkA third of Americans believe Trump’s presidency is part of God’s planwww.independent.co.ukSahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square278fedilink
minus-squareCommunist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoSlavery was justified in large part for religious reasons.
minus-squarestinky@redlemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down13·3 days ago…but it was the slavery that was the worst outcome, right?
minus-squarejasoman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoI think you could just say control of the masses as the worst thing that has happened. Slavery is part of that control.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThere’s a bunch of torture, murder and human sacrifice that stemmed from religion too. Those are pretty bad IMO.
minus-squarestinky@redlemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYou’re not wrong, but it’s bad form to say “slavery isn’t worse than X”
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWhy? Do you think slavery is worse than cannibalistic child rape and murder?
minus-squarestinky@redlemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIt’s like saying “all lives matter” in the context of “black lives matter” it’s not wrong. but that’s not the right time to say it.
minus-squareCommunist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoyou should read up on how heliocentrists were treated!
Slavery was justified in large part for religious reasons.
…but it was the slavery that was the worst outcome, right?
I think you could just say control of the masses as the worst thing that has happened. Slavery is part of that control.
There’s a bunch of torture, murder and human sacrifice that stemmed from religion too. Those are pretty bad IMO.
You’re not wrong, but it’s bad form to say “slavery isn’t worse than X”
Why? Do you think slavery is worse than cannibalistic child rape and murder?
It’s like saying “all lives matter” in the context of “black lives matter”
it’s not wrong. but that’s not the right time to say it.
I don’t believe you.
you should read up on how heliocentrists were treated!