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Originally Posted by filtherton
I think it is interesting to note that religion often serves not as a guide, but as a justification. Many of the most devout do not mold themselves to conform to the apparent ideology of their chosen savior. Rather they mold their chosen savior to conform to their own ideology. This is the crux of the problem of arguing from a religious perspective; all you're really doing attempting to use the source of your faith to justify your own perspective.
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And let's not forget how leaders use
political dogma to explain why they do what they do. And there's our current commander-in-chief, who appears to use conservative religious dogma when looking for political guidance. It unsettles me that the man has claimed on more than one occasion that God has spoken to him and told him to do things--but I'm getting off-topic.
What I'm trying to say is that religious motivation is often merely a guise used to gain political power.