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Originally Posted by new man
[...] it is killing in the name of religion. When christians claim that marriage is theirs and not for gays, then there is a problem. If the dalai lama stated that he was going to fuck up some chinks, then there would be a problem. The less influence a religion has on society, the better it is.
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See, this is what I'm getting at. You aren't speaking about religion in isolation; you are speaking about religion and culture.
Christians fighting against gay marriage does not summarize any Christian tenet I can think of. But there we have it: anti-gay sentiment flaring up when they want to marry just like the heteros.
And the Dalai Lama going after the Chinese would be in direct violation of a swath of Buddhist teachings. But there we have it: that tension between China and Tibet.
And in terms of your thinking that there should be no religion for a better society, is this idea influenced by the Marxist view of religion or is this more of a totalitarian thing?
I reiterate: religion is not the problem.