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Originally Posted by new man
You are the one who kept insisting it was culture, exclusive of religion.
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This is completely false.
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Originally Posted by new man
As far as where this comes from, it is not marxist or a totalitarian approach. Religion is totalitarian. Here is set of handed from across the great beyond. If you do not obey them, you will suffer eternal torments.
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This is not totalitarianism. Most religions I know have practitioners whose lives are their own, free to choose to do what they wish. That religions teach about negative consequences for "evil" actions, or best practices for solidifying your faith, is not totalitarianism; it's moral philosophy.
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Originally Posted by new man
My approach is that if you try to abitrarally control my life without a rational explanation, then you are going to have a disagreement. Saying a voice in your head or book made these rules is no basis for legal or societal rules.
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I can only assume that you haven't studied religion or philosophy at length. Religious systems at their root do not seek to control, nor are their parameters arbitrary. And many of them are quite rational, and have a strong basis in most, if not all, societies and their rules and laws.
Are you implying that Islam in and of itself is to blame for this guy going off? That Islam taught him that this is the best way to act?