Religion makes many people act cruelly.
"Jabbar said he joined ISIS before the summer and had originally planned to kill his family. According to the FBI, Jabbar felt that killing his family ‘would not focus on the war between the believers and disbelievers.’ "
How ironic. Religions that advocate for moral purity ending up in producing murderers.
Certainly nothing new.
Just because on member of a religion does something bad doesn’t mean all of the other believers of religion are the same as one. We are judged seperately if that’s fair for you,
I would explain sociology but it would be lost one you
And if the religious (cult) leaders call for such action?
Are you familiar with the Directorium Inquisitorum ?
The 1578 edition of the Directorium Inquisitorum (a standard Inquisitorial manual) spelled out the purpose of inquisitorial penalties: … quoniam punitio non refertur primo & per se in correctionem & bonum eius qui punitur, sed in bonum publicum ut alij terreantur, & a malis committendis avocentur (translation: “… for punishment does not take place primarily and per se for the correction and good of the person punished, but for the public good in order that others may become terrified and weaned away from the evils they would commit”).
Doesn’t sound separately to me.
“Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.”
Yes!
And @arikel88 might want to look into Theophilus as an example of Christian leadership.
Exacerbating ideas that fail to have solid foundations of truth and common factors are common. Most of the time I just blow them off as misdirection of social confusion. Your use of Hypatia caught my attention as being right on target. Hypatia’s statement was exactly in line with my thinking of what historical data could have a direct connection with regards to events taking place today with Jabbar in as far a public perception of public beliefs about government and reality. To understand the concepts, one must understand the common factors to properly identify the issue for discussion. Which in this case is simply the rules of civilization.
Rome was just tying to do what Egypt was so successful at for thousands of years. Egypt let the people control the people. The Pharaoh was the people’s savior. When the greed of the temples started to make life for the people very unhappy. The Pharaoh would simply take some of the assets of the temple and give them back to the people. Thus, the people loved and would fight for the Pharaoh.
Jabbar and Livelsberger were both telling the people they were unhappy with the rules. Does not matter if it was civilization laws or religious laws. They are in many ways interactive.
Hypatia’s teaching followed the modern Hellenic thinking of the time. The upper caste of the Roman Empire which was in a very turbulent era because a political one world order was being imposed on the population. The population of the Roman Empire had been cut in half because of plagues and wars. Yet, the government department (Universal Church) was pushing Pauline Christianity upon the population. Pauline Christianity was less than 6% of the population at the time. Many mixed factors like economic hardships, military weaknesses, and internal political instability hindered the Empire’s ability to maintain control over the population. The one world order which was to distribute international codified laws upholding human rights by distributing power across major nations being ruled by the Roman Empire to promote peace and stability by dealing with property, contracts and family relations on a major empire scale, became doomed to failure due to corruption and costs by the upper caste.
Hypatia was murdered by monks who were unhappy with the rule changes and did not really want a government controlled by Pauline Christianity. Which brings up the question. Was Hypatia death do to her actions or the driven goals of the state.
