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Originally Posted by Mnemosyne  So the Bible teaches killing your children over loving your neighbors? Is that what Christianity is about? |
Maybe that's not what Christianity is about, but violence is a huge part of Christian teachings, as it is in most other religions. You had mentioned that you'd never seen violence as part of any religion.
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Seriously though, what are the major tennants of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Wicca? What is the ultimate goal?
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The ultimate goal of religion is to impart social order.
That's a pretty daunting task that's sometimes (of course there are exceptions) made easier for a small group of dominant individuals by declaring that there's a supernatural entity who has established a human heirarchy consisting of -- guess who? -- the dominant individuals (to whom advantages are usually funneled). Next, these d.i.'s make some rules, put together some documentation, hurt or kill dissenters, use psychological manipulation to help people fall in line, -- et voila! Social order.