Reply #21: Some religs have fascist elements: why be tolerant of that? [View All]

[oscar111]

some have sacrifices, animal and human.

i cannot see being tolerant of fascist elements in religions.
They bring palpable harm.

religions fall on a spectrum, of equalitarian to fascist. Just like political groups. Be tolerant of the good LW religs, and treat the fascist religs like you treat fascist political groups.

Large religs have LW and RW branches. But the core, historical tendency remains there. A LW core may have RW branches appear over the centuries, as with Jesus.{Luke 18:22}

Every relig is also a potential political party to some degree.. a good thing to keep in mind.
However, some are much more overtly political than others.

Personally, i like to see a relig as its core, not so much the branches that have appeared over the centuries. Because the core can always be resurrected by new preachers.

The best single judgement to make of a relig is always based on its historical core, IMHO.

Remember too, that good people can always be born into a bad religion's geographical area. Never condemn an idividual till you see if he has just been raised in a relg without understanding what it is really about historically. Especially if he is young.