▲ 988 ▼ Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 312 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bad people do bad things. But for a good person to do bad things, that takes religion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca -8 points 2 years ago (1 child) But for a good person to do bad things, that takes religion. This sounds like it's a prerequisite to be good before becoming religious ... which historically is not the case. Child molesters who entered the priesthood were not "good" before using the shelter of the Church to rape children. Being "good" or "bad" is a conscious, moral decision which is maintained by every person choosing what is of the utmost importance for their life ... selfish fulfillment or altruism. ... this is, ofc, setting aside mental health issues that do not allow some to make rational conscious decisions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago This sounds like it’s a prerequisite to be good before becoming religious … which historically is not the case. No, it's saying if you are good, religion can make you do bad and that bad people will do bad regardless of religion. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca -8 points 2 years ago (1 child) But for a good person to do bad things, that takes religion. This sounds like it's a prerequisite to be good before becoming religious ... which historically is not the case. Child molesters who entered the priesthood were not "good" before using the shelter of the Church to rape children. Being "good" or "bad" is a conscious, moral decision which is maintained by every person choosing what is of the utmost importance for their life ... selfish fulfillment or altruism. ... this is, ofc, setting aside mental health issues that do not allow some to make rational conscious decisions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago This sounds like it’s a prerequisite to be good before becoming religious … which historically is not the case. No, it's saying if you are good, religion can make you do bad and that bad people will do bad regardless of religion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago This sounds like it’s a prerequisite to be good before becoming religious … which historically is not the case. No, it's saying if you are good, religion can make you do bad and that bad people will do bad regardless of religion. permalink fedilink source parent