Those things would have been done in the name of something else too. Religions here is just a pretext.
Killing the american natives, the tutsi, the jews or the cambodgian intellectuals intellectuals were among the worst things humanity have ever done, and the religion of the perpetrators had nothing to do with it.
Terrible humans will use any rationalization to do terrible things.
Most muslim women in my country don't wear a hijab. However, men beating their wifes are from all kind of religious and non religious backgounds.
I now believe that religion is a reflect of the state of your society, not the other way around. People are racist, homophobic, intolerant, entitled, misogynist, and then, they sometimes use religion to justify that.
> Those things would have been done in the name of something else too. Religions here is just a pretext.
...and there it is. I literally addressed this in my comment already.
> Terrible humans will use any rationalization to do terrible things.
Sure, but you can say the same thing the other way: fantastic humans will use any rationalization to do good. Good people aren't going to suddenly turn into monsters if they don't believe in an All-Powerful Judge in the sky.
Killing the american natives, the tutsi, the jews or the cambodgian intellectuals intellectuals were among the worst things humanity have ever done, and the religion of the perpetrators had nothing to do with it.
Terrible humans will use any rationalization to do terrible things.
Most muslim women in my country don't wear a hijab. However, men beating their wifes are from all kind of religious and non religious backgounds.
I now believe that religion is a reflect of the state of your society, not the other way around. People are racist, homophobic, intolerant, entitled, misogynist, and then, they sometimes use religion to justify that.