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OftenBen  ·  3548 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Religion's use.

    Religion can be good; religion can be bad.

In modern contexts it's all about the person though, and less about their religion. There are a ton of Christians who genuinely serve the needy, the sick, the less fortunate in general, and do so because of religious motivation. There are atheists who do the same, because it's just the right thing to do. Conversely, you have plenty of devouts of every faith abusing their spouses, children, employees, out of religious motivation/justification. It's really about the people though. Religion being used as justification after the fact.