Should we be tolerating religion when it is the cause of war and ignorance?

Religions dont tolerate each other or anyone outside them.

Why should we tolerate religion?

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thats stupid....are you going to tell someone they cant believe in something...thats pretty much against all human moral codes

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we tolerate religion only because we must. what is bred of ignorance and fear can only be abolished when ignorance and fear are abolished.

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When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

ignorance can never be 'abolished' i bet there are less than a handful of people on this earth that are rid of those can rid their ignorance or fear...but i dont want to sound like a dick...im just thinking of plato's cave

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that is a question only you yourself can answer... only when the masses of people learn to discipline themselves and not be swayed by an institution such as religion. its all about self discipline with that you can achieve any goal.

i dont think its the religion itself that could necessarily sway to violence someone but through their attachment to something that is greater than they are...and their own fear of death is where their anger comes, willing to go to further extremes to see their own destiny succeed....just throwing some ideas around i dunno if it makes total sense

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I guess it depends on what you mean by tolerate. I don't hate anyone for what the believe, but I will get in their face and argue with them for hours on end and explain to them why I think what the believe is ridiculous. I'm like a backwards missionary (sounds like a sex position), its my goal in life to get as many people as I can to abandon their religious beliefs.

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yea thats what i was getting at... those with no self discipline can not control ignorant emotions.

xthen wouldnt arguing with someone to tell them they are 'wrong' with their beliefs be a lack of self control....and then it could be said the other way around .... the person thats defending their religion could say that you have no self discipline...but its all relative truths to what you believe...a universal truth is the only real truth and i guess that is the knowledge of one owns self....think outside the cave ! (or try to at least)

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Religions were created to control people. They were made by intelligent people. Thats why so many people believe the lie.

If you can admit that there are people out there who are far more intelligent than yourself, then maybe you can start seeing the truth.
The truth being that nobody really knows whats out there.
Anyone can be manipulated in some or other way.

Most religions were created by intelligent people as a means of control.
Others were journeys of discovery into the inner mind.

Some of these religions have become an excuse to commit genocide.

Should we tolerate these religions? I think not.

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