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  • #31
    Re: Urartu-Religion

    Originally posted by jgk3 View Post
    And what is wrong with those "semitic" religions?

    Btw, "semitic" is intended to be purely a linguistic term, it has no place in describing religions or races.

    I suppose by criticizing "semitic" things, you are in the "indo-european" camp?
    Muslims killed people and destroyed temples and cultural values to convert people to Islam. Christians also destroyed temples in Roman Empire, Iran and other places and converted some of those buildings into churches. Thousands of temples and holly places in North Europe were destroyed by early Christians. Look at South America how Native Americans are forced become Christians. You just have to google it and you'll find out.

    Semitic is the word used for Arabs and Israelites. I could say also Abrahamic religions since Abrahamic religions are all Semitic.


    Last edited by Jam; 08-20-2009, 12:13 PM.

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      Re: Urartu-Religion

      Religions are used as a medium for expressing aggression or vengeance that are inherent values to a certain segment of the population. It is not the fault of Christianity or Islam that such people exist.

      These Abrahamic religions were successful at conducting acts of extreme aggression throughout their histories due to the fact that their main cult isn't exclusive to a certain class, but accessible to all races and levels of social standing. The incentives for violence and intolerance against "enemies" were promises of rewards in heaven, and a mark of prestige or status for having served God or Allah on a holy war for the good of the religion.

      This is similar to a population that worships democracy as a standard for the whole world, treating it as something worth killing and dying for.

      I have great doubts that this kind of interpretation and behavior towards religion did not exist prior to Islam and Christianity. The difference in the amount of bloodshed and intolerance on the Earth is proportional to the popularity of the religion to people from all walks of life, including those who have a great desire to plunder and kill for material self gain or for the honour of serving their god. When the leading men of a state are predominantly of this violent/intolerant type (usually when a clique of such men seize power by a coup), you can expect "religion" (though it's most often just politics using religion) to express itself in this violent and intolerant way.

      This behavior could've very well existed in the totemistic age of religions in the Middle East and Europe, or with solar deity worship, or Zoroastrianism, you name it. Maybe the reason for why we're not thinking of their bloody histories is because records of them have been lost or destroyed, or never even written.
      Last edited by jgk3; 08-20-2009, 01:04 PM.

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