• MisterFrog@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    To me any religion that excludes people or exalts people on the basis of tribe is not tolerant end of story.

    I haven’t read the entirety of the Bible. But happy to be persuaded that my understanding of God and his chosen people is inaccurate.

    For example, this was incredibly easy to search for: Destruction of the Canaanites

    I would wager there are many such stories. Judaism, like most religions, is pretty fucked up.

    If anyone really believes God chose their people over others, you inherently believe your tribe is more special, more righteous, or favoured by God. To me, that belief is nothing short of dangerous - *gestures broadly throughout human history*

    I’m not really out of line here to assert that makes the orthodox belief foster ethnic/tribal supremacy.

    I’m not saying everyone who believes in Judaism believes this way, but as a whole it’s pretty hard to argue their shit doesn’t smell as bad as the others.

    Exclusion is just not a sign of tolerance. Sorry ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    People are individuals, and I’d assert there’s a spectrum of views across believers.

    If we’re talking about the religion in general? I’ll have to strongly disagree that it’s only inward looking.