• GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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    Traditionally, churches and other religious institutions, have been good at building community and programs that benefit the less fortunate among us. You know, the whole “love your neighbor as yourself” thing.

    More and more, though, it has devolved into not much more than political extremism and often hateful rhetoric and even calls to physical violence.

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      I don’t think that is new. It’s true that it helps. But religions have always been involved in war. Up until 200 years ago the Pope was the most powerful person on the planet for at least 1000 years.