JUST IN: Satanic Temple member found guilty of possession of 'very disturbing' child pornography in Idaho: police. "Numerous files of very disturbing child abuse and child pornography were found in Russell's possession during the investigation. Russell is a member of the Idaho chapter of The Satanic
(thepostmillennial.com)
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What if they're not Satanists, but merely people from a different religion or denomination?
Because ultimately, most religions are trying to get people to join them. So if they're trying to get people to give up religion "A" in order to join religion "One" wouldn't many people in religion "A" say they're trying to deceive people and that those people in religion "One" are all going to hell?
Just curious, have you ever heard of the Spanish Inquisition?
Based on both responses here, I'd wager the answer to my question is "no".
Don't see a way to actually make this work and not simply be a morally reprehensible disaster.
But there needs to be some give, and to be clear, this isn't some idealized dIvErSe community where religion A and religion One are living together in equal numbers. Most country have a majority religion, and it usually isn't close. Ours certainly does. Diversity doesn't work when it's diversity of "basic world-views" and should be avoided. Though I still concede that execution was likely a tad bit of an extreme suggestion.
And my take on this is that the Bible is completely correct on a deep philosophical level when it states that there's nothing new under the sun. Holy wars won't go away, and I don't necessarily see why they should. War is bad and should be avoided, but if Religion A wants to invade and convert the lands and people of Religion One, self-defense should be permitted.
The real solution is to not mass import people of different religions, and to not have so much societal decay that everyone becomes an Atheist. Then you don't lead to the inevitable holy war.
What about missionaries who go to foreign countries and try to convert the people there already?
Another fair point. You are getting to a deeper truth that I haven't really been thinking of here since I'm trying to play this "equality" game.
I want my religion to win because I believe it's correct. I frankly would not care if it were illegal to convert people away from my religion in my own country. Other countries can do the same for theirs. I'd prefer if they didn't, but I have no control over that, so it hardly matters.
We're not called to live a comfy life and convert people in peace, we're called to suffering. So if that means missionaries have to go to a hostile country and fight for the truth under threat of persecution, so be it. It's not some great injustice if another country does the same thing ours does (well, maybe from a spiritual perspective, but still).
As for war, a war that isn't for self-defense isn't just. And it's not self-defense to wage a holy war just to convert people.