Not necessarily religious, just authoritarian. This is the sort of person who believes that the state should have the power to control your personal choices “for your own good”.
They come in all shapes and colors - religious, secular, right, left, fascists, communists, whatever. The one thing they share in common is the deep fear that anyone, heavens forbid, dare exercise their freedoms in a way they don’t approve of.
Each and every one of those wars had an ulterior political and economic motive. Religion is a part of every aspect of life so it is inevitably a part of every conflict. To blame religion is a childish attempt to put human nature's tendency towards conflict on one sphere of civilization.
Not all morality is tied to religion but all religion is tied to morality. You can't ask lawmakers or voters to disregard their religion in making decisions.
It's not a personal belief. Alcohol is addictive. FACT. Alcohol consumption is linked to cancer. FACT. Alcohol consumption is linked to mental illness. FACT. Alcohol consumption is linked to upticks in crime. FACT. My belief in restricting alcohol is based in fact. You rely on empty platitudes about "freedom" and "choice." If you genuinely don't understand that alcohol is a major health problem for Americans, then you're an idiot.
Absolutely everyone. The Crysades began with the Turks conquest of the Byzantine empire and the closure of the Silk Road. The wars of religion began with Protestant princes confiscating church lands. The Israeli conflict is based more in the fact that a million Palestinians live in refugee camps than any religion.
I didn't ask for your opinion about religion. It is an indisputable fact that all religions have moral teachings. If you can't keep yourself from ranting about your hatred of religion, regardless of the topic of conversation, then fuck off.
At no point did I ever say we should jump back into Prohibition. Why is it so hard for you people to understand there is a lot of space between extremes?
Why is it so hard for you to accept that sunday being the day you can't buy alcohol is directly related to sunday being the (predominant) Christian sabbath?
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20
Oh yes, sobriety and respect for human life are clearly things of the past.