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[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It still pushes the "us vs them" mentality that any religion does, which in my opinion makes it no better than others. And truth be told, scripture and dogma has nothing to do with it either, it's all just tribalism.

The Indian government under Modi pushes a nationalist Hindu agenda which encourages violence against religious minorities like Muslims and Sikhs. This causes religious extremism, directed towards establishing a national Hindu religion in India like you see with Islam and Judaism in the Middle East.

And before anyone says Buddhism is different (I was raised in a Buddhist household, to clarify), see Myanmar's conflict with the Rohingya which is perpetuated by militant Buddhists. Sri Lanka has also long been dealing with similar acts of violence against the Tamil Hindus and Arab Muslims perpetuated by the Sinhalese Buddhist majority.

Any religion has the propensity to become "cult-like" based on social circumstances, and this is heightened all the more when nationalism is thrown into the mix.

this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2024
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