Religion And This Hate That Is Upon Us
Naija News • 2h ago
OKEY ANUEYIAGU
Throughout history and the present day, the core principles of human existence have been co-opted, abused and completely weaponized to represent hate. This is despite the astronomical growth in religion. Christians, Muslims, atheists, heathens and agnostics, have all practiced and promoted hate. There have been rampant cynical exploitations of faith and religion to justify hate and the depravity at the heart of human suffering and deprivation.
Our various religions have been hijacked by extremist groups who seek to flex and impose their puritanical strict, and often narrow views on the world. They have deployed their morality to justify oppressive and hateful practices in all that they do. They have consistently ignored the good virtues ingrained in their holy books and do...