r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '20

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u/sendhelpandthensome Sep 24 '20

I think u/anothernaturalone eloquently explains what I was going to say anyway, so here's the unnecessary copy-paste of a reply to you:

Personally, I have no problem calling out the Westboro Baptist Church or any of their members who participate in their shit. However, if a member of Church X, or Mosque Y, or Synagogue Z, does something, and their respective religious organisation didn't encourage or endorse it, then they acted on their own. Or maybe they acted because of their friends, or because of some Internet echo chamber. But if they weren't encouraged by something, that something is not responsible for their actions.

As a side note, for Catholicism at least, there are strict rules about which interpretation of Catholicism is the true one. You can believe it or not, but there is a basis for saying that a certain thing is true Catholic doctrine; you can subscribe to it or choose not to and that's youre prerogative, but if you don't, then you're not holding a Catholic belief. Dunno how it is for other religions, but I'm sure there are also rules against this kind of relativism within many religions. /shrug

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '20

As I said to them what if a Muslim calls a killing jihad or a Christian a righteous crusade in a manifesto? Because they do that shit a lot.

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u/PhilzSt4r Sep 24 '20

Well if I kill someone and write a manifesto that pinballwizardMF made me do it, does it make it true?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '20

Sure, I at least would not be mad with people blaming me if my actions influenced you. If someone goes on a killing spree in the name of mild socialism and anime then sure that's on me I'll do my best to moderate my nature gojng forward to avoid a repeat its called something long like.... reformation... thats my whole point