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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
One would think the common thread is not total supplication to the power wielding
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The common thread is belief in elites to centrally plan large and infinitely complex societies, and the enthusiasm to crack as many eggs as necessary to make the glorious omelet that is never quite ready.
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Why would theism/deism NOT be tribal? Tribe of isreal?
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I'm saying that tribalism is necessary to murder on a tribal scale, but theism is not necessary to tribalism.
For example, hunter/gatherer tribes were not theistic, but murdered, scalped, raped and exploited members of other tribes.
A tribe might have a theistic core, such as Hamas, but the necessary component to elicit torturing, raping, and murdering other tribes is early training to view outgroups as subhuman, below the dignity of other animals.
Theism itself isn't what instructs tribes such as Hamas to dedicate their lives to death (both in killing and in dying), because most other theistic religions do not place that as the highest value.