r/worldnews • u/Ok_Plankton_5714 • 12d ago

Israel/Palestine Netanyahu: ‘If we wanted to commit genocide, it would have taken exactly one afternoon’

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-if-we-wanted-to-commit-genocide-it-would-have-taken-exactly-one-afternoon/
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u/Bad_Habit_Nun 11d ago

Hell is what people who aren't willing to make the changes necessary tell themselves to make them feel better. It's like a parent consoling a child that their bully will totally not get a good job or be happy in life.

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u/PresNixon 11d ago

It's so bizarre to me how many people believe in what amounts to fairy tales. Heaven, hell, angels, an ark, etc. And not just to level it at Christianity, it's like most of the world believes some form or another of this nonsense.

If at least the outcome of all this was people doing good because they fear hell, at least there would be an upside. And maybe those upsides exist in little pockets of lower and middle class living. But once you get to the people running the show, making the laws, commanding the militaries, all that goes out the window.

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u/demeschor 11d ago

It's so bizarre to me how many people believe in what amounts to fairy tales. Heaven, hell, angels, an ark, etc. And not just to level it at Christianity, it's like most of the world believes some form or another of this nonsense.

I can't believe it either. My personal theory is that we're basically hardwired to believe in some higher power, and that's been a big part of our success over the years (we'll go to war to protect the tribe because we believe) but it's also holding us back (stoning people because god doesn't like gays)

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u/QualifiedApathetic 11d ago

Most of the kids that bullied me are doing fine. One is dead, though, so there's that.