Which has been the more silly and destructive made up concept: race or religion?

[Cave Savage]

Neither are good answers.
For one race isn't a made up concept. It's clear physical and deep rooted bilogical differences between most of the non hybridized races. A boxer,poodle and chihuahua aren't all the same. They're all different sub species of dogs. If you treated and fed a chihuahua like a pitbull you'd kill it.
And about religion contrary to popular belief religion has done just as much good as it's done harm. And it's not the religion, it's the people. If it wasn't for religion algebra, music, architecture, libraries etc. wouldn't exist. Not to mention most of the worlds greatest leaders followed some sort of religion.

The choices should be the concept of class. From class and wealth stems most of the world's problems.
Or humanities shytty self entitlement to subjugate the earth.

Neither are good answers.
For one race isn't a made up concept. It's clear physical and deep rooted bilogical differences between most of the non hybridized races. A boxer,poodle and chihuahua aren't all the same. They're all different sub species of dogs. If you treated and fed a chihuahua like a pitbull you'd kill it.
And about religion contrary to popular belief religion has done just as much good as it's done harm. And it's not the religion, it's the people. If it wasn't for religion algebra, music, architecture, libraries etc. wouldn't exist. Not to mention most of the worlds greatest leaders followed some sort of religion.

The choices should be the concept of class. From class and wealth stems most of the world's problems.
Or humanities shytty self entitlement to subjugate the earth.

Dog breeds are not different subspecies

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Religion is responsible for less than 10% of ALL major conflicts in recorded history.

The other 90%............race, land, money.

The most destructive made-up concept is 'White Supremacy'.....so my answer is race.

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[Audemar]

This is such liberal kumbaya hippy bullshyt..
Race is not a social construct..it exists beyond culture as it is a genetic construct and not social..I swear thecoli sometimes..

Basically youre saying in a perfect world everyone would be blind to clear physical racial differences

"I swear thecoli sometimes..." Yeah, me too. Where did I say what's in bold? Perceived physical differences aren't the same as genetic differences, but you already have your mind made up so I won't bother. As you were.

 

[ba'al]

Dog breeds are not different subspecies

Okay? Doesn't take away from my point though.
Wrong terminology I used I guess? But go back and re read my post and substitute "subspecies" with "breed".

 

[3rdWorld]

"I swear thecoli sometimes..." Yeah, me too. Where did I say what's in bold? Perceived physical differences aren't the same as genetic differences, but you already have your mind made up so I won't bother. As you were.

The very idea that race is a social construct is inane,and anyone mentioning that will be deemed as such..

 

[Cowboyz89]

Religion is the clear victor. It is the single most destructive thing this planet has ever seen. The only competition is disease.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

The very idea that race is a social construct is inane,and anyone mentioning that will be deemed as such..

There is no such thing as a 'White' race. That was a made-up social construct.​

 

[jerniebert]

Religion is the cause of so many wars. I'll have to go with that. Plus religion is a choice. Race isn't.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Religion is the clear victor. It is the single most destructive thing this planet has ever seen.

False. Less than 10% of ALL major conflicts in recorded human history are attributable to religion.....

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[Verbal Kint]

People blame religion for stuff when its just one tool of many those in power can use to manipulate people. Stalin killed millions without the help of religion. Same with many others. Most things people blame religion for are far more about power and politics than religion

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Only on the coli is this a debate.... Shout out to @Dafunkdoc_Unlimited

 

[Audemar]

Only on the coli is this a debate.... Shout out to @Dafunkdoc_Unlimited

It's not a fair debate because race proportionally affects and disadvantages Black people more than anyone else. Religion is a more of a variety.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

It's not a fair debate because race proportionally affects and disadvantages Black people more than anyone else. Religion is a more of a variety.

That's a fair point... Maybe this should be in regards to blacks exclusively for sake of discussion

 

[Verbal Kint]

Also religion is largely something people do communally or personally to better themselves or their community. Its rare that individuals just up and decide to commit violent acts against other individuals because 'my religion says to'. 9/10 times in history when religion was used as some sort of reason for conflict it was caused by a government looking to increase it's territory/wealth/power and using propaganda to paint it as a righteous conflict. We've seen the same thing without religion. WWII here in the states was billed as a morally righteous conflict even as we allied with a government that had and continued to murder its own citizens that didn't fall in line. Its easy for people to yell 'yea religion sucks!' when they don't know what they're talking about. Ghengis Khan killed possibly hundreds of millions of people and couldn't care less what religion anyone was.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Also religion is largely something people do communally or personally to better themselves or their community. Its rare that individuals just up and decide to commit violent acts against other individuals because 'my religion says to'. 9/10 times in history when religion was used as some sort of reason for conflict it was caused by a government looking to increase it's territory/wealth/power and using propaganda to paint it as a righteous conflict. We've seen the same thing without religion. WWII here in the states was billed as a morally righteous conflict even as we allied with a government that had and continued to murder its own citizens that didn't fall in line. Its easy for people to yell 'yea religion sucks!' when they don't know what they're talking about. Ghengis Khan killed possibly hundreds of millions of people and couldn't care less what religion anyone was.

More people have died in the last 100 years due to secular causes, than the prior 3,000+ years due to religious causes.​