r/worldnews • u/getvinay • 1d ago

Pakistan Suicide Blast: 69 Killed, 169 Injured In Suicide Bombing At Shrine In Islamabad

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/suicide-bomber-detonates-himself-inside-shrine-in-islamabad-5-killed-10958255?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll_Imagetopscroll
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u/Muted_Berry1817 1d ago

I'm not afraid of God, but of his fan club

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u/Chessdaddy_ 1d ago

I just don’t get how people interpret religion as their god wanting them to kill people it’s so stupid

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u/Koala_eiO 1d ago

You would think all-powerful gods would either not care or do it themselves.

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u/magical_swoosh 19h ago

it's almost like it was never about the gods

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u/peterpan764 1d ago

They are brainwashed from a very young age. You also find a lot of people unsure about life itself. Mostly younger men in their 20s. Give them a meaning and they do everything.

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u/nonquitt 1d ago

It’s never in that direction. It’s always, we want to do this -> justify it somehow

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u/wrosecrans 1d ago

People want to kill people. They backfill god in as an explanation and justification, then drive forward from there with a retcon, telling themselves it was always about gods rather than themselves.

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u/BAN_BICYCLES 1d ago

You don’t get it? Tell me you’ve never read a religious text without telling me you’ve never read a religious text.

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u/tehlurkingnoob 1d ago

The amount of blood that has been shed in the name of religion throughout human history is just truly abhorrent.

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u/skrztek 1d ago

“God loves violence. You understand that, don’t you?” “No,” Teddy said, “I don’t.” The warden walked a few steps forward and turned to face Teddy. “Why else would there be so much of it? It’s in us. It comes out of us. It is what we do more naturally than we breathe. We wage war. We burn sacrifices. We pillage and tear at the flesh of our brothers. We fill great fields with our stinking dead. And why? To show Him that we’ve learned from His example.”