A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country’s hijab law, is said to be “brain dead”, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.
Religion, not even once.
Been sober for a good 15 or so years now. It’s never too late to quit.
That’s unfortunately only an option if you’re born in or live in a country that gives you that option.
It’s a very privileged position to come from but it’s still fucking wild to me the amount of influence religion still holds over the entire planet. It would be hilarious if it weren’t so terrifying
Western religions are a tool to control people and it was always about power and a false sense of superiority, but in the end it is a giant conspiracy theory where billions are entangled.
“Western religions?” West of what? India?
Everything’s west of something else.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_religions
I thought this is a well known term that I thought was unnecessary to explain.
But you can also simply use Google to find more information on the topic.
[Edit] Can someone explain to me why when providing a credible link for a term, I am getting downvoted? Seriously!
Why specify western? Confucianism and eastern philosophies are very controlling themselves. India’s backwards caste system is justified by their religion too.
Organized religions are all tools of control. There’s no regional exceptionalism here. Even Buddhism has a body count.
Simply because I am not so familiar with those religions. What about Buddhism?
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The wester religion of… islam?
Western religions are supposed to be Christianity, Judaism and Islam, yes Islam is part of it but not the only one.
Abrihamic religions then
If only it was that simple
This is the best summary I could come up with:
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country’s hijab law, is said to be “brain dead”, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.
Right groups such as Kurdish-Iranian Hengaw were the first to make Armita Geravand’s hospitalisation public, publishing photos of the 16-year-old girl on social media that showed her unconscious with a respiratory tube and bandage over her head, visibly on life support.
There have been concerns by rights advocates that Geravand might face the same fate as Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of morality police last year sparked months of nationwide anti-government protests that posed one of the boldest challenges to Iran’s clerical rulers.
Iran has denied that Geravand was hurt after a confrontation on Oct. 1 with officers enforcing the mandatory Islamic dress code in the Tehran metro.
Iran’s theocratic establishment has imposed restrictions on women’s dress since a popular revolution deposed the secular and Western-backed Shah in 1979.
Defying the strict Islamic dress code, more women have been appearing unveiled in public places such as malls, restaurants and shops across the country since Amini’s death.
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Religion is a fucking plauge that only serves to divide people. When has religion ever done the world any good? Its just sad…
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I recognize what you’re saying here, the Iranian government would prefer women who are incapable of thinking for themselves, but your phrasing is insensitive at best and borderline racist at worst.
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More Islamofascist misshegas, The Muslims get what they accept, same in Tehran as in Beirut, as in Damascus, as in Sannaa, as in Riyadh, as in Rafah. But but but it’s the Jews abusing the Muslims, don’t you know, it the Jews, the Jews.
Some of us are able to comprehend complexity and hold multiple thoughts in our heads at the same time. It’s possible (and the only way to be logically consistent) to understand that:
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in Iran, Muslim fundamentalists are abusing/killing innocent other Muslims;
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in Israel, Jewish fundamentalists are abusing/killing innocent Muslims, and Muslim fundamentalists are abusing/killing innocent Jews;
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in Palestine, Jewish and Muslim fundamentalists are abusing/killing innocent Muslims.
This isn’t a weekend football game where you have to pick one side, wear their colours and then support them until the final whistle. This is real life, it’s complicated. Don’t turn mass suffering into a sport.
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But but but it’s the Jews abusing the Muslims, don’t you know, it the Jews, the Jews.
No, all Abrahamic religions are by in large completely fucking garbage. Arguing over which is worse is missing the entire point. They all use the same deceptive language and semantics in order to paint anyone who fights against their ideologies as either apostates or bigots.
He passed out 2 hours ago…
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