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  • Etterra@discuss.onlinetoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldNice
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    12 hours ago

    It does give them justification, which honestly might actually be worst. Because if they can justify their decisions to be horrible people, even if only to themselves, there’s nothing they won’t do. Getting around cognitive dissonance is the real trick, and religion is a really effective excuse in that regard. People have been using it for thousands of years for that exact purpose.