{"id":54819,"date":"2024-02-15T12:31:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/lets-examine-the-harmful-side-of-religions\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:11:26","slug":"see-the-harmful-side-of-religions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/see-the-harmful-side-of-religions\/","title":{"rendered":"SEE THE HARMFUL SIDE OF RELIGIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"54819\" class=\"elementor elementor-54819 elementor-22378\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1972ae3 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"1972ae3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3e09cd\" data-id=\"b3e09cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21af7f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21af7f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! SEE THE HARMFUL SIDE OF RELIGIONS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c1b4ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c1b4ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab14b5c\" data-id=\"ab14b5c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35edc80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35edc80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some religions are double-edged swords, possessing A VERY BENIGN SIDE (such as love for one&#8217;s neighbor, charity, zakat, not doing to others what you don&#8217;t want done to you, and doing to others what you want done to you), but at the same time a DARK SIDE that causes great suffering to a large number of innocent victims.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the traditionalist versions of these religions (contrary to their tolerant and benign versions), anyone who deviates from their <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-rational-avoid-dogmatism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>dogmas<\/u><\/a><\/span> is harmed, even if they do not belong to that religion, sometimes with great cruelty. For this reason, throughout history, atrocities have been carried out in the name of faith, such as torturing in very cruel ways, like the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iron_maiden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doncella_de_hierro&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708074799533000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3pXHQM-YLaqyLYvFDAUnE2\">iron maiden<\/a><\/span><\/span>, sawing people in half, burning them alive or throwing aggressive dogs to tear them apart.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-14.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22415 size-full\" title=\"LET'S SEE THE HARMFUL SIDE OF RELIGIONS\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-14.jpg 353w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-14-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">And the number of victims of different types has been hundreds or even thousands of millions. The genocide of Hindus by Muslims alone may have accounted for hundreds of millions of deaths. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there is no need to look back to the past, as today in countries where the majority are Muslim or conservative Christians, there are often prison sentences (or even death sentences) for those who deviate from their <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/think-for-yourself-and-say-no-to-toxic-indoctrination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>religious doctrine<\/u><\/a><\/span>, such as those who engage in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/never-harm-the-lgbti-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homosexual acts<\/a><\/span><\/span>, apostates, blasphemers, those who <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/allow-safe-abortion-and-prevent-harmful-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>abort<\/u><\/a><\/span> fetuses that do not yet feel, etc. Or in conservative Hindu environments, the unfair caste system persists, especially harmful to the untouchables.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When religion preaches harming others, it is like mixing fire with gasoline, because if human beings already have an abusive side due to our hyper-predatory nature, when religion accentuates it, the result can be fatal.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because Homo sapiens also has a very credulous and superstitious aspect, that of magical thinking, which makes them very prone to following religions and spiritual leaders wherever they go. Even if it means throwing themselves into a well, as in the Crusades, or throwing others, like the ancient Carthaginians, who performed human sacrifices with children. There are enough people who quickly sign up for any bombardment of evil to then promote it.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some say that all religions are respectable. And while it is true that the general rule should be a culture of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/respect-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>respect<\/u><\/a><\/span>, this has a limit: abuse. No outrage is respectable, and when a way of thinking advocates evil, like Nazism, it loses its honorability.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because kidnapping an innocent person (no matter how much they contravene a religious doctrine) to imprison them for years is a crime, just like assaulting them or harming them in any other way. Therefore, religious traditionalism that is promoting (successfully in many countries) the criminalization of homosexuality or other behaviors by INNOCENT people who deviate from their <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-rational-avoid-dogmatism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>dogmas<\/u><\/a><\/span> is criminal. Let&#8217;s call things by their name instead of being complicit with criminal movements.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22421\" title=\"LET'S SEE THE HARMFUL SIDE OF RELIGIONS\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image002-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image002.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/mundo\/noticias-internacional-65105797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIEW ARTICLE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ef0a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"87ef0a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1421\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1421\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Read more...<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1421\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1421\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s be straightforward in explaining the objective facts, even if criminals dislike it, whether they are perpetrators or accomplices. Because, although victimizers never like their misdeeds to be exposed or questioned, their clear exposure and dissemination are essential for justice.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s be even clearer: in many countries, those majorities of Muslim and conservative Christian citizens who support laws that punish innocent people with prison sentences (where they are also frequently beaten and mistreated) are criminals, just as many Western grandparents were.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s continue to speak bluntly: in ancient times in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, there was considerable tolerance towards homosexuality, free thought, philosophies, religions and changes of religion. Greek and Hellenistic culture (characteristic of the empire conquered by Alexander the Great) was slave-owning but open and tolerant. Then Roman culture was imposed, which was enormously unjust in several aspects (slave-owning, conquering and repressive towards those who resisted its dominion), but quite tolerant regarding sexuality, religion and freedom of thought and expression.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if all that changed, it was because, first, traditionalist Christians arrived, determined to rigorously apply the Bible. Many of them were no angels, as, although benign in some aspects and charitable, they created a social dictatorship that has lasted for millennia based on punishments, mistreatment, torture and murder. Later arrived conservative Muslims, who had a lot in common with traditionalist Christians. Although some may think they are very different, they also imposed their Sharia and a repressive dictatorship on those who deviate from the dogmas of the Quran and the Hadith. And the same has happened in many other places around the world.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-15.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22422 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-15.jpg 200w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-15-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another dark side of various religions, such as Abrahamic faiths or Hinduism, is the denigration of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-not-harm-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>women<\/u><\/a><\/span> and the granting of privileges to men at the expense of women&#8217;s rights.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And also part of the gray side of many religions is their <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-be-open-and-avoid-harmful-gregariousness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>excessively gregarious<\/u><\/a><\/span> use, as a group identity, sometimes exacerbated, similar to <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/raise-awareness-of-the-harm-caused-by-racism-ethnicism-nationalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>racism\/ethnicism\/ultranationalism<\/u><\/a><\/span>. In fact, one type of ethnicism is ethno-religious. This has led to religious wars, genocides (such as the Jewish, Armenian, Greek or Assyrian), massacres, and ethno-religious cleansing, as in the 1990s in the Balkans. And it continues to be the cause of conflicts and attacks today.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, the Enlightenment and its offspring, liberal movements, have partially opened the suffocating social cage brought by religious intolerance, but there is still a long way to go.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And we are very fortunate that there are many benevolent believers who want to end the aforementioned scourges, such as Pope Francis and reformist bishops, priests, and grassroots Catholics, especially in places like Germany and Belgium. And also progressive Presbyterians, Anglicans, and other Protestants, liberal Muslims, or modernizing Hindus.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING:<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-the-harmful-part-of-religions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Reform the harmful side of religions<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for sharing to end the evil side of religions and achieve a more just and happy world.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2414858 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--shape-circle elementor-share-buttons--align-center elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-grid-0 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5733e11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5733e11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong> Xavier Paya <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>Live Without Harming initiative<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET US NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against the aggressor<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Read:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Y-BstuMG-ZGz1yLfoAV21\">other<span style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\"> articles<\/span> from DO NO HARM!&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ca44a3 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ca44a3\" 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