does religion play an oppressive role in conflicts with a religious nature?

Question

do you believe that we cannot eliminate the oppression by getting rid of rulers or by making new laws.

and do you believe that they are specific priveleged groups that are benneficiaries of the opression of the other groups, and that they do not typically understand themselves to be agents of oppression?

Answer 1

Yes, unfortunately religion has played an oppressive role. The privileged groups that are the beneficiaries try to live in a state of denial but I'm sure they know that they are agents of oppression. That's why they often look for, and unfortunately, get scapegoats to blame for the problems they've caused.

Answer 2

Obviously religion plays an oppressive role if the conflicts are of a religious nature. I do not believe we can eliminate the oppression by getting rid of rulers or by making new laws. The new rulers would have been influenced by the old regime and would duplicate their efforts. New laws would not help, the old ones didn't

I do believe that there are specified privileged groups that are the beneficiaries of the oppression of other groups, but I do not think they typically understand themselves to be agents of oppression, I think they will see themselves as zealots.

Answer 3

Jesus never doubted that Satan is the ruler of this world. In some miraculous way, Satan once showed Jesus “all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.” Satan then promised Jesus: “All these things I will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me.” (Matthew 4:8, 9; Luke 4:5, 6) Think about this. Would that offer have been a temptation to Jesus if Satan was not the ruler of these kingdoms? Jesus did not deny that all these worldly governments were Satan’s. Surely, Jesus would have done that if Satan was not the power behind them.

With each passing year, the world is becoming more and more dangerous. It is overrun with warring armies, dishonest politicians, hypocritical religious leaders, and hardened criminals. The world as a whole is beyond reform. The Bible reveals that the time is near when God will eliminate the wicked world during his war of Armageddon. This will make way for a righteous new world.—Revelation 16:14-16.

“The wicked one will be no more . . . But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth.” (Psalm 37:10, 11) Peace will exist because ‘God will make wars cease to the ends of the earth.’ (Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 2:4) Then “the righteous one will sprout, and the abundance of peace until the moon is no more”—and that means forever!—Psalm 72:7.