Does religious belief encourage discrimination?

Answer 1

Of course it does.....
Christians bash all the Eastern religions don't they?
If you're not a Christian then you're going to hell... it's not just discrimination.... it's judgemental and self righteous.

Answer 2

Not necessarily. At least not any more than a belief in anything else does. If you choose to believe in something, then by declaring yourself a member of that belief system or school of thought, you've already separated yourself ideologically from people who don't share your viewpoint. That's not always a bad thing, and can be useful in identifying and pinpointing one's own beliefs. It only gets truly discriminatory if the viewpoint you're subscribing to is practicing open hostility and intolerance (such as certain racist groups, or groups willing to do violence toward others to get their point across). But no, stating that you believe in a religion doesn't necessarily equate to discrimination, except in the case of saying that you believe one set of ideas over another, but that works the same way with non-religious systems of thought.

Answer 3

yes, discrimination against those that do not believe as they do....and racial discrimination too....in my small town church as a child, in the 80's a black woman, wanted to join...and my church "encouraged" her to join the 2nd Baptist instead, (2md Baptist was black congregation)

Southern Baptists are just that because they broke from the Northern Baptists over the issue of slavery...Southern Baptists, thought slavery to be ordained by God....something they just apologized for in 1995...so, a little behind time

Answer 4

deffinetly. it's sad, but unfortunetly some christians look down on those who aren't. i did when i was christian.

Answer 5

No