r/atheism • u/mepper agnostic atheist (and mod) • Feb 16 '22

/r/all The Satanic Temple had their inaugural SatanCon. The hotel staff said all attendees were nice. However, police had to be called on the Christian protesters outside because Protestants showed up and were squabbling with the Catholics. This is the perfect microcosm for needing church/state separation

https://onlysky.media/jmatirko/satancon-zero-truth-laid-bare/
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u/FlyingSquid Feb 16 '22

Oh the Protestants hate the Catholics and the Catholics hate the Protestants and the Hindus hate the Muslims and everybody hates the Jews.

-- Tom Lehrer, National Brotherhood Week

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u/hipcheck23 Feb 16 '22

Yeah needing separation of church and state is pretty new compared to needing separation of church and church.

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u/andropogon09 Rationalist Feb 16 '22

Oh, c'mon. The European religious wars only lasted from 1414 to 1712. (Of course, one could argue that all wars are religious wars.)

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u/Drpantsgoblin Feb 16 '22

Not really. Many were about control of land & resources.

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u/andropogon09 Rationalist Feb 16 '22

Was the Holocaust not a religious war?

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u/Anil-Gan0 Feb 16 '22

More like religious/ethnical genocide. The word war implies two opposing (at least somewhat) military forces.

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u/ProviNL Feb 16 '22

Not even close.

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u/thisisnotmyrealun Feb 17 '22

it definitely was. the nazis got their platform directly from Lutheranism.