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Chapter 5: Sacred Power Of Violence In Popular Culture

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Chapter 5 Sacred power of violence in popular culture.

“So, the violence is not simply a matter of retaliating against those who perpetuate evil (though such revenge can be sweet), it is a matter of serving a greater divine purpose. Ultimately that divine purpose makes the use of violence a moral (because commanded-implicitly of explicitly-by God) action.” (Bain-Selbo pg. 74)
Who has the right to consitute what acts of violence are necessary?
Do you run the risk of granting people the right to do whatever they please as long as they justify it in the name of their religion?
It only gives those who are against religion even more of a reason to be against it.
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