The controversial police unit enforces Iran's strict dress code and has been accused of brutality.
    • Hypersapien@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      “With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.”

      – Steven Weinberg

      • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Religion is exploited by actual sociopaths to justify their behavior.

        (most forms of) Religion is constructed to be exploited by actual sociopaths to justify their behavior.

        FTFY

    • Art35ian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      ” Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”

        • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful

          Lucius Annaeus Seneca. All it took was copying the line into Google. I’m surprised how often people forget that they can do this.