David Hayward shared the above cartoon, which makes the point that people with the same sacred texts apply them in very different ways. And so it can be argued that what people do with a sacred text is much more interest and telling than what the text itself says. A text which teaches love will not prevent people from carrying out atrocities, and a text which depicts people committing genocide will not prevent people from acting kindly towards others.
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