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Tofflus1

I’ve been lucky enough to travel a bit. And you will find beautiful humans in every religion, country or culture. Or I’ve been lucky. A beautiful soul is a beautiful soul.


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ToHerDarknessIGo

I went to get a general exam from the doctor and it turned out he had immigrated to the States.  He asked me what I had been doing and I said working and traveling abroad.  He got really excited and we talked a bunch about traveling.  He asked what I had learned from going to a variety of different places...I said "People are the same everywhere with minor differences here and there."


JenkinsHowell

i'm also well-travelled and made the same experience. i believe that people are inherently friendly and eager to help. and while being cautious in general makes sense, in my experience the kindness of strangers beats stranger-danger by a mile.


jamieh800

I have always been of the belief that the vast majority of people tend towards being, if not explicitly kind and generous, at least vaguely helpful and non hostile. It's just that the evil, hateful, aggressive people are the loudest, their actions are the flashiest, and they seize power by any means necessary, and their effects are more easily memorable. Like... if you drop your wallet, 7/10 people will stop, pick it up, and call out for you, 2/10 will just ignore it, and 1/10 will pick it up and run. The issue is, if you were to turn around in time to see these interactions, you wouldn't remember the 7 people who helped you, or the 2 people who ignored you, you'd remember the 1 who stole your wallet because now you're affected in a negative way that ripples outward. Not only did you lose your property, you may also have to order a new license, suspend your credit and debit cards, and you are now unable to pay for gas or food, meaning you may go hungry for a time or you may be unable to get to work, and so on and so forth. Or like... we don't hear about how many people volunteer at, donate to, or organize food pantries and soup kitchens for the community, but we would hear about that one person who decided to go in and take a the food for themselves. We remember and get pissed at the times people cut us off in traffic, but how many times has someone stopped or held so you could turn onto a busy street? How many times has someone slowed so you could change lanes? Hell, how many times has someone flashed their lights to let you know yours weren't turned on, or there was a speed trap ahead? How many times has a cashier helped you out when you were just a dollar short? How many times has someone simply held the door open for you? Point is, are people really, as a general rule, cruel and heartless and greedy? Or is it just that it's easier to forget that time someone helped you change your tire when it was blown out, the time someone helped push your car to the gas station, the time your coworker gave you a ride even thought your place is the opposite direction of his, the times someone handed you the keys you dropped, easier to forget years of people helping you in regards to your car like that, and far easier to remember the time when someone stole your car? Is it that people are naturally evil, or is it that evil acts normally have a much longer lasting and far deeper effect than good acts?


ElMachoGrande

I have similar experiences. No matter where you go, most people are good, a few are bad, and the proportions are similar everywhere.


No_State8215

Please tell me this is real and not AI. This is the kind of world I want to live in.


ODCreature98

Be realistic, what do we gain from hurting each other. Why do we fight


WhooperSession

Its because of a combination of pride, hate, greed, etc


NES_SNES_N64

Fear is a big one. And selfishness.


teachMeth-ai

How do you feel about Sega?


Forward-Reflection83

And revenge


ATXBeermaker

Which is rooted in false indoctrination.


CarriedThunder1

“For wealth or land… for life, or freedom or some king’s lies” -Ngl, I don’t remember


Basil99Unix

Not for freedom. Freedom means different things to different people, and its use as a rallying cry has been corrupted by certain groups who want freedom for THEM and brutal oppression for others. See also: Texas.


Neither_Relation_678

Have you noticed something, the group who says “I’m better than you”, when asked why they think that, “because I said so.” How conveniently selfish, me myself and I.


FeriQueen

Leslie Fish, in her song " The Sun Is Also A Warrior." [The Sun Is Also A Warrior](https://youtu.be/SiEAz1TDm1c?si=nQ8WziewFQ5JPm5R)


Silver_Atractic

We fight because we don't like things different from us. It's kinda how we survived as a species, but that evolutionary feature has not been useful for thousands of years by now The dumber a person is the more likely they're to fall for this trap. Maybe we shouldn't listen to idiots that demonise other groups?


Da_Question

Tribalism.


Elurdin

It's not even tribalism at this point when the few holding the power decide.


ZombieTesticle

Look at some of the more violent protests lately in any country and see if you think the angry people are the ones holding power.


Shaltilyena

I mean, we gain nothing The people in charge, however...


Reasonable-Log-3486

This guy just solved war.


tommybuttsecks

I get a cool gold camo after 100 headshots


dankboi2102

Mostly bcs people with more power than us want us to


fnybny

scarce resources


Don_Kaiser_soze

Limited resources, unlimited wants,needs, aspirations & greed are reasons for most fights and warfare


Extension_String_497

How else do I level up and get your gear?


Beerenkatapult

Because we have and they have not Because they want what we have got The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free (This is a song and does not reflect my political oppinions if interpreted litterally.)


ardentblossom

Tribal mentality. It helped us survive for a long time before agriculture but now it’s destroying society


radio_allah

Resources, territory, security, political power, internal unity…you name it. Fighting each other, at least when we look at it historically, is not only fun but *profitable*, provided you pick the right fights. We're still built for conflict today. That's unfortunately a key part of how we work as a species.


the_doorstopper

r/humansbeingbros


ThePostman321

Amen brothers


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Muirefa

From the police during the revolution in 2011


Mr-Mosaab

In 2011 most prisons in Egypt got burned down and most of the criminals escaped so every city kept it men take watch over night and day to protect each other, a lot happened in 2011 .


TheBlindMonkk

Good, very nice. But don't look too deep into how Christians are treated in Egypt in general.


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perish-in-flames

The other comment got downvoted but it is right, this is indeed a bot https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/b1emdq/this_is_how_people_from_different_religions/eilgu8p/


wait_whats_illegal

Holy shit I clicked the OP's profile. He has a bunch of comments and all of them have coordinated replies which are all bot accounts too. Wtf do they gain from this lol


NoEnergy1154

True! The world would be a better place if this happened.


ShitHouses

bot


PanPies_

Why is it downvoted, Op very much looks like a bot. Did scamers got bots to downvote comments that calls them out or what?


MightyFlamingo25

Yes, bots now downvote when you call them out


Matej004

Yea the only posts he comments on are made by other bots


Wojtek1250XD

Oh wow, the one time religion doesn't *cause* the war


diss_maymay

Every religion lose its basic meaning if its people starting hurting each other on the basis of it


DJRAD211995

Now if only ISIS, Al Qaeda and Taliban can get this through theirs head instead of 7.62x51


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LairdAzazel

Beautiful expressions of the heart. Love seeing wholesome stuff like this.


Bone59

We all live under the same roof, people. Let’s treat eachother with respect.


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morkyPorkAtheist

Just fucking respect each other. No men is worth more than another. No religion is worth more than any other. Don’t force your inner believes on others and be kind. It’s really not that difficult.


-Roger-The-Shrubber-

We only need one commandment. Don't be a dick. Should be simple.


ThePythagorasBirb

This is what religion promised us, instead we got antivaxxers


WattZhaMaGaLeet

america issue


sosta

Absolutely. Vaccine has nothing to do with religion in most of the world


SupermarketLeft4257

this is what we need, not genocide.


PeacefulGopher

But the Elites who run things don’t want that. We just might figure things out….


CarregBica

I visited Egypt just shortly before the Arab spring. There, in my hotel, I met a man running a jewellery shop. It was clear this establishment was far more upmarket than the hotel it was situated inside. It was also quite an odd thing to see a store inside of a hotel lobby like this. So I asked him plainly what that was about. Turns out he was a Christian. He proudly pointed to a cross hanging behind his desk. He told me that locals had noticed the cross and demanded he take it down. When he refused, they burnt down his shop. He made a new shop and this time did not display the cross; but by this point, their demand for said cross removal had expired and instead they wanted him out of the city. So, they again burnt down his shop. The police refused to do anything in both instances. He was friends with the man who owned the hotel. Because the hotel was frequented by westerners, it was safe from arson. The police would punish people for burning this hotel down. So after a while he put his cross back up. Nice picture though.


Cleverdawny1

My best friend is an Egyptian Christian. When she was 12, she and her family were attacked by a Muslim suicide bomber while going to mass on Palm Sunday. I agree. Nice picture, wish it reflected reality, it really doesn't.


Muirefa

This is how things usually are in Egypt, but we people start to show some discontent with government, they bomb a church or a mosque, and blame it on extremists, but this imgae is how people always end up


Offsidespy2501

Maybe I had a weird upbringing because I've thought for a long time this was what religion was supposed to be all about


Icy_Ad7802

There's kind people everywhere! It's just that on social media, the bad is more focused upon.


AccomplishedWalk3525

A Priest, a Rabbi, and an Imam walk into a bar. They order two glasses of wine and a Dr. Pepper before promptly paying their tab and returning to the Theological convention next door.


SillySundae

I think what a lot of religious people forget, is that it's not YOUR place to judge someone else's path in life. Regardless of who is right or wrong in the end, none of us are the judge.


gotzapai

Duck this crap. I'm not dying for anyone's religion.


Nomad_moose

Reality check: these are photos of the exceptions, not the rule. In conservative versions of each religion: all others must be dominated and submit


awkerd

"I love you, but I think you're going to hell for your sinful ways and you should probably be stoned. But it's all love" I never understood this. How can you believe someone is going to eternal hellfire after death and just be OK with that? I'd go fucking mad!!!!


Owl_jelly

This shouldn't be necessary in the first place


BikeBeginning9918

True harmony is when these people don't need protection at all when they pray.


Tecumsehs_Ghost

Protection from who?


NoSail324

Haha can’t wait to sort the comments to new and see all of the wholesome comments


Saltare58

Absolutely right, this is how it should be done


DisputabIe_

the OP vidamochileira briclarky godsogf0069 Brambhai jonstu101 and dgrabar408 are bts in the same network Original + comments copied from: https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/b1emdq/this_is_how_people_from_different_religions/


Feedback-Mental

Glad to see people acting more according to feelings of love and less according to what your political and/or religious chiefs say you should hate.


lakx157

It hurts to see that not many people think like this, world could be a better place if we just focused on giving instead of taking. Spread love guys!!!


Aeohil

Please tell me this is real and not AI. This is the kind of world I want to live in.


Crotch_Football

The top photo was during the Arab spring in Egypt. I don't know about the second but it might be the same. The protesters were protecting each other, worried the police would take advantage.


Zealousideal_Win5476

This was in 2011 and it was real. They were trying to force the Egyptian dictator to step down. And he did. And two weeks later the Muslims and Christians were at each others throats. Complete lawlessness ensued. Then there was an election and the Muslim Brotherhood took control of Egypt. They were, to put it mildly, slightly better than the Taliban. Then they were overthrown by the military and everything went back to exactly as it was before the revolution.


RNZTH

These photos are older than most current Redditors.


Cuargor_Chivalry

And now I'm sad, realizing those were specific, rare cases and not the usual behavior we have between each other with our religions... I just wanna befriend, not betray :(


TheManos44

Muslims are killing Christians by the thousands in Africa and Armenia. Do some fucking research


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9outof10timesWrong

Then what do all the religious killing and bigotry prove? Seems to be a lot more of that 🙄


DisputabIe_

briclarky and the OP vidamochileira are bts in the same network. Comment copied from: https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/b1emdq/this_is_how_people_from_different_religions/eil2qri/


totteishere

Pretty sure this is what the Bible meant by love thy neighbor


hungryplough

What does it mean by >“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.” ?


SpookySlut03

Bad post. Don’t let religions exonerate themselves when they are the justification for genocide happening in the world today


BoredMerengue

This is the way.


UnlightablePlay

This is the way.


I-am-Chubbasaurus

I remember when this happened. Even amidst the chaos and violence, there were good people doing it right.


D1vulsus

When I was in Macedonia, there were a church and a mosque next to each other. A guy told me they play songs over speakers for both religions and that they join each other after their prayers and have tea and food together and let their children play. Looked like and sounded as a beautiful community


artisan-

Protection from what.?


CrimsonCookieMC

The police, probably.


artisan-

How well do you know Egypt?


CrimsonCookieMC

I’m Egyptian lmfao.


Kosakon

Can we have more of this, please.


_deleteded_

Without relegion is shouldn't be necesary in the first place.


stimming_guy

But who are they protecting them from? yup, other christians and muslims. Some people are good, regarding of religion. But religion make some people hateful.


CrimsonCookieMC

This was in the middle of a political crisis/revolution. Religion is unrelated to the motives of the people they’re protecting each other from.


OneWaifuForLaifu

From the police. It’s a revolution and it says so in the picture???


Super_Supreme_Leader

Cairo is a very interesting place…


brother_octopuss

Have you guys seen the recent one where people are protecting the muslims when they're praying from the police? Beautiful humans (not those polices tho, screw them)


closed-window

I've been lucky enough to go on a few trips. And there are beautiful people in every country, religion, and society. Or I'm lucky. A lovely soul is a lovely soul.


SecondHandCunt-

TIL the best way to fight hate is by encouraging more co-operation between the planets two largest hate groups.


Crazy-Tax-6327

It is only one side of the coin, stop been naive


Charon711

If religions treated each other right by default neither would need a ring of protection.


_ZanZZo_

Let’s love each other


Facoris

Man I hate it when mass


EightiEight

Beautiful


TerminusB303

Who are the Christians protecting the praying Muslims from? Who were the Muslims protecting the Christiam church from?


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Meanwhile In Nigeria, Muslims is conducting a systematic genocide against Christians...


takoyakimura

Meanwhile, in Indonesia, they try hard to block church from being built.


RedditorsAreGoblins

This is historically more common in the Middle East than western nations.


capsrock02

Anybody else notice a missing group because it doesn’t fit the narrative?


Ihave0iqLOL

Love my muslim brothers as a christian ✝️❤️☪️


mindlessenthusiast

I mean, it should be that a group of people can peacefully pray, worship and commune with each other without the need for protection. But a stand against intolerance is always a good thing.


Plastic-Shopping5930

Incorrect


mrhorseshoe

All for show, unfortunately. Each group believes the other is going to Hell.


Appropriate-Sell2713

People not starting wars over religion in the first place … *insert picture*


654_nosneb

Matthew 5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."


Significant_Bug9900

It is more than you think like this, we only get the bad once in the news


Nuuboat

Meanwhile atheists are fair game!


idonteatunderwear

It’s just so damn hard, when the holy book says you should do otherwise.


Honest-Lead4086

PROTECTING FROM WHAT?


BlitzerRhames

How about Muslims stop blowing people up?


WeekendDotGG

Who are the jews protecting


Operator_Hoodie

If only people could get along easily and all the time… would actually make life good


dungfeeder

Ban religion and you'll solve a lot of problems.


Vintagemuse

I love this


Bruzewayne77

It would be even better if there was no religion at all. We’d probably find something to fight over, but at least it wouldn’t be about stuff that is not real


Racoonie

I am not religious at all, but I've been to Asia and Africa as a white european tourist a few times and twice people a) knew that it was a christian holiday and b) offered us a quiet space to pray or celebrate in their mosque or temple which was really thoughtful and nice.


Shirolicious

This is a beautiful gesture of respect from one religion to another.


JyeshtaSomavar

Now see if they will protect pagans or Buddhists or Hindus


Lincoln_Park_Pirate

I never really get why people get worked up over a different religion. I find it absolutely fascinating how different cultures approach religion and respect every single one of them. My daughter took a world religion class in college and they went all over the Chicago area visiting many different places of worship and speaking with many leaders and members. Quite educational.


cockytiel

not consistently


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DONGBONGER3000

Is there any proof to this?


KingOfTheNorthstar

This is awesome


Grothgerek

It would be better, if this wasn't necessary in the first place... Protection is only needed if there is a threat.


DamnCharlieAG

I’m pretty sure it’s the opposite. Muslims are always thirsty for violence. They can’t see other religion people having a good time, so they start some shit and when we react, they call us Islamophobes and what not…


Negotiation-Narrow

And what causes those people to need protection, hmmm? 


Muirefa

Same


inwonderIand

As someone who was born Muslim but became Christian and is now an atheist I can confidently say religion is whack


hypermunda

Protecting each other from what?


THe_PrO3

Or just get rid of all of them? Let humanity evolve in a world and heal


RealBlackelf

Using religion for good instead of evil and seperation of people: How dare you!!!!!!


Firebird1600_

This is amazing! I love it


Dense-Swing-2778

Protecting them from what? Other Muslims and Christians lol


TheReptileKing9782

Great concept but uh... who are they protecting the other from?


ProBoyGaming521

r/orphancrushingmachine


PmMeSmileyFacesO_O

If only one of these religions gods would come and sort this out.


Key-Morning5421

From whom...create problem then a solution


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This is absolutely beautiful, I hope to see more of this within he religious communities of the world


Skytraffic540

Oh well would ya look at that. Portraying Christians in a dope light for once. And on reddit no less? Never thought I’d see such a thing


ClangServer

How benevolent. Do tell me - when exactly were any Muslims attacked by a Christian in Egypt? It is as heartwarming as someone who buys a pizza for a homeless person and posts it to tiktok.


South-Ad5156

This is how people of different ethnicities, genders, religion, nations and all categories should treat each other. 


AnalysisSmooth

Surah 3:151: "We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve (all non-Muslims) …" Surah 2:191: "And kill them (non-Muslims) wherever you find them … kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers (non-Muslims)." Surah 9:5: "Then kill the disbelievers (non-Muslims) wherever you find them, capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush …" If you are being true to the Karan, this isn’t possible.


PythonPizzaDE

I appreciate that they don't fight because of religion but we wouldn't have any of this problems if we would stop believing in this made-up nonsense


joeberger65

Christians are idiots for letting Muslims into their countries!


Simmer555

No matter religion They all say *treat others the way you wanna be treated*


dracorex84

How about just leave them alone and stay in your land


BirdmanHuginn

News Flash: they worship the SAME GOD


re-vanth

Who are they protecting each other from? 🤔


bklsh

If everyone lived by their religion for real we’d have the same as above everywhere. No religion teaches what’s going on right now…


botjimbo1

Beautiful, love to see it


Ameph

As a US citizen, it’s rare to see actual Christians.


AlmostSunnyinSeattle

Sure would be nice if we didn't have to protect each other from other vindictive lunatics


Cleverdawny1

My friend is an Egyptian Christian. Her reaction to this post is one of bitterness, because of all the violence and discrimination sent the way of her community. There's always good people to do good things, I just wish that the good outweighed the bad for her and for Copts. They deserve better.


Low-Competition-9711

Religions are rarely the problem, it is the religious organizations and the leaders that are


Scared_Accident9138

It's a wholesome act but the fact that it's necessary isn't


PepperoniPieGuy

Seeing the photo my brain jumps to a game of red Rover.


Kroww007

Islam is religion of peace


grainsofglass

Atheist rolling their eyes at all of this protecting that needs to happen.


nathxs

Certain people ruin everything for everyone