• modifier@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    I used to find this position deeply annoying, even long after I had left behind the Christianity I was raised on.

    My feeling was, ‘we get it, you’re an atheist, calm down about it’.

    Now, I feel these comments and others like them are vital. Religions have been a net harm to society over the course of history, but they present a clear and present danger to civilized society right now.

    Not just Christianity, and not just in the USA, but very pressingly with Christianity and very pressingly in the USA.

    • madcaesar@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Absolutely. I get into arguments all the time, especially with people who are like: “just let people believe what they want man!”

      This sounds “nice”, but the reality is that beliefs do not exist in a vacuum, they directly affect actions people take that affect you and me.

      If every religious person just kept their shit to themselves I probably wouldn’t have a problem with it, but they don’t. They infect politics, education, and indoctrinate children who have no choice as they are subjected to the bullshit.

      So yea there is no good way to be religious, only less harmful ways, but at the end of the day, believing things without a good reason makes you susceptible to be manipulated and deceived.