TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoReligion is the abuse of anxietymessage-squaremessage-square74linkfedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down123
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minus-squaregezero@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIf religion is what stops you from doing bad things, please don’t ever give it up. In my hitchsperience “it takes religion for a decent human to commit atrocities”.
minus-squareMelobol@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·2 months agoI like how a comment about religion being the foundation of morality historically - makes people believe that I am bashing atheist people
minus-squaregezero@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoPeople just like to “correct” others… For instance I think religion is historically the foundation of immorality. A practice used to exclude, hate, opress, kill and worse. If god told you to go and kill a child, would you do it ?(1 Samuel 15:3)
minus-squareMelobol@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoPower corrups. Religion is power so it is corrupt by default.
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWitch hunting was done by the people, not power hoarders, and I’m pretty sure that was plain out evil with the excuse of religion.
If religion is what stops you from doing bad things, please don’t ever give it up.
In my hitchsperience “it takes religion for a decent human to commit atrocities”.
I like how a comment about religion being the foundation of morality historically - makes people believe that I am bashing atheist people
People just like to “correct” others…
For instance I think religion is historically the foundation of immorality. A practice used to exclude, hate, opress, kill and worse.
If god told you to go and kill a child, would you do it ?(1 Samuel 15:3)
Power corrups. Religion is power so it is corrupt by default.
Witch hunting was done by the people, not power hoarders, and I’m pretty sure that was plain out evil with the excuse of religion.