• @yeahiknow3
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      715 days ago

      Daily reminder that religion is a monstrous evil.

      • @drake@lemmy.sdf.org
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        515 days ago

        I am against all organised religion, but I think that we should all fear the authoritarian oppression of the state far more than any religion.

        It’s a bit like the death penalty - I oppose the death penalty not because I think that there aren’t people who we would all be better off if they weren’t alive, but because we cannot trust the state with that power.

        • @yeahiknow3
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          414 days ago

          I agree with you in principle but organized cults are fucking terrifying. In fact it is exactly when governments form around these cults that they become truly horrific and unstoppable.

          • @drake@lemmy.sdf.org
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            114 days ago

            I hear you, I just think that comparing religious ideology to other forms of deeply held ideology is a distinction without a difference. Some of the most horrific acts that humanity has ever committed have been done by comparatively secular groups - just look at the 20th century for examples of that.

            We’re living through a period where far-right fascism is ascendant and white supremacy is being normalised. Corporations and billionaires have never held more power than they do currently.

            I just feel like a lot of anti-religious sentiment is basically a distraction, so that we get so caught up in arguing about it that we don’t recognise the true threat, our real enemy - the rich bastards who are robbing us all blind, murdering countless innocent people, destroying the climate and the environment.