I’m starting to think that a lot of #atheist #leftist misunderstand #religion. I went to church today. It wasn’t amazing but I did enjoy it. I think that religion, especially in the west, largely isnt about faith anymore. I enjoyed going to church because I saw people I knew, I saw people I didn’t. There was music.
It was a reason to gather.
It’s not the sense of community or the music that’s problematic with organized religion.
It’s the fact that when you convince people that a virgin gave birth to the son of the creator of the universe, you can convince them to do horrible things too.
Especially when that son sends anyone who doesn’t worship him to be tortured forever.
@sardaukar @finnbar_m Of course they try to indoctrinate them as children. Once the idea of a pervasive god is established, they can be easily programmed.
I guess this is why dictators use religion as a control mechanism…Putin is a big christian these days and so are all our leaders in the west…