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.

#leftist @leftism @atheism #anarchism

  • @sardaukar@lemmy.world
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    199 months ago

    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.

    • Flying Squid
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      79 months ago

      Especially when that son sends anyone who doesn’t worship him to be tortured forever.

    • Lewis
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      19 months ago

      @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…