A Boring Dystopia

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I'm gonna be really pissed if my christofascist parents were right (lemmy.world)

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I grew up listening to fundie christian parents babble at length how we were living in end times. And mocking them mercilessly (at first among my fiends, later to their faces) as often as possible.

Now look at us - on the brink of non-existence politically, environmentally, and civilizationally. Not sure that last one is a word.

If they were right I'm gonna have some 'splainin to do.

Dammit.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

religion is itself a slippery slope greased with fantasy and hope created by men. when their major tomes require interpretation, any meaning useful to the con artist can be derived.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

99% of different interpretations don't cause that big of a difference, though. The broad important part of the faith remains the same. Usually the divide is mainly on church governance and management, as well as ceremonies, the science of how covenants work, etc. I grew up in a Baptist church, and it was quite common to have Anglican and Presbyterian ministers preaching there. I have been to Anglican churches where Roman Catholics were preaching and ecumenical services as well. We agree on 90% of stuff.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

every religion was created by man to control man. to give credence to the slippery slope of divinity is to allow the eventual removal of responsibility from human beings.

religion is a disease, even if 'mostly benign'.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 20 hours ago

That's a very shallow and uninformed view to how religions start and their origins