• Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Atheism is a religious stance, and is practiced like one. When it’s used to harm non-believers especially it’s really easy to see this.

    I wouldn’t give Christians or any other religion a pass on this, so I’m not giving Atheists one either.

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      Nobody has hurt more people than religion. They long ago lost any benefit of the doubt. We don’t have to be polite, or give them any power, because we’ve seen what they will do with it, every single fucking time.

      So, No, fuck those religious whack jobs, we shouldn’t have to live OUR lives, based on THEIR delusions.

      Start by taxing, and regulating, churches.

    • Wataba@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      Good thing your opinion means jack shit, because your basis is fundamentally flawed and incorrect.

      • Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        Do you think it shows weakness to be polite to those you disagree with? I think it works better to approach people with respect if I want them to consider what I’m saying. It already feels like an attack when someone says you’re wrong, and I don’t want to harden minds against what I think is right.

        I’m not always good at it, and I have spoken to people harshly often. It never produced anything but hard feelings on their part. I think it can be satisfying to be mean, and I was looking for an excuse to act in a way that’s less moral without feeling bad about myself. I think even if I was right, I usually didn’t need to be mean about it.

        I think that it’s likely nothing I’m doing on this website is important enough to justify me being unkind about it.

    • embed_me@programming.dev
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      5 hours ago

      Get back to me when there are “discussion rooms” for practising atheists in public spaces 😆