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That can't seriously be your only metric for judging a series of beliefs
It must be me, but I have a very hard time separating something like flat earth belief and astrology. The people who believe them, obviously I can separate those - but both are equally very wrong.
People believing bullshit in general irritates me, even more so when it's used by people to exploit other people.
It's just fun an quirky until you base your entire life on the lie and end up being exploited because of it.
I have a friend who got out of a bad relationship and decided to go full on into Wiccan shit, burning various things like sage, believing whole heartedly in tarot cards, goes to classes frequently on how to better read tarot cards, talking about his new goddess. I can't take it seriously for a second and it makes me think less of them and their intelligence.
I get that it's hard to deal with the realities of life
Fixed the spelling, good ol phone autocorrect.
I don't cling to any spiritual or religious dogma, that's for sure. I belive science (particularly the scientific method) is our best way of discovering the true nature of reality.
OK, and I'd appreciate my friends pointing out those wrong beliefs.
The obvious difference being religious and pseudoscientific belief in general can't be "disproved" because it was never based in reality, instead just feelings.
You sound like you need to work on being a better friend. If it helps her deal and makes her happy why do you care? If she joined a new church or started running marathons would you be equally upset?
Personally I use tarot to figure out my feelings because I have trouble getting in touch with them. I’m a scientist I don’t believe they predict the future. But they still help me.
It's a male lol
Doesn’t make a difference in my comment.
Just kinda funny you assumed it was a woman.
Yes I would be equally irritated if they decided to go to church, I find religion equally as exploitative and harmful. I don't think withdrawing to lies to make yourself feel better is healthy. There was a much better comment that succinctly described how I feel about it, I'll find and link it in an edit.
Edit https://lemmy.world/comment/16630648
Edit2: running marathons obviously not, there's no inherent (fake) belief system with taking up running lol
I disagree, because that kind of magical thinking almost inevitably leads to some variation of 'Turtle is angry! SACRIFICE!'
Believe what you want, I'm not here to police anyone. I do reserve the right to judge someone for their beliefs.