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[–] wibble@reddthat.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So you're telling me that religion is good and doesn't do bad things?

Are you telling me that Christianity isn't pushing homophobic and anti trans hate rhetoric?

Are you next going to tell me that Christianity hasn't been the harbinger of some of the worst atrocities ever committed?

Let's look at what the world's largest organised religion was doing during the second world war, and every decade since.

I agree that ideology is a better term, but given that ideology is a superset of religion, my point still stands, but is expanded. As for donating. Perhaps we shouldn't fucking need to donate to charities. Also, want to talk about specifics? Salvation fucking army? I'm not going to start searching for counterpoints to your specific cherry picked statements as I'm tired and don't care enough to argue with strangers.

You could ask your CEO for more info, I think he goes by Pope something or other. I don't care.

One thing that really annoys me is when somebody says "God told me to tell you ..."

If you have a belief in a higher power, then good for you. Follow your own belief though, not what somebody tells you is the way.

Also, don't tell me that it makes you better than me because you donate to charity. Go look at where most charity finding gets spent.

Consider me schooled.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Are you telling me that Christianity isn't pushing homophobic and anti trans hate rhetoric?

It's quite interesting how the most hateful people barely attend church

Are you next going to tell me that Christianity hasn't been the harbinger of some of the worst atrocities ever committed?

Well, let's google the worst atrocities ever committed:

Granted, this result was given by Gemini: But yes, Christianity had very little to nothing to do with these. Interestingly, Atheism's Antitheism did. How peculiar!

Let's look at what the world's largest organised religion was doing during the second world war, and every decade since.

I agree that ideology is a better term, but given that ideology is a superset of religion, my point still stands, but is expanded. As for donating. Perhaps we shouldn't fucking need to donate to charities. Also, want to talk about specifics? Salvation fucking army? I'm not going to start searching for counterpoints to your specific cherry picked statements as I'm tired and don't care enough to argue with strangers.

I don't know what you're yapping about here. What about the Salvation army?

and don't care enough to argue with strangers.

Yeah, I can tell. You can't actually back up the nonsense you are spewing.

You could ask your CEO for more info, I think he goes by Pope something or other. I don't care.

Are you talking about the dude my church excommunicated nearly 500 years ago?

If you have an issue with that guy, argue against Roman Catholicism. Not Christianity or Religion as a whole. But we've dealt with him. And I don't think The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Daniel Centre Church has much to do with him either.

One thing that really annoys me is when somebody says "God told me to tell you ..."

Now sounds like you have an issue with charismatics. Nothing to do with the pope guy most of the time.

If you have a belief in a higher power, then good for you. Follow your own belief though, not what somebody tells you is the way.

How can I know the way?

Also, don't tell me that it makes you better than me because you donate to charity. Go look at where most charity finding gets spent.

I chose a random charity, Tearfund:

https://www.tearfund.org/get-involved/donate/where-your-money-goes

And lying about this kind of thing is a serious criminal offence with large fines and lengthy prison time.