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"If Christianity is man made, why does everything about it go against man’s desires? Atheists can't answer this question" ...but they Can (youtu.be)
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If Christianity is man made, why does everything about it go against man’s desires? Does Christianity go against man’s desires? If so, is that evidence for Christianity? I answer this question, discussing the history of Christianity, the cognitive science of religion, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, and more.

The whole “atheists can’t answer this question” and “atheists can’t explain this” thing is really getting old.

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[-] Case@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 6 months ago

As someone who grew up in the bible belt, who had too many questions for the Lutheran church and was asked to leave.

I could not reconcile the Church's desire to HARM people that weren't a part of it. Jesus was a love all hippy from THEIR scriptures.

Supply Side Jesus is anathema to actual christian practice.

Hence, I parted from the church, and found my own way. It took more effort than listening to a pontificating asshole to achieve, but I'm comfortable with my beliefs. The struggle, the pain, the blood, the tears. All worth it.

For reference, I am a Hecatean witch because Trivia visited me on three occasions. More than Jebus has done.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

It takes some insane levels of mental gymnastics to go from "Love thy neighbour" to "Let them die if they are poor or brown".

If more people took your path (spending the time to analyse their own beliefs) the world would be in a lot better place. I was never part of a church, so I didnt have to take the same path, but I appreciate it cant have been easy.

I dont know much about Hecatean or Trivia, but it is refreshing the the "Cult" section on wikipedia doesnt end with "and then they all killed themselves" 😄. From a quick skim (which probably over simplifies it), but it seems fairly chill 🙂.

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