The point about the "veneer of respectability" is exactly why I'm now an anti-theist and not just an atheist. If religions weren't inherently harmful to all people it may be different; unfortunately the most popular religions harm not just their adherents but everyone else as well. We, as a society, should not abide that.
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It doesn't take mental illness to believe untrue things.
Can I be your wife? I'd join a cheese cult.
The heat is clearly caused by ball lightning igniting the swamp gas.
I definitely agree with that. They think their conscience is "the voice of God" even when it specifically contradicts their preferred fable.
I don't think that most "lack" a conscience. I do think their conscience is either malformed or severely stunted.
Damn I thought about that a couple months back and yeah, I remember playing it as a kid. I think it quickly got changed to cops and robbers, so maybe I was at the tail-end of that version; sure was a fucked-up thing to call a kids game.
You could've apologized and moved on, but instead you doubled down. It's like your skull is full of really stupid bees.
Anarchy doesn't work because humans suck. Telling someone to grow up when you have such a hugely childish perspective is hilarious.
There is a TikTok channel as well as a book.
Plenty of scholars believe he didn't exist. Please check out Christ Before Jesus for more information.
Good.