When step 2 intersects with capitalism, all the other stuff just naturally follows. Sure there are people who legitimately want to help people (read an article about 2 Christians giving up their high paying jobs to spend their time making affordable housing for the poor and indigenous people) but they’re increasingly becoming the minority.
That said, money based religions are only one oppressive group that bands together for profit and control. Religions aren’t much different than political parties (hence the smashup between many) and corporations, organized crime, etc.
Human nature, rather than being inherently good, tends to be inherently bad. Hence why most giant groups tend to be oppressive by nature. It’s why I believe that there shouldn’t be giant concentrations of wealth and power.
This, but unironically
This post is arguing that we should not allow people to fucking quote: “freely worship their god” to prevent being sent to an internment camp, and you incels are eating it up.
how does this have anything to do with incels?
brah don’t you know, it’s not hateful if it is a joke and i was only joking brah
braaaaah it’s just a joke and jokes doesn’t mean anything lighten up braaaaaah
Yikes
You lifted one word out of my comment and focused on that single word that had nothing to do with the actual point so you could avoid any acknowledging the criticism. I’m not playing your stupid games. I don’t accept for a moment you’re engaging in good faith, sorry.
If you don’t want to talk about why this was a shitty, hateful thing to post, nobody is forcing you to talk to me, buddy. Just go on with your life and try no to hurt anyone else.
I’d be more willing to engage with criticism if you didn’t use words that don’t make sense in this context, leading me to believe you don’t know what you’re talking about.
It’s not shitty or hateful, your anger is the intended outcome; this is a satirical edit of a Christian hate-meme to display how hateful it is when applied to Christians
It’s a parody of this:
Yeah, it’s ridiculous. American politicians literally swear on the bible as they assume office and then quote bible verses on the job and then they expect us to believe we’re anywhere other than at that second from last step?
All that’s missing is the “You are here” pointer at the second to last step.
Karl Marx The German Ideology Preface
Hitherto have constantly made up for themselves false conceptions about themselves, about what they are and what they ought to be. They have arranged their relationships according to their ideas of God, of normal man, etc. The phantoms of their brains have got out of their hands. They, the creators, have bowed down before their creations. Let us liberate them from the chimeras, the ideas, dogmas, imaginary beings under the yoke of which they are pining away. Let us revolt against the rule of thoughts. Let us teach men, says one, to exchange these imaginations for thoughts which correspond to the essence of man; says the second, to take up a critical attitude to them; says the third, to knock them out of their heads; and – existing reality will collapse.
I will never not quote this when people moan about antitheism
I was taught about Islam in social studies, and I don’t remember anybody trying to force me to obey Islamic law at any point.
I don’t know whether there is a slippery slope, but I do know this isn’t an accurate description of it.
Person: here is generally how this thing has gone throughout history
You: my individual experience doesn’t match this, therefore you are completely wrong
Come on, dude, read a book.
There are some states passing laws mandating “in god we trust” be placed somewhere prominent in the school. There’s an argument to be made that by doing this, the states are mandating that education systems must promote the the idea of the Bible and it’s claims being true.
That goes a tad beyond merely teaching kids about religions.
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It feels quite strange reading this as a Jewish person.
doesn’t this post sum up the direction Israel is going in?
Israel doesn’t represent Jewish people as a whole. Especially not in the same way Evangelicals are linked with America.
