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It is a shame that people do not understand Christianity with the importance it deserves.

It is not about believing or not believing, nor is it about the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is a private institution; the Catholic Church is not Christianity.

It's about the fact that your street is probably named after a Christian saint, that your holidays honor Christian saints and virgins, that your monuments honor Christianity, that your values and culture come from Christianity.

Do you want to renounce your entire past? Do you want to renounce the meaning of everything around you? That's fine with me, but don't force me to do the same.

I am not a believer in the usual sense; I do not believe that Jesus was the son of God, but I do believe that Jesus was a revolutionary for his time and has much in common with Bitcoiners.

My god is a more transcendental figure that arises from the metaphysical doubt that someone must have created this perfect mathematical order in which we exist.

But despite this, I understand and respect Christianity because it is my culture and because it has more good than bad. The word of Jesus is love, forgiveness, compassion, generosity, peace, and harmony. Tell me, what's wrong with that?

And yes, of course, religions have been there to dominate man because man without beliefs and rules is a savage who destroys and kills. Man needs order, moral laws to prevent his decline, and discipline so as not to fall into the temptation of disorder.

In my world people that need religion to know right & wrong are poor souls manipulated by whatever organisation they believe represents god.

#philosophy #opinion

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this is what *someone i know* says. she wants her kids to learn evolution in school and does not like other explanations of human origin. she wants keep them from falling into conspiracy theories

this worries me because

a) kids rebel from parents--if she wants them a practicing agnostic, probably a great way would be to make them go to church every week.

b) kids without any spiritual training can be manipulated by charisma:

what happens when a tall blond, blue eyed Mormon boy stares down at her daughter "i'm connected with God through secret rituals at church, and you can be connected with the church through me". Honestly, maybe not a bad deal for the daughter but that is still prob not ideal.

what if the kid feels kinda feel deep down that they are more than material, but never had anyone give them a spiritual basis (archetypes, parables). people will get diagnosed for psychological disorders instead of just realizing they are spiritual creatures that have been malnourished by the system that avoids "religious organisations".

Hey,

Thanks for your thoughts!

I should have written organized religion,

As I think all beings are spiritual.

I am with you in most of what you say,

And think that some kind of spiritual training is a good thing.

The example you brought up seems even worse to me, I think everybody should be able to choose what they think is the most fitting picture of their world.

Everything else is a mental cage you should break free from.

I'm trying, and regularly failing, tbh.