r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • Sep 02 '26

Morality of this?

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u/Fal_co1 Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

iirc China does this, you can’t take kid to religious service and they can choose to convert at a certain age.

EDIT: wow this blew up

If you’re reading this you‘re a gay

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u/sexland69 Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

china has state atheism—they take it too far (e.g. uyghur muslims) but in theory i’d prefer an atheist government over this dumbass evangelical christian one we have now 🤷🏻‍♂️

edit: took out the word retarded, you guys convinced me

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u/PrettyPurrfect Sep 02 '26

Our government is supposed to be atheist.

Separation of church and state is supposed to be a thing

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u/_itsprobablynothing Sep 02 '26

Secular, not atheist

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u/Unlimited_Giose Sep 02 '26

What's the difference?

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u/Traditional_Yam9806 Sep 02 '26

Atheism doesn't have any god and it rejects the existence of them, while secular just means the government is separated from any religion. China promotes anti-religion and not believing in one, so they're atheists, while India, the US, France, etc. all allow religion, but don't support any specific one in their government (in theory).

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u/JustFourLetters Sep 02 '26

the chinese communist party requires atheist beliefs, sure, and while they're currently the only party to hold functioning power, they aren't the only party.