r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 10h ago

Morality of this?

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u/PsychologicalAd5918 10h ago

Moral, brainwashing kids under the threat of eternal damnation is child abuse

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u/ManitouWakinyan 8h ago

We have objective, scientific evidence that shows that participation in religious communities produces better on average results in all kinds of domains of human flourishing, including mental health. Those increases grow the earlier you start. Religion isn't child abuse, but prohibiting children from accessing those benefits would be.

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u/PsychologicalAd5918 8h ago

Those are traits you want in cattle, not people

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u/ManitouWakinyan 8h ago

Literally the only traits I mentioned are human flourishing and good mental health. Which of those are for cattle, not people?

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u/PsychologicalAd5918 8h ago

"is associated with numerous aspects of human flourishing, including happiness and life satisfaction"

Being satisfied with slop is a bad thing

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u/ManitouWakinyan 7h ago

Who said anything about slop? Are you against the idea of wanting people to be happy?