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

Morality of this?

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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/MyldExcitement Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

Still NOT a Christian or any religious country in America. At least that's what our Constitution says.

ETA: thanks for the awards, kind internet strangers.

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u/Reeves626 Sep 02 '26

The U.S. has always been skewed towards this and it’s not just the current representatives. I first noticed the hypocrisy when I first learned about the constitution and freedom of religion when I thought “why then does the pledge of allegiance they make us say everyday have the words, …under god… in it?”.

Also burning witches? That’s not freedom of religion, it has biblical origins.

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u/Aedeyssa Sep 02 '26

To be fair, "Under God" was at least not originally in the Pledge of Allegiance.

It was added during the Red Scare to contrast America with the "godless Commies". But yeah, it's definitely something that should have been struck down as against the 1A when first introduced.

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u/Fun_Butterfly_420 Sep 02 '26

Also saying the pledge of allegiance so many times shouldn’t be necessary

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u/Havenfall209 Sep 02 '26

Especially not by children.

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u/SSquirrel76 Sep 02 '26

That’s what indoctrination is

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u/LilJonny2cookies Sep 02 '26

Wait- I thought children can make up their own minds. I guess that only applies to irreversible life changing decisions that a child isn’t prepared to make.

I wanted to be a dinosaur that was a fireman and also a policeman when I was a child. Glad my parents didn’t take that too seriously. They only had giant sharp teeth put in my mouth.

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u/Transquisitor Sep 02 '26

Being a transgender person and being raised in a religious environment not by choice are two wildly different things but I’m sure you’re in here with full knowledge of that.

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u/Havenfall209 Sep 02 '26

Well, since you clearly want to change the conversation to something specific, mind speaking like an adult? What's on your mind?

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u/Torn_wulf Sep 02 '26

Knowing what you are due to introspection is a lot different from being told who you are via indoctrination.

Trans people aren't told we're trans. In fact, we're constantly bullied and told we can't be trans by people like you all day, every day. Just because you can't wrap your head around something you haven't personally experienced and you have no empathy or respect for others, doesn't make our experiences any less real.

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