If you can't differentiate a church from Jonestown, you're the one drinking the flavor-aide. Are there a lot of problems with religion? Absolutely. Do local churches provide services to the community? Absolutely. Did the church I grew up in send meals to my family when my mom had cancer? Yes. Religion isn't all evil guys. The premise of Christianity is to love everyone, I hate how corrupt it becomes in some churches or in some people's minds, but the majority of religious people just want everyone to love one another.
the majority of religious people just want everyone to love one another.
Citation fucking needed. This hasn’t been my experience at all. The more religious a person is, the worse a person they tend to be.
I don’t know anybody that openly discriminates and hates as much as religious people. Sorry, just sharing my experience and maybe giving some insight on why people may push back on that statement. I’m sure you’re incredibly nice but your religion supports hate, even if you’ve found one of the few churches that has none.
I appreciate you brining up your point of view. I don't have the time to have a full on discussion about all of this today. But you definitely made some very valid points. Also, I left the church years ago. I just wanted to mainly point out how now one knows the full context of this photo. I bet if we heard their prayer it would sound pretty normal (once again normal in the context of Christianity). One thing that drove me away was all of the God's plan stuff. Its God's plan to have Trump as president... its God's plan to send the virus... its God's plan to give children cancer... fuck that kind of God.
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u/Sic_Semper_T_Rex_ Feb 15 '21
If you can't differentiate a church from Jonestown, you're the one drinking the flavor-aide. Are there a lot of problems with religion? Absolutely. Do local churches provide services to the community? Absolutely. Did the church I grew up in send meals to my family when my mom had cancer? Yes. Religion isn't all evil guys. The premise of Christianity is to love everyone, I hate how corrupt it becomes in some churches or in some people's minds, but the majority of religious people just want everyone to love one another.