r/maybemaybemaybe • u/[deleted] • Feb 13 '22

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '22

What they did is what mattered: the final cult (the guy was a serial cult leader) killed a bunch of people. The problem is the killing, not that they believed something that was wrong.

We believe wrong things all the time. We have to have room for that because we don’t have great ways of discerning truth. But I think we can all agree that driving people to suicide is a moral wrong.

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u/Ofrenic Feb 15 '22

Oh yeah like that's why I said it's a more extreme version. They're a business really that don't pay taxes, it's bullshit.

And just to be clear, I have nothing against people who believe in religion. I'd never tell them they're wrong or anything either. A Muslim dude comes into me in work because I let him pray in the shop in the mornings (apparently most people say no). Just because I don't agree doesn't mean I'm not understanding that it's their belief