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"All across Europe and North America (especially the US), people regularly turn to magic spells (praying). " This is a false equivalence - clearly you do not u

"All across Europe and North America (especially the US), people regularly turn to magic spells (praying). " This is a false equivalence - clearly you do not understand what religion is. There is no North American who would not accept a lottery winning for fear of 'Black Magic' and would 'pray to win the lottery' as well. Praying is giving hope, or meditating. Very few people literally believe in prayers. If you kids cannot grasp how backwards Africa is, you need to visit yourselves.

vacri 10y ago
Thanks for the No True Scotsman. No, there is no North American who would refuse lottery winnings because of black magic because both lotteries are ingrained in the culture; and you have to voluntarily opt-in to a lottery in the first place. Plenty of North Americans would refuse free money from a foreign company with unclear or suspicious motives. There are, however, droves of North Americans who thing that things like homosexuality is an abomination against god. Or who think that babies are sinful before they draw their first breath, and have to be splashed with water or they'll burn forever in hell (baptism is another magic spell). There are places in the US where you are barred from office if you don't have a religion, which suggests that it's a bit more than merely 'giving hope'. Also, have you never seen footage of the crazy shit that goes on at faith healing events, or heard of people so wrapped up in their religion that they impoverish themselves in fervor? Sometimes these people do so in the hopes of curing ailments that actual medicine would have worked for. I remember talking to someone who used to be into that stuff, and she said that when it failed to heal you, their excuse was that 'you didn't pray hard enough', which of course just made you feel worse.

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"All across Europe and North America (especially the US), people regularly turn to magic spells (praying). " This is a false equivalence - clearly you do not u

by jomamaxx 10y ago

vacri 10y ago
Thanks for the No True Scotsman. No, there is no North American who would refuse lottery winnings because of black magic because both lotteries are ingrained in the culture; and you have to voluntarily opt-in to a lottery in the first place. Plenty of North Americans would refuse free money from a foreign company with unclear or suspicious motives. There are, however, droves of North Americans who thing that things like homosexuality is an abomination against god. Or who think that babies are sinful before they draw their first breath, and have to be splashed with water or they'll burn forever in hell (baptism is another magic spell). There are places in the US where you are barred from office if you don't have a religion, which suggests that it's a bit more than merely 'giving hope'. Also, have you never seen footage of the crazy shit that goes on at faith healing events, or heard of people so wrapped up in their religion that they impoverish themselves in fervor? Sometimes these people do so in the hopes of curing ailments that actual medicine would have worked for. I remember talking to someone who used to be into that stuff, and she said that when it failed to heal you, their excuse was that 'you didn't pray hard enough', which of course just made you feel worse.