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> 'toasterlovin makes good points about the historical and even current positives of such organizations, I'm not convinced they balance out to a net positive to
by toasterlovin 7y ago
> 'toasterlovin makes good points about the historical and even current positives of such organizations, I'm not convinced they balance out to a net positive today but I'm much more willing to consider the notion historically
Huh, my intuition is the opposite: now that organized religions have been defanged and stripped of most of their political power they are probably more of a net positive force today than they ever were in the past.
- eropple 7y agoPerhaps that's true outside of the United States and I'm showing my biases. Here, the religious-reactionary complex has been a prime mover to get us where we are today.
- Apocryphon 7y agoIt feels like the evangelical movement’s power on the wane, and the subcultures gaining ground on that side of the political spectrum are less savory...
- eropple 7y agoSure, but they paved the roads.