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As a child who was abused by religion I find this offensive. It may as well be technology, the effects of the economy, and or social change from stress with com
by sysbin 7y ago
As a child who was abused by religion I find this offensive. It may as well be technology, the effects of the economy, and or social change from stress with competition being higher than ever.
- aetherspawn 7y agoSorry to hear that. Unfourtunately the idea that this could happen wasn’t widely publicised and hence the correct cautions were never put in place (for example, now to serve as a minister you need to be on a register, hold an ID card and undergo regular police checks). Of course that doesn’t solve the issue in its entirety, but hopefully it helps you appreciate that people are thinking about the issue.
- sysbin 7y agoActually it doesn't help. I don't appreciate how the victims aren't compensated and what should only be considered a business is allowed to continue operating. Nobody goes to jail or anything. Wish I was born into a society that didn't have religion. Also the downvotes make me think I'm right to assume religious people are just narcissists that care so much about their views to ignore others that were severely wronged.
- paulryanrogers 7y agoAgree that they are very much a business based on how most act, despite some having good intentions.
- AllegedAlec 7y agoI'm sorry the truth is offensive to you, but, almost by design, going to church is a social experience.
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoYou're not wrong, but, there's so much things wrong with religious institution - think indoctrination, contradicting views (love thy neighbour unless they're gay, or had an abortion, or they vote Democrats, or they're black, but give extra love to young boys which is totally fine unlike extramarital relationships and condoms)
- aetherspawn 7y agoPicking on the sore points of Catholicism as a criticism of all religion is really dismissive.
- AllegedAlec 7y ago1: that's something that's wrong with one very specific implementation of a subsect of a religious institution 2: I never made a value judgement about religious institutions being good or bad. I merely said they were social in nature.
- mensetmanusman 7y agoEvery institution with humans has its misdeeds
- sysbin 7y agoI didn’t experience the social aspect and was just tortured. I’m not going to consider anything where people are gathered as a social experience unless there is real events that made it social for everyone.