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philg's writing is deeply ironic and can rarely be taken at face value. For example, the title "Stoking coronapanic is a good way to destroy traditional religi
by dustintrex 5y ago
philg's writing is deeply ironic and can rarely be taken at face value. For example, the title "Stoking coronapanic is a good way to destroy traditional religion?" is basically pointing out the correlation between corona restrictions and the decline in attendance. He's not claiming this is intentional, the snark comes from him noting that if somebody were to design a policy to reduce churchgoing, doubling down on corona restrictions would be a great way to do it.
- pstuart 5y agoInterpreting intent can be challenging, but I'm not seeing irony in his writing. Let's put it this way, his work is not Onion worthy. Calling somebody ugly and then saying "just kidding!" is not irony. He's got an ax to grind and what he's put forth is reads as an accusation. Religion (at least Christianity) is on the decline in Europe and that trend started well before COVID. There's lots of interesting aspects to that but to frame it as "Humanists hate religion and are trying to kill it" is disingenuous at best.