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Ah, but "the problem with the world today is that everyone else doesn't believe what my religion teaches" has an enormous feature that your arguments do not: I
by gryfft 3y ago
Ah, but "the problem with the world today is that everyone else doesn't believe what my religion teaches" has an enormous feature that your arguments do not:
It gives the one who holds this belief the comfort that _they_ have done everything that can and everything they should; all that is left is to be publicly smug. This is much easier to do than engaging closely with complicated ideas, and crucially can never result in deciding that it's necessary to go through the pain of changing one's own behavior or beliefs.
- marcosdumay 3y agoFunny thing is that this thought (the one you quote) is evil all by itself. No external help needed.