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It's vital to note the driving force behind this: religious extremism. These people think they are chosen by God to rule over everyone else based on their perso
by pstuart 4mo ago
It's vital to note the driving force behind this: religious extremism. These people think they are chosen by God to rule over everyone else based on their personal interpretations of scripture.
These people are dangerous and their thirst for power has them willing to "win at any cost".
For all of those here who are of faith but "the good kind", not that even that level of participation helps justify their actions as "holy", and therefore legitimate.
- jfengel 3mo agoThe religious extremists are only about a quarter of the country. They do not have a majority able to enforce their will. The fault lies not with "the good kind" of religious people, but with the non-religious people who ally with the extremists. And that includes a lot of the technical people in this forum. They are, broadly, techno-utopian extremists instead, and they reliably vote for the agenda of the religious extremists in hopes of furthering their own.
- pstuart 3mo agoMy point is that the foundations of religion are completely detached from reality, and to be a "good" religious person one is validating the crazy foundations. There's a joke I love about this, where the "good Christians/Muslims/Jews" are like working on the picnic committee for the KKK. Sure, they're not the ones burning crosses or terrorizing and killing innocent people, they just support the ones who do. Sad statistics: * 70% of Americans believe angels are real * Roughly half of the US population believes that devils and demons exist * Roughly a third of Americans believe the earth is 6000 years old Why does this matter? Voltaire's quote sums it up perfectly: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."