(November 3, 2019 at 5:08 am)I believe in Harry Potter Wrote: What? Oh wow thanks for enlightening me kiddo
I thought trying to convince my family to stop following their religion/faith would heal me from these traumatic memories.
What are you talking about?
On a planet of 7 billion, you are still talking about a majority of our species being sold the religions/rituals/social norms at youth prior to having adult critical thinking skills. You will never create a 100% perfect religion free world. The best anyone can do is keep it at bay so that it does not infect politics or science.
Some people get lucky, like me, and grow out of it, and it did take someone questioning me to get that ball rolling. But I wouldn't try chasing utopias either.
I left my religion in mid 20s. My late mother thought it would just be a phase. She raised me a Catholic and she died a Catholic. She never abandon me though, and she wasn't afraid of my questioning either. Sometimes that is the best you can get with a friend or loved one.
It only becomes a problem, at least with me, when someone constantly sucks the life out of you with talk of hell and doomsday. I cut off my older brother over that. Not because I wanted to, but because he sucked the emotional life out of me.
Outside that, it is still important to challenge your government to stay neutral on the issue and important to challenge your government to keep religion from bastardizing science. I never stopped loving my late mother though. I'd be homeless if it were not for her.
Point is, pick your battles. I'll take a liberal theist 7 days a week and twice on Friday, Saturday and Sunday over any fearful conservative.
