(October 21, 2020 at 8:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 1. Every single study and every single survey ever done indicates that more people are religious than non-religious. It’s perverse to claim otherwise.No idea why you think I made any such claim.
(October 21, 2020 at 8:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 2. No, argumentum ad populum would be arguing that Christianity is true because a lot of people think it is. And doctrinal differences don’t really matter in this context - a Baptist and a Catholic are both Christians.And they somehow want the bereaved to lavish amounts of money on cooling meat. My progeny/family will not be wasting that resource on seas of pretty flowers for no reason.
(October 21, 2020 at 8:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 3. They can deny it all they like, it won’t change the fact that their entire religion swirls around the fear of death.It is obviously a death cult.
That said, I am certain that one can work their way out of it. My two kids did.
My "holy shit" moment was when they told me they were no longer going to Sunday mass with ex.
I said "wait, you did what?
And sure enough they did.
Bit of a poison chalice for me. Proud of them for stepping up, but know I am blamed for it.
