(January 30, 2025 at 5:09 am)AtheismSigma Wrote: In your opinion, why do some christians who go with that bs "hate the sin love the sinner" (like when someone is not in the type of rl they want them to be or when they go against lgbt folks who did not harm them) yet whine when someone plays back and says "hate the religion, love the religious"
I hadn't heard this before, but it makes a lot of sense to me.
If we think of religion, as it's propagated and spread, as a sort of indoctrination, then in most cases it's not the fault of the person who's been brainwashed. If we demonstrate that we can treat him well even though we have no religion ourselves, he may learn that his religion isn't the only way to be a good person.
Quote:Don`t they know that respect is a 2 way street?
I know that this is a very popular moral tenet in the US. Like "I'll treat you with respect if you treat me with respect, but if you're a bitch to me I'll give it right back to you."
This seems counterproductive to me. I am (or hope to be) moral and well-behaved simply because it is good to be moral and well-behaved. I'm not going to let some jerk control my behavior to the point where I fall to his level.
Quote:Religions are like fapping, a cope (ofc the latter is much more beta).
Well, maybe. But do you really want to stop people from fapping? I kind of think it's not our duty to give anybody anti-fapping lectures. It's a lot better than some things they could be doing with their energy.
So, anyway, yeah. There are religious groups and religious teachings I disapprove of, and I wish they'd go away. That doesn't mean I'm going to hate or dehumanize the people in that group. The world has enough people eager to dehumanize others without me doing it too. That easily gets out of hand.
