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We're in the 21st century, and the vast majority of us still believe in an utterly and obviously fictional creator deity. Plenty of people, even in developed countries with decent educational systems, still believe in ghosts or magic (e.g. voodoo). And I--an atheist and a skeptic--am told I need to respect these patently false beliefs as cultural traditions.

Fuck that. They're bad cultural traditions, undeserving of respect. Child-proofing society for these intellectually stunted people doesn't help them; it is in fact a disservice to them to pretend it's okay to go through life believing these things. We should demand that people contend with reality on a factual basis by the time they reach adulthood (even earlier, if I'm being completely honest). We shouldn't be coddling people who profess beliefs that are demonstrably false, simply because their feelings might get hurt.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pretty much. I mean if people want to believe and practice various things in their free time, that's fine as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. But religious beliefs should have no place in government or public services.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

And yes, turning your baby into a cutaway craft project because space daddy said so counts as hurting someone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Pretty much. I mean if people want to believe and practice various things in their free time, that's fine as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. But religious beliefs should have no place in government or public services.

That's the opposite of what OP is saying. OP is very much against people believing these things in their free time, and said nothing about government or public services.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you misunderstood OP he literally says Religion is a form of mental illness.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a symptom of people unable to cope with the reality of the universe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The reality we literally don't know

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, that's the point - they're afraid of understanding we'll never understand everything, so they come up with delusions.