Unpopular Opinion
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As an atheist who grew up in the buckle of the biblebelt, Christians often took this exact attitude to our ilk and it fucking sucked to live with.
I have a religious nutjob in my family now (dad remarried to one).
I've never had a Facebook account, but my wife sees the stuff said RWNJ posts, and finally asked me to comment on the latest hate post.
I'll admit it, I went on a tirade, because what she was posting was actively harmful. So I went back six months and gave all her similar posts a similar treatment.
I won't however, say anything on her posts where she just voices a belief in God or that the end times are coming. That's just trumpeting her stupidity.
She went dark on Facebook for 5 days, then yesterday picked back up, but this time seems to be sticking to just voicing her opinions, and not platforming awful shit. We'll see how w long that lasts...
Close... The Bible was never the problem. It's the way people use it and claim to represent religion but do so in such a hateful way. I'm looking at you incendiary YouTube accounts, Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, and even Reddit
it is in fact a disservice to them to pretend it's okay to go through life believing these things.
Can you help me understand why is it a disservice?
I don't know about their reasoning, but I wonder if they refer to opportunity cost. By doing something unproven, it can harm life. By ignoring reality instead of facing it, life costs more.