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    21 days ago

    Religion is a net positive, do you think wed be better off with more depressed cynical ppl running around having existential crisises and whining about how nothing matters, I wish I could’ve kept believing in religion, I would have more time to think about anything else, instead I get randomly upset at the lack of an afterlife.

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        20 days ago

        As someone who grew up a Sikh and turned Athiest, I went from feeding people weekly, donating to causes, etc. to not caring about strangers, so sure it’s a personal perspective, but religion is why sikhs feed so many people, don’t believe in an afterlife but still believe in being a good person leading to rewards.

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          20 days ago

          not caring about strangers

          If you didn’t read my Alternative Text, I guess you need help.
          I go to my bloc’s canteen nearly everyday to feed people, house the homeless, mutual aid, and intersect, all without believing in anything than each other. You and I have our backs, and so does the Sikh community. You don’t have to believe their lies to help each other. You can still mutual aid and solidify for the fact you are human, and as mammals we help each other out.

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        20 days ago

        The people that believe in religion would crash out running around without morals since many of them only have them because of religion. “But if you don’t believe in god, why do you not shit people with empathy would never do” They went to the same schools we did, watched the same media, yet they need religion for empathy, you think theyd be tolerable at all without it? People would be acting like the crossed.

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          20 days ago

          You do not need religion to tribe with people. As mammals, we group to survive. Morality is what you and your tribe decide are wrongs and rights. Religion need not exist.
          Empathy is a discipline that requires praxis. Not everyone grows empathy, and we need to intersect.

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          They went to the same schools we did, watched the same media, yet they need religion for empathy, you think theyd be tolerable at all without it? People would be acting like the crossed.

          Christopher Hitchens did a thing on that exact thing. How is it you can’t have any morals sans a sky daddy?

          I do hear the argument often and it’s quite depressing.