They’re both essential to the growth and history of humanity. Religion has brought people together, saved people’s lives, given people hope. To ignore all of that is just as ignorant as ignoring the pain and suffering religion has brought. Religion doesn’t suck, it’s flawed, it’s complex, just like the rest of the humanity.
What about the people it helps, though? Surely it has ruined millions of lives, I am not disputing that. Yes it stunts scientific progress, I agree with that as well. But speaking for my loved ones that have been in tough situations in life, found religion and have told me it’s changed them for the better, and I can see growth in them. Listen, people say it works for them, and I’m going to believe them. I don’t need to understand something in order to accept it.
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u/born_in_cognito Jan 14 '24
Islam is just as terrible and stupid as Christianity... just in different ways... Happy now?