• WamGams@lemmy.ca
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    People always told me that Grimes was super smart, but every time she opens her mouth, it’s some of the dumbest shit I have ever heard. She is the guy we all knew in high school, the one who takes mushrooms and stares at Tool album covers, and expects the rest of us to pretend they are brilliant.

    This chick literally wrote an open letter to communists, saying that if they support Elon Musk, he will use AI to bring a communist system.

    If she were to ever shut up, it may dawn on her that she is actually a fucking idiot, and we can’t have that, so she never shuts the fuck up.

  • Rizo@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I can’t remember who said it but: If you being a good person depends on the fear of eternal damnation, then you are not a good person.

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      That’s why as an Italian I appreciate nordern countries. Luther reform fixed that and shifted the main point to the actual life.

      When I moved to Sweden in a rich part of Stockholm I was not happy. Dealing with rich Italians left a disgusting feeling in me and I didn’t want to live there. Then I got to meet the neighbors and they were actually really cool. Rich swedish people (normally rich, not talling about billionaires), are absolutely down on heart.

      Anyway, I’m pretty sure this people would’ve been doing great even without religion. Luther isn’t been a revolution, it’s been an excaping. Not surprisingly, their modern and open Christianism is the one who’s disappearing faster.

  • zib@lemmy.world
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    If fear of divine retribution is your only reason for being a good person, then you are not a good person.

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    This person allowed Elon Musk to stick his Nazi cock inside her.

    She’s not a sane individual.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
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      God is the all-powerful creator of the universe, all of the black holes and quasars, all of the laws of physics, the architect of the very Beginning and End of All Things… but He is in constant danger of destruction by a bunch of hippies and nerds.

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    The way i understood it was that it’s a difference in organization of society. Some people can find meaning themselves, without needing somebody else to tell them what to do. Some people just need to be told what to do.

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    There are good things that are less intuitive about eg. Christian values such as forgiveness. You get as many chances as you need and are still worth saving no matter what you have done wrong.

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    Religion provided people with a sense of community. Without it, they’ve been finding community on the internet which has resulted in people believing in all kinds of strange things. Significantly stranger than there being a metaphysical consciousness in the universe.

    Religion, while not perfect, often tries to encourage people to be better. Of course religion can be corrupted by politics at times, and we’re certainly in one of those times. But the general concept of people coming together and encouraging each other to be better isn’t a bad thing.

    Internet groups are worse than religion, many of them are devoted towards hating an enemy and unlike religion, make no effort to encourage people to better themselves. Religion can often fail at this goal, but most internet groups make no attempt to be better than a failed religion. Case in point: [email protected]