• Beemo Dinosaurierfuß@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    We’re using fancy words now to seem smart?
    Works better if you know what they mean.

    And I don’t have any problem believing that vast majorities of a population can fall to a cult.
    I mean in the middle ages people didn’t even have a choice about their religion and I hope you are not trying to tell me crusades and literal witch hunts are not cult behaviour.

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      10 months ago

      We’re using fancy words now to seem smart? Works better if you know what they mean.

      Okay:

      Cancer
      Cult

      So now that we’ve gotten definitions out of the way, can we acknowledge what century we are in?

      I mean in the middle ages people didn’t even have a choice about their religion and I hope you are not trying to tell me crusades and literal witch hunts are not cult behaviour.

      At which point did I say 80% of Europeans are currently involved in Crusades or Literal Witch Hunts?

      My point was currently, right now, 80% of the population believe in one religion or another. Support for left wing ideals, such as social programs and rights for LGBTQ+ far exceeds 20% of the population. The problem is not religion. The problem is hateful closed minded people who use religion as an excuse to be hateful and close minded.