I was with you until the last sentence. As someone who is not religious in the slightest, I have no problem with people being religious as long as it’s not forced in me.
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DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Every single one of you idiots is fine with paying extra to access a free service. VPN! VPN! Gotta have a VPN to fool everyone!
You didn’t need a VPN before, because religious nazis have to control every single fucking thing. Control that porn! Control that “R” rated movie! Control those words in songs! Control the words in books! All religious movements.
Stop supporting religions, you stupid fucks. Requring a VPN is just saying that poor people don’t get free porn, because they can’t afford a VPN. Which is yet another thing that religious dickheads do.
If you’re religious - FUCK YOU!
the_tab_key@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
tempest@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Religions have yet to prove to me they are not just another tribal group that wants control with extra steps.
the_tab_key@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ok? Doesn’t change what I said.
tempest@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I’m saying there isn’t a religion that doesn’t force it’s shit on people.
So basically you’re fine with supporting things that hurt others just so long as you’re left alone.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Pretty much a default that religion, given the opportunity, will seek to push its rules and values on others. Doesn’t matter if it’s a medicine man or someone sitting on the local school board. I don’t have a problem with religious people in principle either, the problem is that even if you do meet a decent couple of people who appear to keep their religion to themselves there’s hundreds of thousands in their “club” that are going to fuck with things. Kinda like being in the republican party - even if they’re decent people, aren’t bootlickers, aren’t homophobes, etc… they still vote for, support, and associate with a group that does a lot of shitty things.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Nope, garbage shit for assholes who want to control idiots. And yes it is being forced on you, that’s how Christian national terrorism works, if you don’t think it is, I’m sorry, but you’re also an idiot
the_tab_key@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Alright buddy, guess I’m an idiot. I know many people who are religious and don’t bother me with what they believe, Christian, Muslim, Jewish.
mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
My issue is that the ones who aren’t bothering you with it are essentially not doing so because they know other people in their group are already handling that for them. Religions, especially those you named, come with a mandate to spread themselves and force others to comply with their standards.
It’s kind of like a really selfish kid who would steal all your lunch every day, but he’s not strong enough to do so, so instead he’s just nice and kind and smiles at you and lets you be. But if he ever gets strong enough, he’ll start taking your lunch every single day forever.
The religious people who aren’t forcing it down your throat either (1) think someone else is doing it for them so they don’t have to, or (2) don’t think they could get away with it without being counterproductive to their cause, and are waiting for a more opportune moment.
These are people who believe that they factually know what constitutes objective good. Imagine if raping children was legal and you ones your neighbor was raping children. You might just leave him alone about it because, what can you do? But the moment you have an opportunity to vote for a law to outlaw it, the moment you have a chance to kill him and get away with it, etc. you’ll try to act against him. Your polite indifference to him is a lie. This is how religious people are to you, except for instead of it being about reasonable things like raping children, it’s about stupid bullshit that makes no sense, like the fact you don’t pray every day at a certain time, or the fact that you’re attracted to the same sex, or the fact that you don’t want the ten commandments posted in schools.
HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The problem is that by its very existence and prevalence you have to contend with religion’s bullshit effecting your life.
So honestly you should be against people being religious and try and discourage it. Though yeah its not super helpful to look at individual religious people and hate them openly. That’s a good way to just harden them right back against you.
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
r/atheism is that way my dude
Prathas@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
What? You don’t have to be atheist to be against organized religions.
biofaust@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Finally, I found another one like me. Prepare for a shower of shit in the comments, as most people here defend religion strenously.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The issue isn’t being religious, it is demanding everyone else be too.
theherk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It kind of is to some extent. Believing stories like this requires a certain degree of ignorance.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why do you think a good chunk of these people wear red hats?
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is a difference between intellectual intelligence and emotional. People have needs that intellectual responses don’t satisfy such as “what happens to us after death?”, “how do I deal with the loss of a loved one?”, “does anyone care about me?”, “is there more to the universe than just random chance?”, etc.
piranhaconda@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
But they gotta save us from eternal damnation, it’s for our own good, we don’t know any better (/s if it’s really needed)
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Anyone else believing differently plants a seed of doubt in their minds that drives them mad.
biofaust@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, the problem is accepting uncritically anything that comes from a self-defined leader, and, even in the absence of that, accepting that any critical input in a social system should come from people that have compromised on logic and reason at some level.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
proton vpm
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is an important distinction between being religious and supporting organized churches. ‘Religious people’ aren’t any more of a threat to you than gay people are. Churches, particularly the Catholic Church in Christianity, that don’t even follow their religion’s teachings, are the problem.
biofaust@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You don’t need an organized group to have people who compromised on logic forcing their views on others. Sure, an organized group can be more efficient, but it is also more visible as a threat.
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
My friend who was previously more etheist has been attending church. We have lost another soul guys.
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
The solution to the root cause of this (asshole politicians) and all the other fucked up shit going on, is to vote. Vote for a candidate that won’t do shit like this. If you want to do extra, donate time or some money to a candidate you like.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The big downsides are:
I could go on and on. And nothing about the above has anything to do with porn.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I just keep my VPN on at all times and I’ve seen no noticable lag. My Steam download speeds are still regularly 500mb+/sec.
I’m sure it would be marginally faster without it, but the hit is so small that I see no reason to ever turn it off.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yes, that’s probably the least-problem of my points. Really more of an issue for poor VPN providers, which people will end up with due to 3.