And this, this right here, is why I’m an antitheist, why beliefs fucking matter. It’s all fine and “your own business” until you wind up with people who vote on laws who think magic, otherworldly messages from a deity, and pseudoscience exist in reality.
Exactly. The problem is that it can never just stop there. If we could all just “live and let live,” then of course everyone should have the right to worship how, when, and where they want to. But humans are all judgemental, narcissistic dicks who insist on forcing beliefs onto everyone and everything because they’re right and everyone else is wrong.
In the US, it’s never just a matter of “religious freedom.” It’s a matter of people having bodily autonomy, of freedom from persecution for loving who you love, of freedom from diseases that proliferate due to the rejection of modern medicine. There are even homeless shelters/soup kitchens that won’t allow people to eat or stay the night until they’ve sat through an entire church service. And that’s considered pretty normal in terms of charities that target homelessness and addiction.
It may be a cliche way to put it, but it really does act like a societal cancer.
And this, this right here, is why I’m an antitheist, why beliefs fucking matter. It’s all fine and “your own business” until you wind up with people who vote on laws who think magic, otherworldly messages from a deity, and pseudoscience exist in reality.
Also, hello fellow ex-fundie!
Exactly. The problem is that it can never just stop there. If we could all just “live and let live,” then of course everyone should have the right to worship how, when, and where they want to. But humans are all judgemental, narcissistic dicks who insist on forcing beliefs onto everyone and everything because they’re right and everyone else is wrong.
In the US, it’s never just a matter of “religious freedom.” It’s a matter of people having bodily autonomy, of freedom from persecution for loving who you love, of freedom from diseases that proliferate due to the rejection of modern medicine. There are even homeless shelters/soup kitchens that won’t allow people to eat or stay the night until they’ve sat through an entire church service. And that’s considered pretty normal in terms of charities that target homelessness and addiction.
It may be a cliche way to put it, but it really does act like a societal cancer.