• FrostMyProstate@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No, not convincing at all. That’s why they go after children with this bs at the youngest age possible. It was fucking terrifying when I was around 11 or so and started accepting that I didn’t believe anything they told me at church.

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      1 year ago

      Without indoctrination religion wouldn’t go away completely, but it would be reduced to small random cults, that everyone wouid laugh at and avoid like the plague.

      • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Considering how many are against vaccines for COVID-19, MMR and HPV, it may not avoiding them like the plague but because of.

        Pedant's note

        I am aware that those are not the plague.

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      Yep. I tried harder and harder to convince myself I believed so that I wouldn’t burn in hell for eternity if I died. I wonder why I have anxiety? I mean it’s totally healthy to be a literal child and trying to gaslight yourself into believing in something that makes no sense so you won’t be tortured for eternity, right?

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Can’t be branded a hairetic if I just don’t believe…. That would be a balding lost-one.

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    1 year ago

    For a moment, I thought this was a cryptid instance and briefly wondered what level of crazy believes that Bigfoot will put you in the ground if you don’t believe in him.

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    1 year ago

    Wait, but do we have a novel book that PROVES he’s real and sent his son to die for humankind sins??? Do we??!!!

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    1 year ago

    I don’t believe in bigfoot, but if there was any cryptid that did exist, it’s gotta be that one. It’s the most boring, most mundane, most realistic cryptid. I mean… It’s just an ape of some kind. An ape we haven’t yet discovered, but nothing super fantastical either.

    Hmm… 🤔

    I wonder if some religious people use the same logic to choose which God they believe in. Cuz I mean, why would you not want to believe in Greek or Roman gods? They were cooler. Christian God, even if it exists, is kinda lame compared to other gods. 🤷🏻‍♂️