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[–] EmotionalSupportLancet@hexbear.net 70 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The internal monologue as the voice of god shit is legitimately unhinged. I’m not a psychiatrist but there’s no way that’s a healthy way to operate.

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago

I was in that mindset a long time ago, indoctrinated into the cult. It's not healthy, in fact it's antisocial and the psychosocial foundation of narcissism and resembles a type of psychosis. If a person has an organic based psychotic disorder like schizophrenia, it will likely create worsening delusions.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice fedora, you euphoric atheist /s

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Billionaire-worshipping Reddit New Atheists are the Starry brand compared to the older and more established Coca-Cola Classic that is Christian fundamentalism.

[–] TraumaDumpling@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

i'm pretty firmly agnostic and i would agree, like clearly the intended method of interpretation of reality that religions encourage is still rational and interpretive in some sense, at least in the context of like, religious scholars and not frothing uneducated zealots.

[–] eatmyass@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago

unlike my strong opinions which are because I'm objectively correct

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] kristina@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

I'm a Barbie girl

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always wonder how many historical conflicts might've been less brutal (or might not even happened) if not for this kind of thing.

[–] xj9@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

it probably depends a lot on the context. its possible that polytheists are more readily accepting of co-existence with Others compared to monotheists who might use their imagined superiority as an excuse to wipe out other cultures. i find this to be true of some white new athiests as well, who see it as their mission to destroy all religious thought on earth without really understanding how non-christian, especially polytheist religions, work.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

ehh, this has to be placed into historical context. the rise of hindu fascists in India shows that those brainworms can pop up anywhere if the material conditions are right.

[–] asa_red_heathen@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Anti-theism is, in the western world at least, definitely an evolution of Christian chauvinism, from my perspective at least. It fulfills much of the needs of the religion, namely a dogmatic rejection of beliefs and faiths that conflict with Christianity, while being ostensibly secular and anti-christian, but never offering any real threat to the church itself. Atheism alone, without the automatic assumption of every religion being evil, is far more dangerous to the church since atheists can freely work with believers to combat the reactionary political and cultural structures of christianity that hold the religion together.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well I’m opposed to religion because for an entire decade I had hordes of good boy small town Christians threatening me with death and torture and suffering both here and now and in the afterlife for sexual deviancy.

[–] asa_red_heathen@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can oppose Christianity without opposing faiths that are not responsible for Christianity's crimes. Equating all religions diminishes the responsibility of Christianity for its role in abusing and exploiting people.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Guess I could have phrased it better. My main experience is with Christianity, so that’s all I can really comment on.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's actually just indoctrination, not lead.

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 2 years ago

Lead is the spice of indoctrinating.

[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

Lead for the lead god!

[–] Tastysnack@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Lmao its always lead poisoning. It's why our parents are so daft.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've known some deeply fucked up fundies. One seriously credited God for finding her good parking spaces and convenient green lights and even did seconds-long prayers of thanks while driving.

[–] rubpoll@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I can't imagine what it's like believing that the omnipotent ruler of the multiverse cares about you more than others, enough so to rig random things in your favor.

"Oh yeah, me and the all-powerful creator of reality are besties. Sometimes He makes two sodas fall out of the vending machine for me because He cares about me that much. He also rigs sports games for my favorite team because I asked Him to really hard."

Narcissism doesn't even come close to describing that thinking.

[–] BigHaas@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Don't say the word shit or the omnipotent creator will get mad 😡

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

God doesn’t care about slavery, hunger, war, death and all manners of suffering but will bend over backwards to make sure some cracker dipshit isn’t mildly inconvenienced and makes their kid Brayxtayley’s youth soccer team win.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

God is clearly a sportsbro and picks favorite teams. Too busy to help the poors.

[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

They should be thanking God every second for not exploding the Sun.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Eliminate the four olds