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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't have a religion so anyone that uses their's to try to enforce their rules on me can hang

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

same with their end times bullshit. look pal I don't believe in your invisible friend, I REALLY don't believe in the entire fanfic franchise much less care which one wins your WWE headcannon shit.

[–] PeacefulForest@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Just like a schizophrenic or demented person. No sorry there is a reality we all share and I will not light myself on fire because the voices in your head are telling me to.

[–] bigchungus@piefed.blahaj.zone 108 points 1 week ago (3 children)

More honest:

My religion says I can't do that.

I don't care.

My religion says you can't do that.

I don't care.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 102 points 1 week ago (10 children)

That's unfortunately not how it works. The religious very often use their religion as an excuse to control other peoples' lives.

[–] Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 74 points 1 week ago

Indeed, all fun and games until they kidnap you from the streets because their religious laws prohibit the way you dress.

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[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 26 points 1 week ago

I’m going to vote for the guy who shares my religious values, and he’s going to make the thing you’re doing illegal

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 64 points 1 week ago (11 children)

love how the bible literally says public displays of faith and prayer is wrong yet people who've never read the bible will claim otherwise.

Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

For what it's worth, that's not an especially relevant passage here, as it's less to do with being open about your faith and moreso about intent. For example, those who would go to the synagogue to pray or who would give alms to make themselves feel better and appear righteous. The Bible is crystal clear that you should be openly expressing your faith to others should the intent be to spread the religion. Mark 16:15–16, for example, reads (NIV):

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."

Probably more relevant for your case are the passages along the lines of: "Look, give it the old college try, but if they aren't willing to listen, don't be a bitch about it; just move on." For example:

Matthew 5:43–44:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 7:1–3:

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

Matthew 10:13–15

If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

The Parable of the Weeds.

Etc.

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[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Actually "fuck off" to the above statement as well in many cases. "I'm a gynecologist. My religion says I can't do an abortion." Fuck off. Where I live (Croatia) pharmacies can refuse to sell you contraceptive pills if the person on the counter says it disagrees with their religion. Fuck off.

People's values are never a purely private matter.

[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago

if the person on the counter says it disagrees with their religion

"Dont go to the pharmacy on wednesdays because that bitch Mary is on shift."

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

That's ridiculous, if you don't want to do the job, don't be a pharmacist.

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[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 48 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The issue is that the vast majority of people don't view religion as "what I should or shouldn't do." They view it as "what should and shouldn't be done." They can't just follow the tenants themselves; in order to follow their religion - at least not the way they interpret it - they need to make sure the tenants are being universally followed. That's why religion is always at odds with society as a whole unless that society is already overbearingly religious. It will never change unless there are no major groups within society with different beliefs than the norm.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What about the landlords? Are they also universally followed?

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[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 46 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Even the top part is not innocuous when it's vaccines they say they "can't" do.

[–] Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 22 points 1 week ago

innocuous

I see what you did there.

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[–] aarch0x40@piefed.social 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My religion says to love and have compassion unconditionally, full stop

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (13 children)

"My religion prohibits it!"

THEN DON'T FUCKING DO IT.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

shame we can't prevent them from voting about it.

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[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

Whenever I tell people I don’t drink tea or coffee because of my religion the conversation goes like this

“Your Mormon?!”

“Not really, not so much anymore”

“So why don’t you drink it now?!”

“Because it’s gross. It’s an acquired taste I never acquired “

“How do you wake up then?”

“Cocaine”

Edit: I don’t like the taste of cocaine either but I love how it smells.

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[–] king_comrade@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

'My magical delusions forbid me from using common sense'.
Aight man, godspeed I guess 😅

[–] ethaver@kbin.earth 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

idk I think people shouldn't be able to sell their children into marriages at 14 years old just because they don't share my beliefs that that's horrible. Meanwhile they think that an abortion harms a child in a way that outweighs b the mother's right to decide whether or not her body gets used as life support and I don't. I think whether or not it's important to meddle in other's private and family lives is actually a fairly complicated question.

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