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Attitude to Religion and its believers. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by Tekkip20@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What is your general attitude towards those who believe in religion whether they are jewish, Muslim, Christian etc etc.

Do you get on well with any religious friends and neighbours?

Have you ever thought of believing in a religion at some point?

If you do not like the faiths, why?

If you DO, also why? Does this come from your family? Maybe something went bad during your life?

I get that Lemmy might have the same stereotype in Reddit that there are loads of atheists, but there's a good reason why despite criticism of religion, it is still here.

P.S. I am not religious or anti religious in any fashion, I am agnostic.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I like this interpretation but last I checked the vegans aren't going to vote for a despot who will kill all non-vegans, and that they don't view the death of all non-vegans as a positive thing. (Most vegans I know are keenly aware they can only participate in veganism because of modern agricultural, distribution, and economic systems. They know veganism is an elitist choice that a lot of the world cannot make.)

I think that's the major difference here.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sure. Voting for religious genocide is just as bad as voting for non-religious genocide: e.g. on the basis of nationalism, pseudoscience, or the like.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Agreed.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Wow, you sure did manage to slip in a bunch of self-serving misinformation about veganism for no fucking reason. Who are you actually trying to convince, I wonder. (I'm being sarcastic, I know perfectly well.)