Public support. Religion is just a cult with public support.
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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A quote I saw on Reddit a while back "the only difference between a cult and a religion is the number of people".
It's brainwashed billions of people and stolen trillions of $$. An incredibly successful cult. Purely rotten in the core.
When we go down to the scale of individual, a religion can be a positive way of life/thinking that can give positive meaning to someone's life.
Not every person who's a believer is automatically evil.
Absolutely, I was raised Lutheran and volunteered a lot with my youth group, we did massive repairs and overhauls to people's houses. That felt great. I'm now an atheist, but that doesn't mean I hate religion, it's just that the Abrahamic religions suck and are full of hate at its core. The problem happens when people take the scripture to heart and then twist it into what they want. That's what's evil.
I am "with" the church since I got the same religion my parents got when I was born. I haven't left the church and I still pay the church tax, but that's it. I'm not religious myself.
I don't know religious people, there are none in my social circle. I don't know religious people's practices.
I know that fanatics can be found in many fields of life, not just religion, and I know that things can get messy in the bigger scale and that money and power are involved.
I don't have anything against religions either. I'm against acts that hurt people though. If a religion is the reason someone causes pain in others, that's not okay.
Not every person who's a believer is automatically evil.
Maybe not, but they are financially supporting what is often an evil organization.
They might not know what organizations do, might have no better options, might think that no change will happen no matter what they do, might not care, might be brainwashed/tortured/made fearful...the possible reasons are endless.
I don't really like this article, it dismisses the power a cult leader can have over it's people and blames the victims. I would say that if the author was starved, increasingly abused in a systematic way, and all sources of support taken away, I bet he would be an enthusiastic follower for at least a little bit of time. If you go in willingly because you have hope that something will help, that doesn't mean you asked to be abused. A very smug article.
I don't think it dismisses. It is rather balanced.
That picture of Pam from The Office, "They're the same picture"