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.
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.
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.
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.