• pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.