TV ads and american entertainment media are not brainwashing?
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So you were not a full atheist but a Christian atheist ?
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So you were not a full atheist but a Christian atheist ?
I had a christian background,but i was full blown atheist.I was convicted religion was superstition we created to cope with the hardships of life and that any supernatural phenomena was made up bullshit.Pretty arrogant view now that i look back.
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Meme away.Self Awareness is a virtue.
 
I had a christian background,but i was full blown atheist.I was convicted religion was superstition we created to cope with the hardships of life and that any supernatural phenomena was made up bullshit.Pretty arrogant view now that i look back.
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Meme away.Self Awareness is a virtue.
Interesting. And I've despised Christianity for most of my childhood while being very spiritual
by teaching the gospel of christ
And by torturing people, beating up children and forcing them to recite long prayers under threats of being beaten and starved if they fail.
 
I had a christian background,but i was full blown atheist.I was convicted religion was superstition we created to cope with the hardships of life and that any supernatural phenomena was made up bullshit.Pretty arrogant view now that i look back.
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Meme away.Self Awareness is a virtue.
Religion is also used to control/manipulate people.

Supernatural phenomena in majority of cases conveniently line up with the religion the person experiencing the phenomenon adheres to.

So its mostly bs and confirmation bias
 
Religion is also used to control/manipulate people.
Anything can be used to control/manipulate people
Supernatural phenomena in majority of cases conveniently line up with the religion the person experiencing the phenomenon adheres to.

So its mostly bs and confirmation bias
Supernatural phenomena are interpreted based on the person's religion but quite a few of them are universal and are simply given different names/reasonings
 
Ok? I just added on the "cope with hardships". Obviously thats not exclusive to religions. Religions are just super effecient because of the indoctrination of children
Yes that's true. I remember the indoctrination from kindergarten, hence my opposition to organized Christianity starting at an early age.
 
I think religion can be helpful for some people. But also, a lot of really conservative sects of basically any religion have the habit of being pretty toxic.

for me, I feel like Judaism has been an overall benefit for my life. Helps me meet more people, gives my life some sort of structure, praying is fun, and overall it makes me a better person.

but also

A lot of people take it WAY too far. Like with Orthodox Judaism, it’s honestly kinda sexist.
  • women aren’t allowed to hold significant positions in the congregation(ex. They can’t be rabbis)
  • Women aren’t allowed to get a divorce unless their husband consents
  • Men and women need to be physically separated by a barrier inside the synagogue
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and then there are people like this who just engage in outright terrorism and make the entire religion look bad
 
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A lot of people take it WAY too far. Like with Orthodox Judaism, it’s honestly kinda sexist.
  • women aren’t allowed to hold significant positions in the congregation(ex. They can’t be rabbis)
  • Women aren’t allowed to get a divorce unless their husband consents
  • Men and women need to be physically separated by a barrier inside the synagogue
It's weird how pretty much all other news hate them, even Nationalists like Netanyahu are only using them and actually hate them in private
 
I think religion can be helpful for some people. But also, a lot of really conservative sects of basically any religion have the habit of being pretty toxic.

for me, I feel like Judaism has been an overall benefit for my life. Helps me meet more people, gives my life some sort of structure, praying is fun, and overall it makes me a better person.

but also

A lot of people take it WAY too far. Like with Orthodox Judaism, it’s honestly kinda sexist.
  • women aren’t allowed to hold significant positions in the congregation(ex. They can’t be rabbis)
  • Women aren’t allowed to get a divorce unless their husband consents
  • Men and women need to be physically separated by a barrier inside the synagogue
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and then there are people like this who just engage in outright terrorism and make the entire religion look bad
When people throw at you rocks and fireworks u not gonna stand there and do nothing, still why u dont post the actual terrorist who went a day later to a shopping mall and killed a person ?
 
When people throw at you rocks and fireworks u not gonna stand there and do nothing, still why u dont post the actual terrorist who went a day later to a shopping mall and killed a person ?
no dude, these settlers legitimately engage in terrorism.

They’re religious fundamentalists who want to revive the ancient Jewish kingdoms of Judaea and Samaria, aka the West Bank. They think they have sole rights to the land by decree of God.

However Arabs are a majority in these lands and hence the settlers wish to push them out and/or subjugate them.
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And I think what the settlers’ want is honestly a bastardization of Zionism.

Zionism was never a religious fundamentalist movement like ISIS. It was created by secular Jews who saw the rise of antisemitism in Europe and wanted to create a place where Jews could be safe and have their own autonomy.
 
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I think religion can be helpful for some people. But also, a lot of really conservative sects of basically any religion have the habit of being pretty toxic.

for me, I feel like Judaism has been an overall benefit for my life. Helps me meet more people, gives my life some sort of structure, praying is fun, and overall it makes me a better person.

but also

A lot of people take it WAY too far. Like with Orthodox Judaism, it’s honestly kinda sexist.
  • women aren’t allowed to hold significant positions in the congregation(ex. They can’t be rabbis)
  • Women aren’t allowed to get a divorce unless their husband consents
  • Men and women need to be physically separated by a barrier inside the synagogue
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and then there are people like this who just engage in outright terrorism and make the entire religion look bad
About religion?
Every religion is Safe until followed from a safe Distance. Basic rules....
Moment they go into depth , rituals , customs there's no safe religion anymore.
 
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