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0 pointsterminalshort8mo ago0 comments

IDK, you'd have to ask the people that treat politics like their religion these days. They're everywhere. Doubt it would help, though, because those people will never admit to it being their religion even though it very obviously is.

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danaris8mo ago· 2 in thread

And maybe this has something to do with your personal definition of religion not matching the one that the rest of the world is operating under.

"This is something I believe in firmly and will defend my belief in" is not what makes something a religion.

Real religions have tenets, rituals, and beliefs beyond things like "people deserve to be treated well".

terminalshortOP8mo ago

Oh, but they do have rituals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_acknowledgement, an did you see the Charlie Kirk reaction?

chaps8mo ago

Love me some confirmation bias about how bad the "other side" is at inserting its dogma into its surroundings.

Here's mine: at my grandfather's funeral, the head pastor was comfortable enough in himself to start complaining about "cancel culture" in front of everyone while my grandfather's dead body was ten feet away from him.

Everything's so fucked.

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