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[szarkazm]

I feel we live in dangerous times. Ubiquitous, stalwart institutions such as religions, have been shaken to their foundations by discoveries in science and general consciousness. There is a complete denial of reason. In the name of religion and cultural diversity and political correctness our hands are tied from taking these people and collectively

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[amoretti1]

*applause*

You said it far more vehemently than I ever have (online) but you echoed my thoughts almost exactly.
Thanks for casting some light on the desperate situation of what seems to be a return to the dark ages.

I once thought "religious tolerance" was what we should aim for as civilized human beings but my thoughts have lately changed and now I think that it's precisely this tolerance bullshit that has led us to the situation we're in.

So what if so many get comfort from religion? I'd rather live in a world that didn't base its comfort on lies. We all need to grow up and take responsibility for our actions and stop expecting an invisible, non-existent being to do our work.

Religion DOES NOT WORK. How many more people are going to die to make the world understand that?

[szarkazm]

I say we start brandishing dinosaur bones and go merauding, clobbering people in the head with truth lmao.

[amoretti1]

LOL. The problem isn't evolution vs. creationism per se. Most Christians in Europe accept evolution even though they're Christians. The debate with creationism is a very American thing.

It's deeper than that...

[szarkazm]

Could it be our government's fault, when Bush funded the Faith Based initiative, and schools that were religiously affiliated got special grants and funding from the government? Maybe it is that, together with the political correctness toward religious tolerance that is also shoveled down people's throats that created a breeding ground for this sort ignorance to be accepted as fact? I remember it not being this bad before the Bush years. Or maybe I wasn't connected to the rest of the country like I am now. Maybe a generation has grown up in faith-based schools and evangelical megachurches since I was in school. We are going back 15-20 years, so we can say a generation of youth has been endoctrinated since then. Because this wasn't an issue where and when I went to school, ever. And the evangelical megachurches are relatively new, too, as in cropped up and became prevalent within the last 20 years. I was always against theocracy, and had opinions about it since I was growing up in the 1990's. And then I clearly remember after 9/11

[amoretti1]

I don't recall getting the religious fundamentalism vibe from the US pre-Bush now that you mention it. It bears thinking about

[alba_ny]

I love you for this post.

Thanks!

[szarkazm]

:D thanks!;)

Its interesting because I was raised Catholic. But my mother always encoraged reading and broadening knowledge. It was always assumed that the bible was meant to be allegory, to help teach "right from wrong," and not be a literal interpretation. Of course lessons were taught with the whole "fear of Big Brother God" thing and there are better ways to go about it, but I was never indoctrinated to believe verbatim literally, and to deny science and history as works of the devil. Just the thought of it, honestly gives me a visceral reaction, of instinctively wanting to bang my head into a wall with frustration. I get deeply disturbed lol.

[velvettt1]

My husband was raised in that atmosphere, married into it and lived it for a long time till he, as he said, couldn't drink the Koolaid any more. He mostly refused to discuss THEIR beliefs, but on one occasion he did say they're taught a refutation to dinosaurs, etc., and they all believe it.

I have often compared the Religious Right here in the south (yes, Texas is south) to the Taliban. Religious fanaticism that determines who you can marry, what school (if any) you can go to, what you should wear, eat, DO -- does it matter what religion it is or what country it's in? It's all the same.

Yes, I was shocked at the atmosphere here when I moved here 6 years ago, but honestly? It's gotten a lot worse lately. It's actually frightening at times.