Understanding Religion's Relationship To Human Social Systems

What I'm about to say, I DO NOT say on behalf of "team atheist", nor for secular humanists, leftists, or any other cultural niche. "Atheism" is like being a non-astrologist, or a non-Leprechaun-ist. It tells us nothing about what is true or valuable. In fact, my criticism of "atheism" goes much further than that, if we start talking about an atheist-themed "community". "The atheist community" is a doomed project. Not even reframing it as a "secular humanist" project can save it. Why not? Because, as a politically weaponized social environment, ... It's virtually identical to the rabble of Christian fundamentalist cults most escapees have escaped from. For someone to REALIZE they just escaped an intense system of unethical control, ... is only an early stage of their liberation and maturation. Subsequent exploration, discovery, and growth are lifelong projects. It can take many years to e...

  @slimynaut 6 days ago (edited) Well Im not, Christianity is simply true and very easy to defend with truth. If you dont believe it thats fine but I agree many preachers go about it in very bad dishonest ways because they want a conversion of another to be a badge they wear. I dont agree with it and they are not preaching correctly. 1 Reply · 6 replies @ApPersonaNonGrata 6 days ago There is no honest way to defend a lie. 5 Reply @ApPersonaNonGrata 6 days ago (edited) If someone says 1. "I have a subjective personal understanding of what Christianity is. 2. I choose to imagine that it's true, because I want it to be true. 3. I realize that I do not "know" it's true. However, ... 4. It appeals to my intuitions and has great emotional and social utility to immerse myself in this narrative. 5. I don't try to spread it to anyone, because I don't want the responsibility for the effect it might have on someone else, because I've seen how it takes a...