MicroWaveOct 5, 2023

America's nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don't like organized religion

https://lemmy.world/post/6336372

America's nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don't like organized religion - Lemmy.world

Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. “And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church,” he recalled. Nothing has changed that view in the ensuing decades. “Most religions are there to control people and get money from them,” said Dulak, now 76, of Rocheport, Missouri. He also cited sex abuse scandals in Catholic and Southern Baptist churches. “I can’t buy into that,” he said.

Show threadassassin_aragornOct 5, 2023

I think the only thing we lose is community – I’m jealous that religious people automatically have that.

The solution of course is trying to return to having neighborhood communities.

Show threadcallouscomicOct 5, 2023
I’m telling you from experience that their “community” is fake. The people are fake. Under the fake stuff that looks nice on the outside is a deep culture of judgment and shame and fear. It’s not any community I would ever want. Like family get together for family’s that hate each other but they fake it.
Show threadassassin_aragornOct 6, 2023
Yeah I guess there’s an inherent danger with a community where going against groupthink is a sin
Show threadChr0nos1
Like posting an unpopular opinion on Reddit or Lemmy. You’ll get down voted to hell if your opinion differs from the majority in that sub.
Oct 6, 2023 at 12:14pmWeb
Show threadassassin_aragornOct 6, 2023
That’s just unpopular opinions, and I’ve made plenty of those before. It’s very different from doing something that my community thinks is a cosmic sin that will send me to hell.
Show thread☆Luma☆Oct 7, 2023
I’m struggling to see how it’s different. Could you iterate a bit more? I’m a bit slow but I like learning :(
Show threadassassin_aragornOct 7, 2023

Of course. It’s the nature of the disagreement. And unpopular opinion about random topics is just an unpopular opinion. People will see me as an idiot, ignorant, or stupid. They may think I have questionable morals or priorities. But that’s it. I’m just another stupid person on the Internet. I can have some of these disagreements with friends where I have an unpopular opinion, but depending on the severity it’s inconsequential.

With a sin though, I’ve done something that goes against God’s word and rules. If I don’t ask for forgiveness, I will be eternally punished for it. Disagreements here are disagreements on what God says, which is heresy.

Does that make more sense?