Religion is a scam built to take advantage and control the uneducated masses.

Many religions are. The ones that focus inward to better yourself are not bothering anyone. When was the last time a Buddhist knocked on your door and asked you to find Buddha?

Edit: The self-righteousness of some atheists is truly hypocritical. Persecution is wrong, whether it’s of an atheist by a religious person, or vice versa. Yet another reason to be disappointed in my fellow man, I guess.

They fall into the same category of people that look inward and find themselves as a train or an anime character or some other spirit animal / past life bullshit.

These are all people that need mental help and prescription medication.

That’s where atheists overstep. Why does it matter what someone believes if it has no effect on you? Isn’t that exactly what you criticize the religious of doing?

Right, until they harm someone or themselves by thinking they can fly if they believe hard enough or that they can get into a magical afterlife if they kill enough people. If you are open to that magic thinking then you are open to be manipulated and used.

Or their beliefs turn extremists because religion like cancer or capitalism needs unending growth to fuel its existence. People need to be kept uneducated and gullible enough to buy into the fantasy and to donate more money to make the clergy that will inevitably rape some kids.

These same people are bringing their fantasy into politics and look where that brought America and or the religious war going on.

Way to project. Find me articles on Buddhists harming people because they think they can fly. While I’m waiting, would you like me to provide scientific research that resulted in harm?

You can’t have it both ways. If you want boundaries that protect you from the religious, then you yourself must respect the same boundary.

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This is absolutely self harm that is caused by a mentally disturbed individual that is trying to achieve the nonexistent.

That kind of mental instability can lead to any number of self harm or escalation of hurting others in the name of any god or religion.

Religion needs to be wiped out through education, mental health services and ultimately taxation and banning from all political systems.

I didn’t ask about self harm. I asked about others. Are you afraid you’re going to harm yourself, or that a religious person could harm you? How is an individual’s beliefs your business if they don’t impact you? You sincerely believe that the way to solve religious persecution by some is to persecute all of the religious?

Your goal post just moved. Need some help keeping it in place?