Sorry bout your heart
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You know, you can just say "supernaturalism" instead of "religion". The two are not synonymous. You can have religion without supernaturalism, such as non-theistic Satanism and some forms of Buddhism. You can have supernaturalism without religion, which describes many New-Agers. I'm sure you've heard people say "I'm spiritual, but not religious", and that's what they mean by that. There are people who believe in souls and reincarnation and stuff like that, but they don't have a religion built around it.
In the case of non-theistic Satanism, there is a moral code, a set of beliefs, and a community of people with shared values, as well as holidays and rituals. Just nothing supernatural.
You cannot, but please do show this supposedly zero make-believe form of Buddhism.
In the case of non-theistic Satanism, there is a moral code, a set of beliefs, and a community of people with shared values, as well as holidays and rituals. Just nothing supernatural.
Exactly, it's a club not a religion.
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Admittedly, ignorance respects no particular faith. That said, Christianity does seem to have quite the stranglehold on it.
I don't view christianity as a real religion tbh. Maybe way back when it was but nowadays it's just a way for fragile suburbanites to justify their victim complex and bigotry.
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Yeah also japanese people shit rainbows
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Yeah also japanese people shit rainbows
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Only if everyone else around them are doing it.
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I don't view christianity as a real religion tbh. Maybe way back when it was but nowadays it's just a way for fragile suburbanites to justify their victim complex and bigotry.
That's how most "real" religions are.
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What's going on with the math here? Percent per 100'000?
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That's how most "real" religions are.
Oh yeah 100%. I was just going in on Christianity specifically since that was what was mentioned.
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Yeah also japanese people shit rainbows
Well when they stop shitting those rainbows into little holes dug into the ground give me a call
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Bigots are everywhere. But japanese want to make America great again?
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What's going on with the math here? Percent per 100'000?
That's what you have to use because they have fewer people per capita. It's basic math.
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Admittedly, ignorance respects no particular faith. That said, Christianity does seem to have quite the stranglehold on it.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]That's because you see more of them. Or at least what passes for christian in the US. Rest assured that the others are more than keeping pace.
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Do you want to talk about Satan?
We enjoy sex, responsible drug use and rock and roll.
Anybody who rebels against the biblical god has the right idea.
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That's what you have to use because they have fewer people per capita. It's basic math.
But usually, you have total numbers per 100k and that's the percents. % is parts of hundred, no matter what.
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But usually, you have total numbers per 100k and that's the percents. % is parts of hundred, no matter what.
Yes, there just shouldn't be a percentage sign. It's not a percentage. The value is probably around 5 something per 100k.
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Apparently the moonies don't help things.
The weird thing is that they're supposed to be Korean, and they're historically not fond of one another. But then, anything to make a
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I don't view christianity as a real religion tbh. Maybe way back when it was but nowadays it's just a way for fragile suburbanites to justify their victim complex and bigotry.
I would specify that the views and practices of modern religious have probably diverged to a very likely large extent from that of their founding predecessors, but I’d also imagine those same predecessors also used religion to justify their victim complexes and bigotries. The two groups, separated by many thousands of years, seem to have much the same underlying mentalities.
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Wait, wait, wait.
Talk all the shit you want about how people twist the meanings of the book/religion, there are some very good stories in the Bible.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]but the stories! The poetry!
They're not that good, though. Some of them sorta stand up as mediocre. Compare them to an anthology by, like, le'guinn, known more as a novelist who could maintain consistent characters plot themes and tone for the length of a fucking novel. You know who fucking wins.
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You cannot, but please do show this supposedly zero make-believe form of Buddhism.
In the case of non-theistic Satanism, there is a moral code, a set of beliefs, and a community of people with shared values, as well as holidays and rituals. Just nothing supernatural.
Exactly, it's a club not a religion.
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Lol, '50s seppo hippie shit? I was expecting something a bit more real and legitimate.
I'd say that's equally as much a club and not a religion as satanism is if that's the case.
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Look it's cool that you're in a philosophical moral club, but don't go around defending religion by calling yourself a religion and saying 'look at me as an example of a good religion' when you don't actually hold religious/supranatural beliefs.
And if you do hold such beliefs, don't claim you accept reality.
That's a controversial take.
As far as I'm concerned, TST is only a "religion" on the books as a basic requirement for them to insert themselves into all of the places that religion, specifically Christianity, is inserted into by government, so they can demonstrate the hypocrisy of the "leadership" that was elected.
Also, having a belief that there isn't anything in the great beyond, is still a belief. You can have a belief without denying reality/Science. None of these things are mutually exclusive. I'm saddened that you don't seem to believe that.
At the end of the day, I see anyone identifying as a satanist under TST to be doing advocacy work on behalf of nonbelievers, since most governments would rather deny all religious symbols/rituals/information from government than allow "Satanists" a platform. Their actions unilaterally has eliminated, mitigated, or otherwise diminished the involvement of any one particular sky daddy from government. It's a worthwhile thing to be done.
You're entitled to an opinion, even if everyone else disagrees, so think whatever you want. I don't agree that you can't be agnostic/atheist and be a part of a "religion". You absolutely can.
Even the lack of a belief is, in and of itself, a belief.
