We’re in the 21st century, and the vast majority of us still believe in an utterly and obviously fictional creator deity. Plenty of people, even in developed countries with decent educational systems, still believe in ghosts or magic (e.g. voodoo). And I–an atheist and a skeptic–am told I need to respect these patently false beliefs as cultural traditions.
Fuck that. They’re bad cultural traditions, undeserving of respect. Child-proofing society for these intellectually stunted people doesn’t help them; it is in fact a disservice to them to pretend it’s okay to go through life believing these things. We should demand that people contend with reality on a factual basis by the time they reach adulthood (even earlier, if I’m being completely honest). We shouldn’t be coddling people who profess beliefs that are demonstrably false, simply because their feelings might get hurt.
I’m a Christian and somewhat conservative. And I can without a doubt say there’s more hate coming from you liberal leftist communist atheists. I have a constitutional right to believe in whatever the fuck I want to believe in and live by values that have been passed down thousands of years, instead of living by the propaganda of some hateful British philosopher.
How very Christian of you.
Apparently Lemmy doesn’t understand what a copypasta is.