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Important distinction (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -12 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Classic American perspective in the comments.

You know, a lot of regions have religions that aren't cults. Also tv mega churches are not common in the old world.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am European and haven't been to the US in over 15 years and I still firmly hold the believe that religion is cancer and every religion is a cult, especially the christian organizations both big and small.

And don't tell me I don't know what I am talking about.
I was raised catholic and probably know my way around the bible better than most christians.

Now what?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

According to the 2012 Global Religious Landscape survey by the Pew Research Center, 75.2% of the Europe residents are Christians, 18.2% are irreligious, atheist or agnostic, 5.9% are Muslims and 0.2% are Jews, 0.2% are Hindus, 0.2% are Buddhist, and 0.1% adhere to other religions.

That is quite the persecution complex you have there if you believe 80+% of the people in Europe are in a cult.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We're using fancy words now to seem smart?
Works better if you know what they mean.

And I don't have any problem believing that vast majorities of a population can fall to a cult.
I mean in the middle ages people didn't even have a choice about their religion and I hope you are not trying to tell me crusades and literal witch hunts are not cult behaviour.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

We’re using fancy words now to seem smart? Works better if you know what they mean.

Okay:

Cancer
Cult

So now that we've gotten definitions out of the way, can we acknowledge what century we are in?

I mean in the middle ages people didn’t even have a choice about their religion and I hope you are not trying to tell me crusades and literal witch hunts are not cult behaviour.

At which point did I say 80% of Europeans are currently involved in Crusades or Literal Witch Hunts?

My point was currently, right now, 80% of the population believe in one religion or another. Support for left wing ideals, such as social programs and rights for LGBTQ+ far exceeds 20% of the population. The problem is not religion. The problem is hateful closed minded people who use religion as an excuse to be hateful and close minded.

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