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• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Crystal healers, OTOH…

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  • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh I have friends in that group too. The problem is, I wouldn’t trust any of them to do logic and reasoning. They’re great people, but they couldn’t reason their way out of a wet paper bag.

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  • tux0r@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You do have a point.

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    • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Imagining a piece of mineral can do something is wrong, but talking to some invisible force can do something is right?

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      • tux0r@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Christianity is not the same thing as religion.

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Personally, I put that kind of woo-woo in the same bucket as religion. It’s all belief in made up nonsense that is indicative of a lack of critical thinking.

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    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Clutches crystals really firmly and sends evil thoughts your way

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    • thefactremains@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        What if I told you the problems only materialize when people tell other people what, and what not to believe?

        I disagree. The problems materialise whenever a person enters the real world and their beliefs affect how they act.

        For example, a religious doctor choosing not to administer birth control, or not to perform abortions. That’s a real-world problem caused by religious people’s own beliefs impacting how they personally choose to act, and having a negative effect on society at large.

        Pure belief and spirituality is critical for healthy evolution of humanity through personal growth.

        Was. If you said was critical, I would agree with you. But certainly not is. We have no use for woo-woo and belief in nonsensical claims today.

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  • aleq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They are powerful centers of healing though…

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• Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There’s something wrong with outright rejecting objective reality to believe in the fantastical. Doesn’t lend itself well to rational thinking voters, exactly does it?

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  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Kinda depends on their exact beliefs. Cuckoos aside, a lot of non-extremist religious folks have views that are reasonably compatible with reality, or at least not mutually exclusive.

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    • floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I belief in an invisible wizard in the sky that grant wishes and subject you to eternal torture if you don’t both believe in him and love him is incompatible with reality

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      • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        As long as they aren’t believing every small thing that happens is due to the actions of said sky wizard, I’m not seeing the incompatibility. Also, I’m agnostic, so if you’re trying to get a raise out of me don’t bother.

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      • thefactremains@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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