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AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoKinda 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.
floo@retrolemmy.com 10 months 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
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 months 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.
floo@retrolemmy.com 10 months ago
That’s what religion is.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
No, that’s what some people think religion is. You’re describing a subset of Christianity, which is in itself a subset of religions. Just because it may apply to a large number of Americans doesn’t make it the norm everywhere.
thefactremains@lemmy.world 10 months ago
CalipherJones@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Too many people do exactly that. That’s the problem.
floo@retrolemmy.com 10 months ago
Imagination and fairytales are recognized as not being real. The same can’t be said for religion.