i think if less tolerance for religion became more commonplace, it might be better for mental health in general honestly.
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solsangraal@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
if someone is not able to distinguish between fiction (regardless of the medium) and reality, then the problem is much deeper than pearl-clutching religious fanatics insist on believing, and will NOT be solved by abolishing all the “bad” fiction
i would argue that religion itself plays a large part in developing these problematic attitudes from early childhood, especially towards sex
octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
if someone is not able to distinguish between fiction (regardless of the medium) and reality, then the problem is much deeper than pearl-clutching religious fanatics insist on believing, and will NOT be solved by abolishing all the “bad” fiction
We’ve been trying to make this exact argument to the exact same group of people since the earliest days of D&D and I’m sure someone was having the same conversation about some other thing before that. 😠
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
They used to think novels were bad for women in the 18th and 19th centuries bc they worried they were too dumb to separate fact from fantasy
octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 23 hours ago
Don’t worry, maga will get us back there soon enough…
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 day ago
not able to distinguish between fiction (regardless of the medium) and reality
religious fanatics
The line is a circle
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah. It’s always been perplexing me that people who seem mentally okay in other ways can seem to think fiction and reality are basically the same thing.
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
the owner class wants it that way. if you can get people to throw reason, facts, evidence, and everything else out the window in order to genuinely believe that 2+2=5, then you can tell them anything you want, and they will kill people over the matter. see: literally all of maga
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 day ago
Glad to see this opinion organically. I have been feeling like its moving more and more toward censure. I always thought japan pretty much had it right and then they took a step back. If its not real, its not real. I honestly don't care about any fictional stuff be it writing or painting.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 day ago
You mean constantly displaying sexuality as evil and interest in it as sinful leads to a unhealthy sexuality? Say it ain’t so
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
1b. punishment is unimaginable suffering for eternity
side effects of psychological damage, suicide, sociopathic tendencies, etc. don’t matter in the slightest to the people collecting your tithes and controlling your behavior-- so, rather the same as social media