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FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 week agoIt takes a lot of reading and self interpretation of texts, which to me is “figuring life out themselves.”
In the context of Christianity, i don’t think you can say anyone is ordered around by religious leaders anymore - we live in a thoroughly secular society, and people know they can just walk away if they don’t like what a priest/pastor is saying (Or find a different one).
Can’t really speak for the other religious in that regard.
But maybe you can see that discerning between “which leader do i listen to” is an act of figuring life out by yourself.
maybe you can see that discerning between “which leader do i listen to” is an act of figuring life out by yourself.
no, I dont see that. Picking between canned ideas is still consuming canned ideas, but feel free to do that. I’m not here to tell you what to do.
muzzle@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Lol, most religious people have never read a single like of their relevant religious text in their while life.
666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 1 week ago
And if they have read them, they use the texts to justify their own actions/lack of action. I went to a jw event where they basically kept saying “look, there are wars and extreme weather events happening, we just need to keep ‘studying’ to get closer to god to save everyone”, stuff like that, and comparing real life to whatever fictional events they have in their books as “proof” that it is real
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That would mean that they are not just being told what to do, to be fair.