cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/10663972

The atheist’s comments continue an irresponsible pattern of demonizing one religion while celebrating the one he grew up with

  • spaceghoti@lemmy.oneM
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    11 months ago

    Dawkins stopped representing us a long, long time ago. He made some good points for a while, and then got so enamored of his own celebrity that he stopped being skeptical of his own thoughts. It’s sad to watch his decline, but he’s no longer relevant.

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    11 months ago

    I couldn’t get it from comments, why people are not supporting this statement.

    Can we agree that Buddhism is more fundamentally decent than Christianity.

    If yes, then we should agree on this statement too.

    Certainly some religions are less shittier.

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      11 months ago

      Can we agree that Buddhism is more fundamentally decent than Christianity.

      On paper but there are a huge number of incidents of sexual abuse in monasteries so no.

      Fundamentally all religions have lofty ideals but in general, people are shitty