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Mike Dilger | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I only disagree with that critique a little bit.

I shouldn't have said most people are good (I'm not even sure what good means) what I should have said is that most people are "mostly harmless" (as opposed to psychopathic power seekers).  Hat tip to the late Douglas Adams.

Most Israelis are not happy with Netanyahu and some 2 million are leaving or in the process of leaving because he has escalated which makes them less safe.  I'm not saying they don't want Arab blood, but they don't want to live in fear of counterattacks... which is why I had to make the next paragraph to explain that.

I don't know who you are referring to when you talk about a "Cyberattack by Space Aliens" that certainly was not me.

I agree that religion, which seems harmless at first, ends up making some people very dangerous either due to radical us-vs-them beliefs (as in this case) or radical "God forgives me so I can rape this choir boy" beliefs, or other similar unhinged things.  I instinctively don't trust religious people very much... I see it as proof of a brain malfunction.
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Dissident Sound | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 religion is dangerous because it disconnects morality from reality 

https://image.nostr.build/b33c7c24185519640c7e76f78f759b5039f000d69bda46f4cefd8770d9c7595d.png

fools believe we need religion because without fear of G-d there will be no incentive for anybody to do good

what they fail to realize is only the powerless victims of religion actually believe in G-d.

https://image.nostr.build/ad2e73f92598a0efcae00ace2c3e37cea1ca74c23ec179b75bca50b740e46281.png

belief in G-d ( right-wing ) is ultimately as misguided as belief in government ( left-wing ).

it is a pathetic belief based purely on fear and feeling tiny and powerless yet still needing to cling to hope that "we are all going to make it"

retards on Fediverse literally and unironically tell each other " we are all going to make it " and " Jesus loves you " and " It's all part of G-d's plan " and so on EVERY SINGLE DAY because of how small and weak they are.

as for leftists Government is their G-d, along with its various branches such as "education" and "health care" and so on.  

leftists believe Government is solution to everything and right-wingers believe G-d is the solution.

NEWSFLASH BITCHNES: neither G-d nor Government ever solved any problems and never will.  nobody is coming to save you. 

but the average person can't handle that truth.