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Topic	It's my belief that everyone should follow a religion.
adjl 04/23/24 8:39:47 AM #16:	Melody_JR posted... This is literal fascist thinking... Please don't think this way. Eh, I'm reading it the same way I'd read "everyone should have at least a couple good friends": It's not "Everyone who doesn't have friends should be forced to do so" (which would be fascist), it's "It's a good idea for everyone to have friends" (which is decidedly less so). It's just always a bit dicey saying things like that about religion because of how many societies do force people to be religious and how many problems that's caused (particularly where forcing people into spirituality means you don't get any of the benefits of conducting personal introspection on your own terms). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:980051352] in It's my be... [t:80751503]...</cite> <quote>Melody_JR posted... </cite><quote>This is literal fascist thinking... Please don't think this way.</quote>Eh, I'm reading it the same way I'd read "everyone should have at least a couple good friends": It's not "Everyone who doesn't have friends should be forced to do so" (which would be fascist), it's "It's a good idea for everyone to have friends" (which is decidedly less so). It's just always a bit dicey saying things like that about religion because of how many societies do force people to be religious and how many problems that's caused (particularly where forcing people into spirituality means you don't get any of the benefits of conducting personal introspection on your own terms). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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