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[–] manxu@piefed.social 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What an idiotic position: You can't get to the beach on Sunday mornings because you are supposed to go to church. That's it, no actual reason given other than some B.S. about unspoiled natural beauty on Sunday mornings.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Frankly, the older I get, the less i GAF about "respecting people's beliefs." Everything about religion is idiotic childishness, IMHO. We haven't been cave-dwellers in an exceedingly long time. We understand our reality much better now, so the continued clinging to superstitious bullshit because they can't be bothered to learn is simply unjustifiable self-centeredness that doesn't deserve any of the respect they demand for their fantasies.

Before anybody bothers saying it for the umpteenth time: YES, my username is very apropos - go read my user profile for the story behind it.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's not (just) that they can't be bothered to learn. It's that they're sad, frightened little children who, for the most part, have been indoctrinated into learned helplessness and can't walk back on that because they're too scared to forsake their community, admit they were wrong this whole time, and, most importantly, confront the implications of the void where their deity used to be.

TL;DR: They're cowards who'd, whether they consciously think so or not, actively prefer to remain ignorant.


I will say that I find Buddhist beliefs are cool, though. It's unsubstantiated bullshit, but it's basically "I should be a mindful, caring person" with some irrelevant woo tacked on at the end, so A+ for results.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

I agree with the sentiment. I’m so tired of the superstition; it holds us back as a species from having nice things like a sustainable climate because it is a tool abused to control people.

I encourage you to consider reading The Righteous Mind if you can; it presents an interesting thesis about the persistence of superstition in the modern era.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 27 points 1 week ago

America is a fucking joke

People rant and rave about sharia law and other shit, while embracing bullshit like this, and I can't get pork on some airlines in case it offends a jew

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 8 points 1 week ago

It should be legal to rub sand into their eyes if they try to block you.

Hey we could also take a page from their book (not the one they claim to follow, the one the actually follow) and start running them down in fear for our lives.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago

stopping New Jerseyites from going to the shore is gotta be a bad time

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Weird. In Florida a private concern cannot block a public beach. There are plenty of bougie hotels and condos that have to leave a public path from the road to the water.

I'd hike my happy ass the half-mile every Sunday just to crack a beer and fuck with them. LOL, bet there were enough annoyed people to invade every week if properly motivated.