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BlueKota

(5,354 posts)
7. Organized Religion has squandered people's
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 04:37 PM
Nov 2025

trust in them long ago. Members of the Catholic Church clergy and the clergy of many other faiths have had too many scandals that show their blatant hypocrisy. While they were preaching that their parishioners, and everyone else were "sinners, they were doing far worse things, than most of us would even consider doing.

I am not hiding I still believe in God, Jesus and the saints, but I will not deny or defend the bad things people do in the name of religion. I also firmly believe religion should not be part of the government, and up to each individual to choose whether they wish to participate in one, and which one. No one should be allowed to try and force their religious beliefs onto someone else.

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Religion BOSSHOG Nov 2025 #1
Yet the Reich wing Christian nationalists are at the peak of their power. OrlandoDem2 Nov 2025 #2
That's because they lie about everything and everybody -misanthroptimist Nov 2025 #10
Would like to see it approach zero NoRethugFriends Nov 2025 #3
Some people walk the walk and I would hate to lose them. applegrove Nov 2025 #6
If they are good people, they would still do good things without the invisible sky daddy NoRethugFriends Nov 2025 #13
Some people are built to believe in a higher power. It is a uniquely human ability. applegrove Nov 2025 #15
I don't think it does good. There are good people whoi are religious (e.g. Jimmy Carter), but... NoRethugFriends Nov 2025 #18
I totally disagree. Carter would have been good no matter applegrove Nov 2025 #20
Great news heading into the season of maximum hypocrisy rurallib Nov 2025 #4
Because too many religious leaders are fake charlatans. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2025 #5
Too few religious leaders bother to speak out Johonny Nov 2025 #8
Organized Religion has squandered people's BlueKota Nov 2025 #7
Thank god! -misanthroptimist Nov 2025 #9
Beat me to it 🤣 IrishAfricanAmerican Nov 2025 #17
I'm old but still pretty quick -misanthroptimist Nov 2025 #21
I believe in something purr-rat beauty Nov 2025 #11
IMHO importance of religion has been much lower these 50 years lindysalsagal Nov 2025 #12
America is finally growing up. DavidDvorkin Nov 2025 #14
Faith Christianity Deep State Witch Nov 2025 #16
Hmmm...declining since around the time Trump descended the escalator! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 2025 #19
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