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OftenBen  ·  3135 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Religion broad topic, what are your experiences?

I would never make the claim that religious people as a class are bad.

I will make the claim that in the modern day, the most active and popular religions often cause great harm to believers and non believers alike, and often even so called 'moderates' can be active participants in perpetuating that harm. I'll cite the example of Catholic Bishops protecting pedophile priests, and allowing them to continue to prey on the young for decades. I can cite more extreme examples and I'm going to choose not to.

I'm all in favor of laying everything, good and bad about religion out in the open. I would also make a distinction between public, organized religion, and personal pursuits of spirituality or the search for meaning.

Also, 'Unhealthy' is a very tame term for the kinds of awful things people do in the name of their god.