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Faith Lemmy Online - A Lemmy instance for religious people to discuss religion and topics relevant to religion. (faithlemmy.online)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/religion

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Hi, everyone.

I've created a new Lemmy instance particularly for the discussion of religion and topics relevant to religion.

Other Lemmy instances can sometimes feel a bit hostile to religion, and I'm hoping to create a place that feels a bit more supportive.

If you're interested, feel free to go create a new community there. I've also gone ahead and created communities for Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism, and if you're interested in modding one of those, let me know.

https://faithlemmy.online

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[–] givesomefucks 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So...

You're a Christian that doesn't follow the Bible?

Then you're just picking and choosing what parts you believe and what parts you don't.

Who knows what crazy shit does your cult believes? What opinions do you hold based on faith and an old person telling you to hold?

It's fucking dangerous for everyone else.

Why should people just take your word that you only follow the "good parts" and why should they believe what you think is good is actually moral?

If you're picking and choosing what parts to follow, you can't hide behind your religion as a shield.

[–] zloubida -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I follow the Bible, but I'm not a litteralist. You should read things about Christianity before having definitive jugments.

[–] givesomefucks 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Then you’re just picking and choosing what parts you believe and what parts you don’t.

You believe a higher power provides instructions, but you disregard some of those instructions.

Even if the parts you follow align with modern mores, you're not following them for logical reasons.

And you can't seem to understand why that makes people nervous, you just want everyone to pretend you don't live your life by the guidance of an imaginary friend.

It's a fucking cult.

Maybe for now it's not dangerous, but very few are until they get a majority.

But I'm done here, you didn't arrive at your position based on logic, logic didn't get you to where you are today, it's not going to get you out of your cult.

[–] zloubida 1 points 5 months ago

You obviously have a very vague (and wrong) idea on how theology works.

[–] AnalogyAddict -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Religious people do whatever the Bible tells them to do: "You're a mindless cultist!"

Religious people pick and choose what they believe: "You're a hypocrite!"

Meanwhile, non-religious people do the same things because both of those things are just simple human behavior, but they don't have self- awareness about it.

[–] givesomefucks 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I know you're trying to say those first two lines ironically...

But yeah, that's right.

Maybe some day you'll see that, but logic won't help until you're ready.

[–] AnalogyAddict -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can't accurately criticize something you don't understand. The more you post, the more ignorant you seem. But by all means, wallow in it. I'm not going to join you.

[–] zloubida 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some people are proud of their ignorance, that's true of some religious people and some non-religious people.

[–] AnalogyAddict 0 points 5 months ago

Definitely. That's part of human nature, too.