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I used to have that really common thought of "I don't care what you believe in. Just don't try to push your opinion on me."
No. It's bullshit.
The very existence of religion is a psychological drain on society. We are all worse off the longer it stays around. There is no such thing as a good religious person and anyone who says they are religious I immediately distrust.
That's actually a little frightening, please refrain from making such blanket statements like this one. Surely a part of you must know this is wrong
I couldn't agree more with the statement made. People who believe in fairy tales can't be fully trusted.
Well, that's very short-sighted and factually incorrect. I wish you meet more people and your outlook changes
I think it is somewhat hard to change my outlook at this point. My reasoning is that truly devout religious people have been infected with a mind virus. They may be nice people or pretend to be nice people, but there is also the mind virus, which is ultimately not trust worthy. In general, if hard decisions need to be made by a third party that potentially have a big impact on my life I'd not fully trust a religious person.
In daily life I am very friendly with a bunch of religious people, but I mistrust the religious part of them.